Choose 3 maps that interest you in the Esri Map Books. The Map Books are published annually to feature innovative and diverse uses of GIS by the worldwide community of GIS professionals. The content is also available online at: http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum.
Why does the map interest you?
What problem(s) is identified?
What field(s)/disciplines are home to this problem?
What is the scale of this problem?
What organization(s)/individuals were involved in solving this problem?
How does GIS and the geographic perspective help solve the problem?
What transferable skills, thinking skills, and content knowledge are required to use GIS to solve this problem?
How can these transferable/thinking skills and content knowledge be obtained? On the job/via technical training/ at university/community college/in K-12?
What course(s) would need to be pursued/taken in K-12/higher education to gain the skills necessary to solve the problems in the way that is presented here?
Annual Esri Map Book (Latest Edition): https://www.esri.com/en-us/esri-map-book/maps#/list
Annual Esri Map Book (Past Editions): https://gis.library.esri.com/cgi-bin/koha/pages.pl?p=mapbook
Chapter 1 of The ArcGIS Book: https://learn.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-book/chapter1/
Where can I find data? How do I know if I can trust it? What are the key surrounding societal issues? https://spatialreserves.wordpress.com
Esri careers: https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/careers/overview
Esri Industries: https://www.esri.com/en-us/industries/index