![]() Create a list of cities and have the students create the shortest route to take in order to visit each city.There’s something for everyone in this book and If you love maps you will love the strange world behind maps and globes that Jennings explores. Included in the book is a reading group guide and discussion questions. Take Jenning’s “Are you a maphead?” quiz. Learn how Google and technology have changed the world of maps. Visit a map flea market and learn what makes for a valuable find. Learn about the chase of the road rally while sitting on your couch. Follow the National Geographic Bee as tense students and parents compete to be the most geographically informed student in the country. Explore the world of geocaching and the secrets of little canisters while Jennings seeks to be a first finder. Learn about the inner workings of the Library of Congress and the largest collection of maps housed there. ![]() In twelve entertaining chapter Ken Jennings (from Jeopardy fame) takes readers on a grand tour of the world of maps. In the room if there’s a map on the wall.” ![]() ![]() There must be something innate about maps, about this one specific way of picturing our world and our relation to it, that calls to us, won’t let us look anywhere else ![]()
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