Caribbean School Atlas Skills Workbook
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INTRODUCTION: ABOUT THIS WORKBOOK AND YOUR ATLAS
Your Skills Workbook Glossary
PART 1 MAP SKILLS
1 MAXIMISING LEARNING FROM YOUR ATLAS
What is an atlas?
Types of map
Other kinds of information in an atlas
How an atlas contributes to learning
2 USING THE INDEX
The index is organised alphabetically
Practice in using the index
3 FINDING A PLACE BY ITS GRID SQUARE
What is a grid?
Follow four steps
Practice with grid squares
4 FINDING THE POSITION OF A PLACE BY ITS COORDINATES
Why are degrees used to state position?
Practice with lines of latitude
Practice with lines of longitude
Practice using latitude and longitude lines together
5 READING SYMBOLS ON MAPS
Point symbols
Line symbols
Colour tints on political maps
Symbols used for water features
Abbreviations
Practice in interpreting symbols
Practice with symbols
6 INTERPRETING LANDSCAPE
Colour tinting to show elevation
Colour tinting to show depth of seas and oceans
Spot height
Patterns affected by topography
Practice on elevation
7 STATING DIRECTION
Cardinal points of the compass
Intermediate directions
Make your own direction finder
How to use your direction finder, step by step
Practice in stating direction
8 WORKING OUT DISTANCE BY USING SCALE
What is scale?
Three ways of stating scale
Larger-scale maps and smaller-scale maps
Practice stating the scale of a map
How to calculate distance between two points
Practice estimating distance
9 GAME BOX: MAP SKILLS
10 MAP SKILLS TEST
PART 2 INTERPRET DATA, GRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
11 INTERPRETING DATA AND DIAGRAMS
Forms of data
Information
Fact files
Tables
Practice in using fact files and interpreting tables
Diagrams
Practice in interpreting diagrams
12 INTERPRETING GRAPHS
Types of graph
Line graph
Pie graph
Vertical bar graph
Horizontal bar graph
Pictorial graph
Divided bar graph
Flow chart
Practice in interpreting graphs
13 PHOTOGRAPHS
Types of photograph
Foreground, middle ground and background
Interpreting photographs
Practice interpreting photographs
14 GAME BOX: DATA, GRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
15 DATA, GRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHS TEST
PART 3 INTERPRET THEMATIC MAPS
16 MAPS OF NATURAL PATTERNS
Plate, earthquake and volcano patterns
Topography
Seasons
Rainfall maps and graphs
Temperature maps and graphs
Climate and natural vegetation
Hurricanes
Environmental concerns
Time zones
17 MAPS OF HUMAN-MADE PATTERNS
Historical movements of people
Population distribution
Administrative boundaries
Geographical regions
18 MAPS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Tourism
Agriculture, mining and other economic activities
19 GAME BOX: INTERPRETING THEMATIC MAPS
20 TEST ON THEMATIC MAPS
PART 4 ACQUIRE PLACE KNOWLEDGE
21 KNOW YOUR OWN COUNTRY
22 KNOW THE CARIBBEAN REGION
What is the Caribbean region?
Independent or belonging to another country?
What is the Caribbean Community?
Make your own map
Flags of the Commonwealth Caribbean
Make a display of maps of Caribbean countries
23 KNOW YOUR WORLD
Continents
Countries of the world
North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia and the Pacific
The world’s capitals
Oceans, seas and lakes
Earth as a planet of the solar system
24 GAME BOX: KNOWLEDGE OF PLACES
25 PLACE KNOWLEDGE TESTS
Caribbean knowledge
World knowledge
SELECTED OUTLINE MAPS
North America
South America
Europe
Caribbean countries
Caribbean hurricane tracker chart
Africa
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