Create a Continent: What Are Maps?

• Humanities
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Create a Continent 

Statement of Inquiry: 

Features of natural landscapes are caused by System Earth and influence the location of human landscapes 

Key Concept: Systems 

Related Concepts: Causality 

Global Context: Natural and human landscapes

Create a Continent 

Today:

• Get an LessonUp account and join the class.  
• Check out: Unit Planner
• Wordcloud: Your definition of a map.
• Discuss: When was the last time you used a map?
• Explanation and Read: What are maps? p. 30 - 33
• ACTIVITY: What are different kinds of maps? (p. 31) 

Create a Continent 

Unit Planner

Create a Continent 

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What is a map?

When was the last time you used a map and why did you use it?

Create a Continent 

In class, read Chapter 2 p. 30 - 31. 

Check out Figure 2.2 

Next, listen to the explanation and take notes in your notebook! When your are finished, upload an image of your notes in LessonUp. 

General Maps

Large areas

Give an overview of the most important features 

Physical/Elevation Maps

Show natural features:

• mountains
• rivers

Elevation by colors 

Also see: GG Figure 1.16

Political Map

State boundaries

Big cities and capitals

Bright colours 

Also see: GG Figure 1.17

Data and Resource/Thematic Map

Show information on a specific topic, for example:

• population density
• climate zones

Also see: GG Figure 1.19 - 1.21

Topographic Map

Very detailed/small area

Use of contour lines for height

Also see: GG Figure 1.15

Road Maps

Very detailed transport routes

Used for navigation

Nowadays we use online digital maps for navigation

Also see: GG Figure 1.18

Satelite Maps

Taken from space

Show difference between night and day

Upload an image of your notes here.

Create a Continent 

In class, Read the ACITIVTY BOX on p. 31.

Individually, Read the information on p. 32 

Individually, Read the GeoGuide number G13 on p. 19

On the next slide fill in the answers to the questions from the ACTIVITY BOX

HOMEWORK:

ACTIVITY BOX p. 31

Use the information in Figure 2.3 (p. 32) to work out wich type of map you would need to find out the information in the following scenarios:
a) The route for a motorist drive from Rome to Florence
b) The capital cities of Europe
c) Aerial footage of the shape and size of Africa
d) The different feautures of the outback (desert) in Australia
e) The population sizes of counties in South East Asia.
f) The height of the Rocky Mountains in the USA