Map Skills

Map Skills 1 and Map Skills 2 activity books are designed to foster the development of mapping and graphical skills in Senior Classes.

Written by experienced primary school teachers and adhering to the SESE Primary Curriculum, the Map Skills books provide clear and vibrant maps with a variety of activities to help pupils to read, interpret and use maps.

Map Skills 1 examines the features of Ireland; Map Skills 2 examines various European countries and the countries, cities and physical features of Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Australia and New Zealand.

Key features include:

• Comprehensive information presented in a succinct and interesting format in Fast Facts and Did You Know? panels
• Try At Home sections that can be assigned as homework
• Activities designed to be answered by pupils with minimum teacher direction, thereby reducing management diffi culties, particularly in multi-grade classes
• Yearly scheme available

Both Map Skills books include a free Map Assessment book shrink-wrapped with the pupil’s book. These books assess the learning outcomes following the completion of various Map Skills units.

Map Assessment 1 and 2 will help teachers monitor and assess pupils’ learning. They provide a convenient way of recording each pupil’s individual progress and facilitate the development of mapping skills from one class to the next.