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From the lens Mapping the World.

Map Puzzle

Photo Credit: Children at an Iranian child-protection NGO
Children putting together a map puzzle
at the Society for Protecting the Right of the Child, in Iran
on Flickr, Creative Commons



Children in Iran are studying a map. The skills that they learn will help them when they study their country's geography.

  • oceansky May 27, 2012 @ 5:20 am | delete
    Great lens on Mapping the World.
  • tomazg May 23, 2012 @ 7:45 am | delete
    Geography was my favorite subject when I was a student. I love to learn about foregin countries.
  • aksem62 May 22, 2012 @ 2:47 am | delete
    I learned a lot. I spent 10 minutes trying to draw a map. Now I can say that I am able to draw a map!
  • getmoreinfo May 21, 2012 @ 4:42 pm | delete
    I have always been fascinated with geography and now with so many map tools and games for kids it makes learning the countries in the world fun and educational.
  • uneasywriter Mar 27, 2012 @ 3:33 pm | delete
    Great educational lens. This has some great ideas for teach geography to children. Thank you.
  • Frankster Mar 25, 2012 @ 7:27 pm | delete
    Another excellent lens. I used to be very good at drawing and naming the countries of the world. That was when I was in high school. It's been a long time between then and now and with some of the country names changing, I'm not up-to-date. Thanks for giving me the push I needed to get up-to-date. Blessed. Bear hugs, Frankster
  • HJtheNightOwl Jan 1, 2012 @ 5:55 am | delete
    Great Lens! I have worked in the mapping industry for over 30 years and used to be able to label all the countries of the world and states/provinces of North America - but have let those skills slip - time to go back and freshen up my skills - thanks for the inspiration.
  • jadehorseshoe Dec 20, 2011 @ 5:42 pm | delete
    Third-grade geography sparked my interest in BOTH history and politics. World-stamps are also a great way to inspire interest in geography/history/politics. Nice lens.
  • Buchamar Dec 12, 2011 @ 8:26 pm | delete
    Love this lens, great to see outside the box thinking!
  • traveller27 Dec 11, 2011 @ 9:21 am | delete
    Wonderful lens.
  • DebMartin Nov 13, 2011 @ 5:11 pm | delete
    Great lens. I learned a lot.
  • Janiece Nov 7, 2011 @ 5:32 am | delete
    Our homeschool co-op is doing a class on world geography this year. We can use some of these great resources! Thanks! Blessed by a Squid Angel!
  • calistoeloi Oct 24, 2011 @ 11:04 am | delete
    I've always loved maps and the adventure they hint at. Great lens!
  • efriedman Oct 18, 2011 @ 8:54 pm | delete
    Geography is an excellent topic for children (adults too)
  • ajgodinho Aug 11, 2011 @ 12:50 am | delete
    Very informative and useful lens on an interesting topic...**Blessed by a Squid-Angel**
  • lollyj May 22, 2011 @ 7:05 am | delete
    Excellent, informative lens as always. One of my favorite gifts as a child was a wooden puzzle map of the USA.
  • akumar46 May 21, 2011 @ 8:46 pm | delete
    Nice information on maps...nice lens.
  • HarmonyArtMom Apr 1, 2011 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    Love this lens and I will be lensrolling to my geography lens and blessing. :)
  • Brookelorren Feb 19, 2011 @ 12:15 pm | delete
    This is an awesome resource! Giving this a blessing.
  • WeddingZazzle Feb 19, 2011 @ 1:23 am | delete
    Blessed by a SquidAngel :)
  • Wednesday_Elf Feb 4, 2011 @ 7:45 am | delete
    This lens has been 'featured on' and 'lensrolled to' my "SquidAngel Blessings by an Elf" lens. :-)
  • sukkran Jan 8, 2011 @ 7:46 am | delete
    I can point out all the countries in the map. but drawing? no. sorry. any how this lens tempting me to draw the map. wonderful lens.
  • MamaRuth Dec 28, 2010 @ 4:20 pm | delete
    I'm a Social Studies teacher and incorporate lots of map skills into my history classes. One way I have used to help my students see how much they learn over the course of the year is to have them label a blank map with everything they know at the beginning of the year. I keep these on file and at the end of the year give the same assignment. Students are amazed when they compare the two.
    By the way I've been asked to do the same thing myself at the beginning of a geography institute I attended. Being confronted with a blank sheet of paper and told to draw and label the world with 30 or so other teachers sitting around you is a little daunting. By the end of the week all of us were much better at it.
  • Wednesday_Elf Nov 20, 2010 @ 10:59 am | delete
    I've always liked reading maps, but I doubt very much if I could 'draw' a map of the world. Geography has always interested me, though, and maps are a basic beginning in learning about any country or area. Another well done teaching aid, Evelyn. You are marvelous at this. ~~Blessed by a SquidAngel~~
  • GonnaFly Oct 27, 2010 @ 5:27 pm | delete
    Loved the Animaniacs song! And an excellent lens overall. Lensrolled to my countries coloring pages.
  • pmolinero Oct 21, 2010 @ 7:11 am | delete
    A great lens. Recently I saw in television where they asked some people about the location of some german cities and to point them on a blank map. It really happend that some of them didn't even come close the the real location of the cities. I wonder how they would perform with a map of the world. Anyway, we had to learn maps in school and I think it is good to know at least the basics in geography.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 21, 2010 @ 6:06 am | delete
    Senator Al Franken can draw a perfect map of the US with all the states, in about 60 seconds. Now, that's impressive!
  • KarenTBTEN Sep 25, 2010 @ 9:20 pm | delete
    Geography is something that has a lot f real world application, and there are lot of resources here for learning the geography of the world. Congratulations on the purple star.
  • Home-Interior-Designer Sep 25, 2010 @ 7:02 pm | delete
    Very nice lens. Maps are wonderful and it's so important young children gain knowledge of countries worldwide and their locations. Makes listening to world news and learning about foreign cultures and history much more interesting.
  • emerald125 Sep 20, 2010 @ 5:57 am | delete
    Fantastic lense... I love map games - will be exploring your links in greater detail... thanks
  • Heather426 Sep 18, 2010 @ 11:53 am | delete
    Awesome lens as usual by Evelyn. I love maps and learned to read them when I was 5 so I could help my parents navigate Europe while we lived there.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Sep 18, 2010 @ 5:43 am | delete
    Awesome lens!
    Congrats on the Purple Star
  • PatinKC Sep 17, 2010 @ 11:50 am | delete
    Another great lens! Congratulations on the Purple Star!
  • KimGiancaterino Sep 12, 2010 @ 1:46 am | delete
    Informative lens, as usual. Maps have always fascinated me. Especially the ones that were created centuries ago. Most are works of art, and amazingly accurate considering the tools they had for creating them. I bought a globe a few years ago, and it's already out of date!
  • ronpass Sep 9, 2010 @ 6:46 pm | delete
    Geography is one of my weakest areas. I wish I had these creative resources as a child to build my mapping skills. Great lens, Evelyn...yet again.
  • mutter Sep 8, 2010 @ 11:17 am | delete
    A really interesting, informative lens. Thank you for sharing.
  • eclecticeducation Sep 2, 2010 @ 11:36 pm | delete
    Great lens! I think mapping skills are really important. You have a lot of great info here. lensrolled to my Homeschool Geography lens and blessed by an Angel.
  • skiesgreen Jun 30, 2010 @ 12:07 am | delete
    very well done lens. I enjoyed your take on the subject. *-*Blessed*-* and featured on Sprinkled with Stardust
  • Pukeko Apr 26, 2010 @ 6:18 am | delete
    Geography is one of our favorite subjects. Lots of great mapping ideas here
  • jptanabe Apr 25, 2010 @ 7:43 am | delete
    Great job on map skills! Wish I could draw maps, but not my forte I'm afraid. Would be fun to do the relief thing though....
  • JoyfulPamela Mar 20, 2010 @ 3:21 am | delete
    I'm featuring this page on my History Resources and Lewis & Clark pages!
  • Evelyn_Saenz Mar 22, 2010 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    Thank you so much.
  • JoyfulPamela Mar 20, 2010 @ 3:19 am | delete
    The paper mache relief map idea is fantastic! Lots of good ideas here - thanks!
  • mbgphoto Jan 18, 2010 @ 7:43 am | delete
    This is a great lens...my father always drilled in to me the importance of reading maps.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Jan 18, 2010 @ 8:38 am | delete
    Map Reading is a very important skill. My parents too loved reading maps and globes.
  • Ramkitten Oct 31, 2009 @ 12:24 pm | delete
    Hi, Evelyn. Thank you so much for including my map and compass lens here. I think those skills and knowing geography and navigation in general are really important. This is another great educational lens of yours, and I think there are plenty of adults who could use some of the exercises and projects you describe here. Heck, I could stand to do a puzzle of the world, myself! I once knew all the countries and their capitals too (had to for school), but I've forgotten too many over the years.
  • merylvdm Sep 12, 2009 @ 7:42 am | delete
    Nice lens - I am lensrolling you on my lens 'So - you want to teach your Kids Geography'. I learned my geography largely by traveling. And expanded on it when I started homeschooling and had to teach my kids. When we fly we always pour over the maps in the airline magazines and see where we are flying over and what interesting places the airline flies to.
    When we are in the US doing road trips, each child has their own atlas and I will quiz them to see who can find the road you need to take between 2 cities, or which river runs through a certain town. They love to see who is best.
  • davidstillwagon Sep 4, 2009 @ 1:51 pm | delete
    terrific lens! 5*
  • theraggededge Aug 9, 2009 @ 12:40 pm | delete
    Good information - I like the idea of papier mache contour maps. We use Google Earth all the time... and our globe actually wore out! The kids loved to study it whille eating their lunch and would test each other on the location of countries and cities. Time to buy another.
  • poddys Apr 9, 2009 @ 4:44 pm | delete
    Really nice lens, 5*****. A great resource.
  • lakeerieartists Feb 17, 2009 @ 1:16 pm | delete
    Wow. Another wonderful lens. Great job.
  • AndyPo Feb 17, 2009 @ 8:52 am | delete
    Excellent lens. Interesting ideas
  • mulberry Jan 8, 2009 @ 2:26 am | delete
    I don't think I would pass until I'd gone through every activity you suggest :(
  • JustBon-Crochet-Designs Jan 8, 2009 @ 12:37 am | delete
    Another great educational resource! 5*s
  • debnet Jan 7, 2009 @ 3:08 pm | delete
    Another super lens Evelyn. I can tell you're a very dedicated teacher by the amount of work you put into your lenses to make a resource that covers every aspect of a topic. You can have 5 of Debbie's Gold Stars ;)
  • ArtByLinda Jan 7, 2009 @ 7:01 am | delete
    Honestly my map making skills are not so great, you have some good ideas for learning maps.

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