The purpose of this lesson plan is to enable students to understand the connections between world events, geography and man's quest for knowledge.
Students then can begin to make connections between geography and themselves.
Tell students they will be making a timeline of significant events in history including major innovations in cartography. Have students record the information from the website on their timelines. Then, have students add other significant events to their timelines such as explorations, inventions, discoveries, wars, etc. This activity would work well as a group activity. Evaluate students on their ability to complete the timeline accurately.