What are Maps?

Mrs. Rida

What's the Big Idea?

Maps

•A map is a representation of a place. It is NOT the place.

Example: I drew a map of my neighborhood.

Cartographer

• A person who makes maps to represent the earth.

Example: Gerardus Mercator developed his first map in 1569.

account• A report or description of

an event or experience.

Example: I told the principal my account of the fight in the hallway.

Why is a map not a place?

• People who create maps select the information they want to put on their maps. • Therefore, people’s maps can look

different from one another.• It is the cartographer’s ACCOUNT of a

place.• For example…

USA Maps• If I asked students to draw me

maps of the US and describe regions within it, they might give me these!!!

HISTORY OF MAPS

Maps have been used for centuries to navigate the world.

Since the world is a sphere, a globe is the best way to represent the earth.

But, you can’t walk around holding a globe to find your way!

HISTORY OF MAPS

So, instead we create flat maps to represent the Earth.

These are called projections. Projections, show the world in a different way and distort (change) either

• Size• Direction• shape

Types of Map Projections

•Mercator•Robinson• Interrupted

Directions

• Divide page 17 in half horizontally. • Draw a map of the world from your memory (5 mins)• Share with elbow partner• Distribute World Continents Map & label it with partner• Map Making activity: On 8.5x11 let them make a map of

the school , including a key. • Place maps around class and have a gallery walk, let them

jot down notes or put sticky notes on them for comments and discussion questions after

• HMWK: Turing 3D into 2

Quick Write in your ISN • How do we know that maps are

“representations” or an “account” of something else? •What evidence do we have that

proves that maps are not the actual place? • Use these sentence stem…

Sentence Stems

• Maps are representation or accounts of a place because…

• The evidence that proves maps are not the actual place …