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School Library Journal 05/01/2003 (EAN 9780060510558

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Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years (1ST ed.) by David Sobel pike accessorizingThe current crisis in geography education has spawned several new books on mapmaking, many of which advocate either recitation and drill or a conceptual top down model that ignores children's interests. Mapmaking with Children presents an inspired alternative. Maintaining that there is no substitute for hands on experience, David Sobel places the initial emphasis on local projects projects that begin in students' own backyards and communities,