Goverment of Isreal: Maps

BY: Mary Marthin Hill, Arsenal Tech High School; Indianapolis, IN

Site address: gopher://israel-info.gov.il:70/11/gifs

Theme: Place

Grade Level(s): middle school and high school

Annotation of Site:

Site shows maps for different time periods of the state of Isreal. These maps include maps from 1000 B.C. to 1995 and reflect boundary changes in relation to the Middle East. This could be used to compare different historical periods and note changes in political boundaries as a result of wars or territorial disputes.

Geography Standards addressed:

• #1) How to use maps nd other geographic representations,tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information fram a spatial perspective.
• #4) The physical and human characteristics of places.

Indiana Social Studies Proficiency Guidelines addressed:

Explain the concept of region (a human construct for organizing information to help interpret the Earth’s complexity) and describe the human and physical characteristics of place.