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8th Grade Map Skills and Coordinates Worksheets

Ages 13-14 · 1 sub-topic · Free previews · Print-ready PDFs

Latitude and longitude are the lines that give every place on Earth an exact address in degrees north or south and east or west. There are 7 worksheets for 8th grade, each with an answer key, and every one ties the grid to U.S. history. Civil War Cities on a Latitude and Longitude Grid, Plotting the Transcontinental Railroad by Coordinates and Distances Between Boundary Parallels are three of the sheets. Sheets here practice D2.Geo.1.6-8 and D2.Geo.2.6-8.

Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

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Frequently Asked Questions

Find the latitude line on the side of the grid and the longitude line on the top or bottom, then mark the dot where they cross. Civil War Cities on a Latitude and Longitude Grid starts with Washington and Charleston plotted, and students plot the other six places.

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