Are you looking for a fun way to teach map skills? Your class will create their own maps of an imaginary island after they've learned the basic map-making skills with terms like grid, compass rose, cardinal directions, and scale! Two mini-lessons are included on map-making basics: 1-Parts of Maps, and 2-Types of Maps before they create their own maps! Don't worry if your students are unable to handle so much freedom and creativity at this point of the year, the Map Madness activity gives six alternate performance-based tasks to assess students abilities to apply their cartography knowledge! Here's an overview of what is INCLUDED in this fun unit about map skills: notebook images for mini-lessons on map skills: Parts of a Map & Types of Maps Map Skills open-note quiz / exit ticket Imaginary Island Project (with Map Grid Paper & detailed Grading Rubric) Imaginary Island sample map Map Madness (six project-based assessments with Map Exemplars) Map Madness assessments are designed to allow you to scaffold student success through a step-by-step outline of how to create a quality map. You’ll also find exemplar images of each of the six islands to offer as visual aids to students. Student map skills will be assessed on their ability to create maps including map titles, a compass rose with cardinal and intermediate directions, labeled map grid, a legend containing symbols of two resources, 4 physical features, roads, a capital, cities, a scale, and a climate key showing the climate of the island based on location. These maps will look GREAT as a bulletin board display of student Imaginary Islands! __________________________________ You may also like… ⭐️Text-Based Writing (4th & 5th Grade - Informative & Opinion Essays) ⭐️Opinion Writing: The Great Tomato Debate ⭐️Common Core Weekly Reading Homework (Yearlong Bundle: 3rd-4th-5th grade)   ___________________________________ Stay in the loop to find out first about discounts, freebies and new resources! • Click the green star to get email notifications about new resources & sales. • Find me on my blog – Forkin4th, Facebook, or Instagram. ___________________________________ Copyright © Forkin4th. All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Not for public display. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product. ___________________________________