History Sub Plan (No Prep): Then & Now Map Detective, Grades 5-8

Students are map detectives with two maps of the same made-up river town, Fennick: one early in its history and one later (no years are given). After 5 questions comparing the maps, they list 8 changes and 3 things that stayed the same, sorting change from continuity, then pick two changes and explain a cause for each that they can see on the maps: a bridge instead of a ferry, a railroad and station, a drained marsh. Every difference is drawn on the maps, and most are labelled, so no background knowledge is needed.

What's inside

• Sub Plan, 2 pages
• Student Packet, 2 pages
• Answer Key, 1 page, with a suggested 30-point grading guide
• 6 files in all. Print only: no slides, no tech, no atlas, no scissors.

Answer key included

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