Revolutionary War Sites in Degrees and Minutes

Start with a plotting sheet such as Civil War Cities, which has two places plotted as models. Move to degrees and minutes and the distance sheet once decimal degrees are comfortable.

Match Revolutionary War sites such as Trenton and Valley Forge to dots using degrees and minutes. The directions on the page read: Write the letter of each black dot in the black dot table. Read each purple site's coordinates from the grid to the nearest 30 minutes and write them in the purple site table. Then answer the questions. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade Map Skills and Coordinates, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

The Union Pacific, built west from Omaha, and the Central Pacific, built east from Sacramento, met at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, on May 10, 1869. The sheet plots each line's stops by coordinates.

It was the Missouri Compromise line of 1820. Slavery was barred north of it in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase, except in Missouri.

The map shows the 13 states, western land claimed by some states, Spanish Louisiana and Florida and British Canada. Students name the numbered states and features such as the 31st parallel.