Geographic Literacy: Our Job Isn't Finished
Of course, we all know that maps are not the end-all, be-all of geography; far from it, maps are only a small part of what geographers do. At the same time, though, maps are useful tools that are crucial, especially to beginning students, in helping represent the world and provide a basis for understanding the more interesting aspects of our field. With all of this in mind, I'm bringing forth an activity that I do on the first day of every World Regional Geography course I teach. After we go over the syllabus, I hand each student a blank piece of Hammermill copy paper and give them the following instructions: Draw a map of the world, label what's important. Here are the results.
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