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The primary goal of this mind map is to provide students supplemental as well as additional information through a variety of sources when learning about measurement. Teachers and parents would also be able to use this mind map to help guide their students through the material.
A horse is still measured in hands.
Traditional units of length based on the human body.
Origins of Measurements In ancient times, the body ruled when it came to measuring.
The length of a foot, the width of a finger, and the distance of a step were all accepted measurements.
Inch: At first an inch was the width of a man's thumb.
Hand: A hand was approximately 5 inches or 5 digits (fingers) across. Today, a hand is 4 inches and is used to measure horses (from the ground to the horse's withers, or shoulder).
Span: A span was the length of the hand stretched out.
Foot: The length of the average man's foot.
Yard: A yard was originally the length of a man's belt or girdle, as it was called. In the 12th century, King Henry I of England fixed the yard as the distance from his nose to the thumb of his out-stretched arm.
Cubit: In ancient Egypt, a cubit was the distance from the elbow to the fingertips.
Lick: A Lick was used by the Greeks to measure the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger.
Pace: The ancient Roman soldiers marched in paces, which were the length of a double step, about 5 feet
