What is a pictorial map?• Uses pictures along
with words
• Shows interrelationships among words or concepts
• Uses illustrations to convey information about geographic locations
• Helps students learn about the world and see it with colorful illustrations
• Concentrates attention on a particular point of an area and often simplify geographic features to make that point.
• Helps students see the world as a collection of different cultures and geographies
What is a pictorial web?• A simplified semantic map
• Does not have a hierarchical organization
• Especially useful for displaying concrete concepts
• Helps recall and comprehend information
• More effective than non-visual ways
• Useful for displaying concrete concepts
How can a pictorial map and pictorial web be used?
• Main idea/topic in the middle
• Branch off for each supporting detail or fact
• Use as many pictures as possible
• No complete sentences
• To show the cuisine of a country, the industries of a city, the attractions of a tourist town, the history of a region or its holy shrines