Maps and Mapmaking

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.03.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Map Beginnings
  2. Mappae Mundi
  3. Ptolemy
  4. Portolan Maps
  5. Terra Incognita, Sea Monsters and Mythical Symbolism
  6. Mapping the Course
  7. Rationale
  8. Houston District School Objectives
  9. Preliminary Vocabulary
  10. Lesson 1: Learning the Basics
  11. Lesson 2: History of Maps and Mapping
  12. Lesson 3: Creating a map from a Painting
  13. Appendix I: Worksheets
  14. Appendix II Lesson 1 - Instructions for mapping land: check-off list for each step
  15. Appendix III
  16. Appendix IV
  17. Notes
  18. Cited Reference
  19. Annotated Bibliography
  20. Websites

The Beautiful Art of Map Making

Mayra Muller-Schmidt

Published September 2007

Tools for this Unit:

Cited Reference

Arnheim, R. Visual Thinking. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969.

Schattschneider, D. "Escher's Metaphors." Scientific America November: p. 66-71.

Covey, Stephen Principle-Centered Leadership. New York, N.Y.: 2002.

Kuipers and Levitt, "Navigation and Mapping in Large-Scale Space." AI Magazine 9 (2)1988 25-46. 3/5/07 http://www.ncgia.buffalo.edu/i21/ng/NG51.html>.

Mellaart, J., Excavations of Catal Hyük, 1963, Anatolian Studies, Journal of the British Institute at Ankara, vol. XIX, 1964. - "Catal Hyük: A Neolithic Town in Anatolia", pp. 17-177.

"Slide #100, the Earliest Known Map." Index of Cartographic Images. February 12, 1998. Henry-Davis Consulting. 25 Jul 2007 http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/AncientWebPages/100mono.html>

Royce, David. Mathematics and Maps, Carolina's Mathematics Conference, 2002 July 27, 2007 http://www.math.uncc.edu/~droyster/talks/NCCTM_2002/Mapping.pdf>

Da Costa, B. F. The Lenox Globe. Magazine of American History, vol. 3, no. 9 (Sept. 1879), pp. 529-540

Chaim, David Ben, Glenda Lappan, and Richard T. Houang. "The Effects of Instruction on Spatial Visualization Skills of Middle School Boys and Girls." American Educational Research Journal Spring 1988, Vol. 25 [51-71]. 07 July 2007.

Illinois Loop, (May 1999). What to think about Critical Thinking. Center for Education Reform, Retrieved 7/10/07, from http://www.illinoisloop.org/thinking.html

Comments:

Brian Mcginnis

January 31, 2019 at 6:42 pm

Thank you

What a wonderful and concise resource to come across. Thank you so much. I have a love of maps and mapmaking but little background knowledge - this is excellent. Great work!

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