Maps and Mapmaking

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.03.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Objectives
  3. Strategies
  4. Activities
  5. Assessment
  6. Maps and Websites
  7. Teacher Resources
  8. Endnotes

Santa Fe and the World: Maps and Mapmaking of People, Places and Poverty

Meredith Charlton Tilp

Published September 2007

Tools for this Unit:

Maps and Websites

Albuquerque La Raza

http://larazaunida.tripod.com/enter.htm

The Ann E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data on Children in Poverty and dropouts

http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/ databook.jsp

A Bird's Eye View of the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico 1882 Library of Congress

In Santa Fe: A Pictorial History John Sherman 1983. Donning Company.

Children's Defense Fund US Children

http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/ PageServer

Center for Diseases Control and Prevention CDC Health Data

http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) :World Data on EVERYTHING Maps,

Demographics, Population, Military Spending

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Columbia University Earth Institute Maps

http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/ usgrid/maps.jsp

Google(r) Earth

IMF International Monetary Fund World Poverty, Demographics, Population

http://www.imf.org/

"Imperial Federation Map" J.C.R. Colomb 1886, Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library

http://maps.bpl.org/id/M8682

A great map to teach about colonization and point-of-view/discrimination

Lewis and Clark's West 1810

Yale University Beinecke Library

Students will be able to look at these maps and imagine the Northwest Passage travel

Maguey Plan Map 1564.

Jstor.org

A great map of early Mexico City to teach about land ownership, cultivation and symbolism

The "Monopoly" Board game about Santa Fe, proceeds to benefit St. Vincent Hospital

All things Latino National Council of La Raza Hispanic affairs and rights

http://www.nclr.org/

New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty

http://www.nmpovertylaw.org/

North American Indian Cultures: A Legacy of Language and Inspired Ideas" National Geographic map 2006

Peter's World Map, Arno Peters, 1974,

www.odtmaps.com

A controversial map displaying equal areas for counties, continents or oceans allowing accurate comparisons

Population Map, Paul Breding and Denis Wood, 2004

www.odtmaps.com

A new map graphically reveals human population over the Earth. In contrast to ordinary maps which focus on the LAND, this revolutionary map shows WHERE HUMANS LIVE.

The United Nations, "World Issues, Population, Peace, etc."

http://www.un.org/

US Census Poverty Thresholds

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/ poverty/poverty.html

US Census 2000-2005 US Poverty, Demographics, Population

www.Census.gov

"Map Showing the Cotton Region of the United States", King, Census 1870

US Government Health and Human Services NM State Profiles http://www.nccic.org/statedata/statepro/ newmexic.html

"What's Up South? World Map" Large Wall Size Map

www.odt.org

A great map, which shows what the world is like if, the southern hemisphere is on the top.

The World Bank "Working for a World Free of Poverty"

http://www.worldbank.org/

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/ 0,,contentMDK:20398804~menuPK:1545601~ pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html

The World Bank's Almanac contains these maps

Aid per capita

Arable Land

CO2 Emissions

Forest Area

Forest Loss

Fresh Water

Growth in Gross Domestic Product

Income Per Person

Infant Mortality

Life Expectancy

Ratio of Girls in School

Telephone Lines

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