This document provides information about maps, including the elements and purposes of maps, different types of maps, biographical information about the author Dorothy Brown Thompson, and a summary of her poem "Maps." It discusses the key elements of maps such as the title, legend, scale, and inset. It describes different types of maps like treasure maps, route maps, train maps, metro maps, and navigation maps. It also provides a short biography of Dorothy Brown Thompson and summarizes the main ideas of her poem about how maps allow exploration from home.

1. FLIP CLASS ROOM(MAPS)
Written by – Dorothy Brown Thompson

2. INTRODUCTION
• This PPT contains following points-
• What are maps?
• Elements of a map
• Element’s purpose
• Types of maps
• Biography of the author
• Summary of poem (Maps)

3. MAPS
• A map is a model of the Earth
shown on a flat surface.
• Maps are useful because you can
carry them with you.

4. ELEMENTS OF A MAP
• There are 5 major Elements of a map
• Title
• Legend
• Campus rose
• Scale
• Inset map

5. ELEMENT’S PURPOSE
• Title- Tells you the purpose of the maps.
• Legend-The legend show you what symbols on the map mean
• Campus rose-It is a tool that tells us the direction.
• Scale-It is shown in both standard and metric measurements and
shoe distance between on the maps.
• Inset map- It is a smaller map that shows a “larger” area of land
around the maps.

6. TITLE

7. LEGENDS

8. CAMPUS ROSE

9. SCALE

10. INSET MAP

11. TYPES OF MAPS
• Treasure maps
• Route maps
• Train maps
• Metro maps
• Navigation maps

12. TREASURE
MAP
A treasure map is a map that marks
the location of buried treasure, a lost
mine, a valuable secret or a hidden
locale. We sometimes make
treasure maps for parties and play
with friends.

13. ROUTE MAPS
A road map or route map is a map
that primarily displays roads and
transport links rather than natural
geographical information.

14. TRAIN MAP
These maps tell us about the routes
of the station coming between our
starting point journey to the
destination,

15. METRO MAP
Metro maps presents the stations
coming between the destination and
tells which line we should take for
the required route.

16. NAVIGATION
MAPS
These maps also tell us the routes
for the destination.. these routes can
be more elaborated by giving left or
right sign to be taken as per the
roads.

17. BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR
Dorothy Brown Thompson, American writer. Member of First Families Virginia, National Society Colonial Dames,
Poetry Society America, Member Diversifiers, Filson Club (Louisville), Woman's City Club.
.
Education
Bachelor of Arts., U. Kansas, 1919.
Career
Began writing professionally, 1931. Published more than 2000 poems to national magazines and newspapers
including Saturday Review, Saturday Evening Post, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry, Commonweal, Good
Housekeeping and others, author research articles for various history journals. Poems reprinted in over 200
collections, textbooks and anthologies in England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Sweden.
Achievements
Dorothy Brown Thompson has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

18. STANZA-1
High Adventure
And bright dream—
Maps are mightier
Than they seem:
Meaning:
It means that maps are so wonderful that can do anything like it can
tell place that we think to go and about it.

19. STANZA-2
Ships that follow
Leaning stars—
Red and gold of
strange bazaars—
Meaning:
It means when the ships are lost or finding there ways so stars help
them like map to find the way

20. STANZA-3
Ice floes hid
Beyond all knowing—
Planes that ride where
Wind are blowing!
Meaning:
This means that the ice bergs that we cannot see, the maps help them
to see.

21. STANZA-4
Train maps, maps of
Wind and weather,
Road maps—taken
Altogether
Meaning:
This means that there are different types of maps that help us.

22. STANZA-5
Maps are really
Magic wands
For home-staying
Vagabonds!
Meaning:
They are trying to say that maps are so magical that we can go
anywhere by seeing the map with our imagination and by sitting in our
home.

23. ALLITERATION
• In literature, alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical
initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated
syllables within a group of words, even those spelled differently. As a
method of linking words for effect, alliteration is also called head
rhyme or initial rhyme.

24. SUMMARY OF POEM (MAPS)
• She tells us about the Importance of maps. She explains how useful
are the maps for us. It is useful in many ways like - The people who
wants to explore world or any places can take help of the maps, the
people who wants to climb mountains can take help of the maps etc.
Maps look like a piece of paper but they are a book of information of
the places ,lands rivers, roads, mountains etc. And they are so
exciting. The poetress tells that Maps are like a magical sticks. She
also tells that we can explore the world by being where we are by
using maps.

25. CREATORS OF THIS PPT

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