Google Maps

World History Maps

You are going to create a map dedicated to your 7th grade Social Studies class and our journey around the world during the medieval era. At the end of each unit, you will drop pins on your Google map in the location of ancient civilizations that we have explored. Each pin may provide information regarding those peoples’ geography, religion, accomplishments, politics, and social structures as well images that connect to the content. By the end of the year, your map will have pins all over the world and will sum up our journey through the medieval age!

Before we can begin building these maps we must understand the process of using Google maps and sharing these maps with me. Please follow all written and teacher instructions!! Do not go ahead! Do only what I ask you to do!

Instructions

  1. Log-in to chromebooks using your Student ID and your password.
  2. Username: Lunch
  3. Example:
  4. Password: same password as your laptop password
  5. Type in:maps.google.com
  6. In the upper left hand corner there will be a search bar. Inside that search bar to the left will be titled menu. Click on the menu and find My Maps. Click on My Maps
  7. Click on Create.
  8. In the upper left hand corner it will say Untitled map. Click on Untitled map.
  9. You will title your map: Last, First, Period
  10. Example: Larson, Katy, E
  11. In the upper left hand corner just below your name it will say Share. Click on Share.
  12. In the box under Invite people, type in: Kathryn Larson.
  13. To the right of Invite people, there is a box that will say Can Edit or Can View. Please click on Can Edit.
  14. At the bottom, just above the blue SENDbutton, there is a box that says: Notify people via email. UNCHECK THIS BOX.
  15. At the top it saysLink to share (only accessible by collaborators). Highlight the link just below this by clicking on it (highlights it in blue) and pressing ctrl+c at the same time.
  16. Press OK.
  17. A message box will pop up saying: Skip sending invitations? Press Ok.
  18. Press Done
  19. Open a new tab at the top of the screen.
  20. Go to Google Classroom and click into your class.
  21. It will take you to a spreadsheet titled Lewis Google Maps 2016-2017.
  22. Find your class period at the bottom of the spreadsheet and click into it.
  23. Find your name and paste your link in the B column
  24. Paste (Ctrl + V) your map link into the second column under Link to map

DONE!