BY: Bill Jamieson, 6/15/’97, Kentland, IN

Site Address: www.jis.si/slo/map

Theme: Map Skills

Grade Level: 7

Annotation of Site:

The interactive map of Slovenia is good; it enables the students to visualize the present boundaries of the country in relation to the surrounding countries and former Yugoslovia. Several cities/towns located on the map may be further perused if desired. Each city/town has a map available, also, and information that may be of interest to students. 

Geography Standards addressed:

• #1) How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a geographic perspective.
• #2) How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places and environments from a spatial context.
• #9) The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth’s surface.
• #10) The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics.
• #12) The processes, patterns and functions of human settlement.
• #13) How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth’s surface.
• #16) The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution and importance of resources.
• #17) How to apply geography to interpret the past.
• #18) How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.