Monday, October 15, 2018

Oct 15 -Review of Mapmaking

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today in class we will be reviewing the history of mapmaking and then Wednesday starting our Court Cartographer Project. I am very excited as the Court Cartographer project is one of my other favorite projects for the year. It is very much a creative endeavor so you will need to put on your Creative Thinking caps! 😉 Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.
Objectives:
  • Discuss a history of mapmaking with an emphasis on answering questions related to the content
Agenda:
  1. Review the Time Zone Project
    1. Collect Time Zone Project
  2. History Today
    1. Prompt: History of Map Making
    2. What do you remember about the history of map making? (remember that reading?) 
  3. Discuss/Review: A History of Map Making
    1. Guiding questions:
      1. Why are maps important?
      2. How do you use a map?
    2. Types of Mapes
      1. Physical 
      2. Distribution
      3. Political
    3. Map Basics
      1. Early Mapmaking
      2. Age of Exploration
      3. Cartography Tools
      4. Modern Mapmaking
    4. The remainder of our discussion will be finished on Wednesday
Homework:
  1. NONE
That's all for the day folks! See you on Wednesday!
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