Author: A Kloempken, educator, Minnesota Alliance for Geographic EducationGrade/Audience: grade 6, grade 7Resource type: lessonSubject topic(s): maps, historyRegion: united statesStandards: Standard 1. People use geographic representations and geospatial technologies to acquire, process and report information within a spatial context.

Standard 2. Historical inquiry is a process in which multiple sources and different kids of historical evidence are analyzed to draw conclusions about what happened in the past, and how and why it happened.

Standard 19. Regional tensions around economic development, slavery, territorial expansion and governance resulted in a civil war and a period of Reconstruction that led to the abolition of slavery, a more powerful federal governments, a renewed push into indigenous nations' territory and continuing conflict over racial relations (Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-1877) Objectives: Students will be able to:

1. Understand the parts of a map (TODALSS)
2. Read and analyze a map.
3. Compare maps as primary and secondary sources.
4. Develop guiding questions for research.Summary: This lesson will aid students throughout the grade levels to understand historic maps and how to analyze them. Here, maps of the Battle of Gettysburg are used for research into Minnesota' role in the battle.