6th Grade Map Skills Worksheets. These features, described below, help you read and understand maps. • Title The title tells the subject of the map and gives you an idea of what information is shown. • Compass rose The compass rose shows directions: north, south, east, and west. • Symbols Symbols represent such items as capital cities and natural. We will focus primarily on longitude and latitude.

There are four blank templates to choose from.
Use these Social Studies worksheets to teach map skills, including using a compass rose, using a scale of miles, reading a map key, finding places on a street map.
In this unit students will learn a variety of map skills. They are also used to illustrate climate, precipitation, population, economic factors, and many other interesting facts about a. USA: Geography Enhanced through Tall Tales UNIT.