The Development of Map Skills: Sequence - Read Across First, Them Down

The development of map skills: Sequence - read across first, then down

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http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/primaryhandbook/mapsandstories/4-7 From a framework developed by Simon Catlin (early 1990’s)