Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center

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You can explore and personalize existing map sets or create your own.</p> <a class="btn btn-success" href="/map-sets/new">Create a Map Set</a> </div> </section>  </div> <div class="col-md-6 educators-featured-map-set">  <section class="featured-collection"> <a class="featured-collection-link" href="https://collections.leventhalmap.org/map-sets/5"></a> <div class="featured-collection-image"> <img src="/assets/maps/map-1-33da3c4dc360b8bc1b7dbfcb13c0a43e55b8c34e36c43f5f8c38c330595747fc.jpg" alt="Map 1 33da3c4dc360b8bc1b7dbfcb13c0a43e55b8c34e36c43f5f8c38c330595747fc" /> </div> <div class="featured-collection-content"> <h3 class="section-title"> <small>Featured Map Set</small> Unrest in Boston | 1765 – 1776 </h3> <div class="section-blurb"> <p>Discover map sets made by Map Center educators and other teachers that span a variety of topics and time periods.</p> </div> </div> </section>  </div> </div> </div>  <section class="bg-offwhite decor-compass"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="section-title text-center"> <small>Create your own Map Sets</small> Getting started </h2> <div class="section-blurb"> <p>Creating your own map set is a great way to engage your students with a specific topic in history, geography, and many other subjects. The duplicate function lets you copy an existing map set and modify any part of it for your own classroom use. To create your own map set or adapt an existing one, you must <a href="/users/sign_in">Login</a> or <a href="/users/sign_up">Register</a>.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <h4>Pick your maps</h4> <p>Start by creating a Favorites List of maps. You can create as many lists as you want and organize by topic, location, etc.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <h4>Create your map set or adapt an existing one</h4> <p>Give your map set a name and description and link it to grade levels and subjects. Select your layout and add as many pages as you would like. To adapt an existing set, just click “duplicate” and edit as needed. Change the text, maps, and other primary sources to suit your grade level and needs.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <h4>Add maps and other resources</h4> <p>Add map images from your Favorites List or resources from other collections and create your own unique set. Zoom in to a detail, add text to the map, or draw different shapes and lines to highlight specific information. Overlay a historic map on a modern one to show how an area has changed over time.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <h4>Share</h4> <p>Send a link to your map set or share via social media. You can also submit your map set to Leventhal Map & Education Center education staff to make your map set publicly available to other teachers.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section>  <div class="educators-map-sets-section container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6">  <section class="text-center"> <h2 class="section-title"> Lesson Plans and Activities </h2> <div class="section-blurb"> <p>Browse K-12 lesson plans and classroom activities that use historic maps to engage students.</p> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/educators/search">Browse Lessons and Activities</a> </div> </section>  </div> <div class="col-md-6 bps-resources">  <section class="text-center"> <img src="/assets/bps-logo-f3edf1533752b4a91a85d6ddd384058d866be2aa0e5f6d6808d4c172a72cfab4.png" alt="Bps logo f3edf1533752b4a91a85d6ddd384058d866be2aa0e5f6d6808d4c172a72cfab4" /> <h2 class="section-title"> Resources for Boston Public Schools </h2> <div class="section-blurb"> <p>Browse resources specifically for teaching about the history of Boston as well as other curriculum areas.</p> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/educators/search?search%5Bsubject%5D=bostons-changing-geography">View Resources</a> </div> </section>  </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="footer-main"> <div class="container"> <div class="footer-column"> <h4>Norman B. 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