This study combined global education with the maps in the social studies textbooks for grade4-6, and examined the function of the map materials for attaining the objectives of global education. In this study, the scope of global education was defined as from Taiwan to the world area. The social studies textbooks for grade 4-6 were analyzed how they represent the content of global education with map materials in order to foster students the perspective of global education in the interdependently global age. According to the findings, a new approach of curriculum design for global education was proposed. And some suggestions were provided for the textbook editors and teachers.