Monday, August 23, 2010

APGEO: Mental Map assignment; homework 8/23

AP Geography students:

In class, we started our mental map assignment.  You will have some time in class to work on finishing your map tomorrow.

Remember the definition of "mental map": "Images about an area or environment developed by an individual on the basis of information or impressions received, interpreted, and stored."

The assignment:

Draw a mental map on construction paper that includes:
 -Your home; -Voyager Academy; -5 places of interest to your or your family (examples: dance studio; James Joyce Restaurant; fencing club; grocery store; mall).

TONIGHT AT HOME, please do your best to create a map on Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/) that includes all seven destinations.  Print the map (check the box "include large map" when you print).  Tomorrow, we will compare your mental maps alongside the printed-out maps.  Please do not revise your mental maps on the basis of what you learn on Google Maps.

See you tomorrow,
Mr. McCarl

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