Assignments due Today/Tomorrow
Early Map Making Article Summary and Questions- Early Mapmaking Article
Student Form to be used on the article
Explorers Project should be ready when you walk in class Thursday/Friday of next week
Assignments due Next week
Court Cartographer Project - Court Cartographer Project
Modern Map Making Article Questions - Here is the Article and questionsFollowing Tuesday/Wed
Future of Map Making Article Questions - Here is the Article and questions
Mapping and Explorers
Objective(s):1. The advantages of coordinating multiple geographic representations—such as maps, globes, graphs, diagrams, aerial and other photographs, remotely sensed images, and geographic visualizations to answer geographic questions
Therefore, the student is able to:
A. Explain the advantages of using multiple geographic representations to answer geographic questions, as exemplified by being able to
Explain how multiple geographic representations and geospatial technologies (e.g., GIS, GPS, RS, and geographic visualization) could be used to solve geographic problems (e.g., help determine where to locate a new playground, or identify dangerous street intersections within a community).
Describe how an analysis of urbanization can be done using different geospatial technologies (e.g., RS for land use, GIS data layers to predict areas of high/low growth, GPS and GIS for identifying transportation issues regarding growth).
Explain how multiple geospatial technologies can be used to solve land-use problems (e.g., effects of new farming technologies on the sustainable production of food, preservation of wetlands in bird migration flyways).
Rationale: Understanding how maps were created and used allows students to understand the history of exploration and its impact on imperialism.
Evidence: Being able to articulate who pioneered/paid for the trips of explorers will allow students to list and explain the historical significance of maps.
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COURT CARTOGRAPHER PROJECT
When learning about early Map Making, it should transition into how these early maps were made. To understand the challenges of map making we have created a fictitious explorer and chronicled his voyage and his description of a "new island" he discovered. Your job as the court cartographer is to produce the island he is describing on an 8.5 X 11 piece of paper.
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