{"id":15110,"date":"2015-10-13T13:10:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T17:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/?p=15110"},"modified":"2015-10-13T16:36:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T20:36:58","slug":"our-first-map-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/our-first-map-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Our First MAP CHALLENGE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLog-image-1-MC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15111\" src=\"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLog-image-1-MC-300x116.jpg\" alt=\"BLog image #1 MC\" width=\"300\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLog-image-1-MC-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLog-image-1-MC-500x193.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLog-image-1-MC-100x39.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLog-image-1-MC-150x58.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BLog-image-1-MC.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are excited to be presenting <em><strong>A new FREE feature\u00a0for our customers and their students!<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0 We are calling it <a href=\"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/geography-community\/map-challenges\/\">MAP CHALLENGE<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0CHALLENGE was to integrate cross-curricular material with our maps! \u00a0We want to connect our maps to address literacy, science, math, art and other subjects&#8211; all with an eye towards reading and research too! \u00a0 We are adding monthly MAP CHALLENGES, viewable in your class in PDF form! \u00a0They are like our\u00a0new <a href=\"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/cartocraze-2\/\"><strong>CartoCraze!<\/strong> <\/a>product we have just added this fall&#8211; a way to use your projector to add valuable content to our maps, while supporting all topics you teach!<\/p>\n<p>Each MAP CHALLENGE is like a workshop&#8211; how to complete our map in the best way, with additional information that ties right into the topic of the map! \u00a0Now you will be able to use your classroom technology with our maps.<\/p>\n<p>See our first MAP CHALLENGE, which debuted this month of October&#8211; it goes along with our very popular <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/products\/basic-map-skills-map\/\">BASIC SKILLS MAP<\/a><\/strong>! \u00a0CLICK <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/geography-community\/map-challenges\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Next month, in November, we will add the MAP CHALLENGE for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/products\/north-america-map\/\">NORTH AMERICA<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/basic-map-skills-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6768\" src=\"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/basic-map-skills-1-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"basic-map-skills\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/basic-map-skills-1-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/basic-map-skills-1-500x396.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/basic-map-skills-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to be presenting A new FREE feature\u00a0for our customers and their students! \u00a0 We are calling it MAP CHALLENGE! 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