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August 4, 2022
APH has compiled a collection of products that will help make any social studies classroom more accessible to blind or low vision students. Keep reading to learn more about them!
- Tactile World Globe: A clear plastic overlay covers a standard 12-inch political globe with a non-skid wood base.
- World at Your Fingers: This comprehensive set of tactile world maps provides an excellent opportunity for developing map-reading skills.
- U.S. and Canada Tactile/Print Atlas: Get to know the United States and our northern neighbor better! Each page spread has a combined braille and print key paired with a print map in contrasting colors and a clear tactile overlay.
- Graphic Art Tape: Create tactile lines on graphs or construct rivers on maps with the Graphic Art Tape.
- World Maps: These thermoformed tactile maps are a comprehensive aid to geographic instruction and orientation.
- Address: Earth, Large Format Color Atlas: Section Two This revolutionary new atlas meets 70 specific readability guidelines for users with low vision.
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