This fun site is easy to use and visually appealing for users. A quick video gives a tutorial about CARTOGRAM MAPS and how to read it’s information. There are eleven […]
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INTERACTIVE: European Word Translator
This is a neat site that one of my students found after I had them do the work the “long” way using Google translate. I gave my students a map […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Dot-Density, Flow-Line, & the Cartogram
We discover the repetitive magic of the DOT-DENSITY MAP, the fluidity of the FLOW-LINE MAP, and the hysterical shapes of the CARTOGRAM.
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Illustrated Textbook: Choropleth, Proportional Symbol, & Isoline Maps
In this next edition, we get our monochromatic color-scheme on, find out that junior high math came in handy, and that behind every isoline map is a 3D phoenix just […]
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VIDEO via The Economist: The Largest Migration in History
This 2:43 videographic explains the migration trends of contemporary China. This would be great to connect to Ravenstien and Zylinski’s theories when discussing INTERREGIONAL MIGRATION, PULL FACTORS, and RURAL to […]
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VIDEO: via CNN: No, Where Are You REALLY From?
The short 3:04 minute video clip on CNN about the topic of ETHNICITY and IDENTITY. The article highlights personal experiences about always being asked about their identity. Frank and honest […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Thematic Maps vs. Reference Maps
We wrap up how to manipulate map data, Dex loses his faith in cartographers, and the Professor tries to restore it as she introduces REFERENCE MAPS and THEMATIC MAPS. Click […]
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VIDEO: The Disturbing History of the Suburbs via Adam Ruins Everything
If you’re looking for a way to explain the long lasting effects of systemic racism (at least in terms of housing and poverty), watch the Adam Ruins Everything episode clip […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Equal Interval vs. Equal Frequency…Fight!
This episode: We take a look at more choropleth maps, the data keeps on messing with our heads, and we find out the difference between EQUAL FREQUENCY and EQUAL INTERVAL […]
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LESSON PLAN: Who Grows There?
LESSON PLAN: My Human Geography students are extremely fortunate to go on three field trips already. One that is NOT included is one to a variety of local food markets. […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Cartographic Decision #3: Data Organization
Maps continue to show us their true colors as the Professor flips the map on American incarceration rates. Find out why Dex is likely to meet someone who’s been to […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Cartographic Map Scale (2)
Confused between large-scale and small-scale? What’s the difference between a ratio and a fraction (basically NOTHING)? And why is map scale keeping you on your toes? Check it out!
Read MoreIllustrated Textbook: Cartographic Decision #2: Map Scale
We find out the importance of CARTOGRAPHIC SCALE, that Dex hates to get weighed in P.E. class, and why too much of a good thing…usually ends up bad (especially when […]
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INTERACTIVE: The Art of Gerrymandering
If you want to see how voting districts have been gerrymandered over time, check out The Art of Gerrymandering. It gives you the ability to toggle through fifty years of […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Preserving Properties of Projection
Find out why geography always picks on Greenland, see how Antarctica is the most flexible continent in the world, and discover why map shape and size matters. Click to enjoy.
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Illustrated Textbook: Cartographic Decisions (2)
We continue our discussion of map projections as those blasted plastic shapes (literally) make their appearance, we go TANGENT on our maps, and realize that Mina has a penchant for […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Cartographic Decisions-Map Projection
MAP PROJECTION gets sinister with a beach ball, Mina ruins Dex’s day at the beach, and we find out why the Raisz Armadillo map projection is probably best used solely […]
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Lessons & Worksheets: Map Scale via the U.S. Department of then Interior
Have students read up on map scale with information that comes straight from the professionals. The U.S. Geologic Survey has a write-up about MAP SCALE that is clear and concise. […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Upside-Down Maps
Dex finds out that cartographers have super-powers, how map-making is more than doodles on paper, and how the SOUTH-UP MAP ORIENTATION can flip our worlds. Click to Read!
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INTERACTIVE: Boomtown Flood Town
If you want an opportunity to show how GIS can help solve real world problems and discover correlation, look no further! Boomtown, Flood Town is an interactive article with map […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Mapping Fundamentals
Dare to make fun of cartography? This page reminds me of my favorite commercial where the FedEx employee didn’t know where China was. Don’t be caught not knowing where China […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Location-Contemporary Cartography
Find out why early maps looked so funky, about the art of CARTOGRAPHY (or is it a science?), and how thousands of Google cars, with the help of GPS, are […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Using Maps to Find Location
This page wraps up the Wyoming fatal traffic accident puzzle with a little help from a concept called SCALE. Vocabulary terms MAP and MENTAL MAP (aka COGNITIVE MAP) are also […]
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Lessons & Worksheets: The Five Themes of Geography and Current Events
If you want your students to start engaging with new sources and happen to be studying the five themes of geography, here is a worksheet for you. Step 1: Have […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Location’s Three Types of Distribution
We continue to discuss spatial distribution with our example of traffic fatalities in the state of Wyoming. This page deals with critical fundamentals-SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, and it’s three types: PATTERN, DENSITY, […]
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