Mapping Lab- US and Canada

The focus of this unit will be how geographers use maps to create different regions of the world.  The lesson that correlates with this unit is the TCI Unit 1 -Lesson 2- A spatial way of thinking and TCI Mapping Lab Lesson: United States  and Canada.  The essential question for the week "Why do geographers use a variety of maps to represent the world?" There a lot lot of new key terms in this unit.  But the test will really be about  knowing how to read maps and identify different types of thematic maps.  

Students will be able use their new skills to find information on a map, compare maps, and identify what maps they would use to answer questions. All homework will be due on Friday. The quiz on Friday will be based off of the TCI Mapping Lab- US and Canada reading section "Challenge" 1, 2 and 3. If you complete the challenges and participate , and pay attention in class you should be good for Friday's quiz.  If you want to review for Friday look over the three challenges after you complete them.  Homework for all students can be found on the RTI document found on the website.

Although we will touch upon numerous standards this week as we look at different types of thematic maps the main standards will be

• WI.SS.Geog. Geography (Geog)

• SS.Geog1: Wisconsin students will use geographic tools and ways of thinking to analyze the world.

• Geog1.a: Tools of Geography

• SS.Geog1.a.m. Use paper and digital maps to ask and answer geographic questions (e.g., Where are there patterns? Why there? So what?). Analyze how various map projections distort shape, area, distance and direction (e.g., Mercator, Robinson, Peters).

• Geog1.b: Spatial Thinking (map interpretation)

• SS.Geog1.b.m. Interpret patterns in a variety of maps, charts, and graphs to display geographic information (contour, cartogram, population, natural resource, historical maps) and explain relationships among them.

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