Teacher will lead a discussion on general mapping concepts. Students will compare and contrast the three different reference maps. One class period. Instructor will introduce general mapping concepts. Reference maps feature information dealing with location, highways, rivers, political boundaries, etc.
Thematic maps features information on statistical topics.
Instructor will form student groups and assign a specific location of the maps to be inventoried. Each group will compile a list of features from each of the three maps for their location. Each group will prepare a final report comparing and contrasting the three forms of reference maps. Groups may create their own map of their specific region and join each map together to create one large area map.