Teaching with and through Maps

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 25.04.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2.  Rationale
  3. Background Knowledge and Content
  4. Historical Events and Figures
  5. History of Cartography 14
  6. Teaching Strategies
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Classroom Activities
  9. Bibliography
  10. Cited Curricular Units
  11. Appendix:  Implementing District Standards20
  12. Notes:
  13. Notes

A Journey through the Rural Tapestry of Our City Using Maps

Vickie Anne Young Weatherspoon

Published September 2025

Tools for this Unit:

Notes:

Berry, Jill K. & Linden McNeilly, Map Art Lab - 52 Exciting Art Explorations in Mapmaking, Imagination, and Travel. Beverly, MA: Quarry Books, 2014. Maps are pictorial evidence of exploration and curiosity.

Berry, Jill K.  Personal Geographies - Explorations in Mixed-Media Mapmaking.  Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books, 2011. A good book for beginning map makers with illustrated examples of producible and meaningful maps of the self.

Cann, Helen, How to Make Hand-Drawn Maps. United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2017; United States: Chronicle Books LLC, 2017. Learning how to draw basic maps in your own way.

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