MAP LAB FAVORITETypes of Maps
Students learn to recognize, read, and compare five common map types.
About the creator
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Jordan Reed, M.Ed.
I’m an educator and instructional designer with more than two decades of experience across elementary, middle, and high school settings.
My path began in Sunday school classrooms and later took me into secondary classrooms across Asia. Along the way, I taught English Language Arts and Social Studies and worked with ESL learners from Thailand, Korea, and Malaysia.
I hold an M.Ed. in Educational Technology & Instructional Design. My graduate work centered on learner-focused digital curriculum and assessment for diverse students; my undergraduate background is in Political Science and History.
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Good materials should invite curiosity without creating another evening of teacher prep.
Students should know what to do. Teachers should know what the activity is for.
Maps, puzzles, prompts, and discussions turn information into something students can use.
Print-and-go should actually mean print, understand, and teach—not rebuild the lesson.
A strong resource gives structure while leaving space for discussion, choice, and teacher judgment.
A few teacher favorites
MAP LAB FAVORITEStudents learn to recognize, read, and compare five common map types.
5.0 TEACHER RATINGMixed-level readers explore the same ten classic fables at an accessible challenge level.
TEACHER FAVORITEStudents build confidence reading, plotting, and navigating an alphanumeric coordinate grid.
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