This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
I teach social studies to 110 students at a Title I and AVID middle school on the south side of Chicago. The curriculum this year examines how geography shapes societies and cultures of Southwest Asia (the Middle East), South Asia, East Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, and how political, social and economic systems develop and change over time. Being able to visualize these places on a large map is an important tool for building student's spatial reasoning skills and helping them make sense of our world. Using maps in the classroom invites curiosity, encourages exploration and inspires problem solving.
My Project
We are learning about ancient civilizations from all over the world, and map reading is an important tool to develop student’s spatial reasoning skills. Maps allow students to know where places, cities and countries are located when learning about them. Having these large paper maps in our classroom will let the students see the entirety of a territory in one look, and make it easier for them to understand the location.
Many of my students are English language learners and diverse learners who are visual learners.
Seeing the information helps them process the information.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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