http://www.oercommons.org/browse/keyword/maps daily 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.oercommons.org/courses/mapping-the-national-parks The National Parks Map collection consists of approximately 200 maps dating from the 17th century to present, reflecting early mapping of the areas that would become four National Parks as well as the parks themselves. It documents the historical, cultural and geological formation of the areas that eventually became the National Parks. Humanities Social Sciences 2013-05-13T12:03:50 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/maps-of-liberia-1830-1870 This collection of Liberia maps includes twenty examples from the American Colonization Society (ACS), organized in 1817 to resettle free black Americans in West Africa. These maps show early settlements in Liberia, indigenous political subdivisions, and some of the building lots that were assigned to settlers. This on-line presentation also includes other nineteenth-century maps of Liberia. Humanities Social Sciences 2013-05-13T12:03:50 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-rochambeau-map-collection-1717-1795 The Rochambeau Map Collection contains cartographic items used by Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), when he was commander in chief of the French expeditionary army (1780-82) during the American Revolution. The collection consists of 40 manuscript and 26 printed maps, and a manuscript atlas, the originals of which are in the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Division. Humanities 2013-05-13T12:03:48 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/louisiana-european-explorations-and-the-louisiana-purchase The Louisiana Purchase is a landmark event in American history, one that had a lasting impact not only on the size of the United States, but also on its economic, cultural, and political makeup. This presentation focuses on the various documents - from maps to newspapers to cultural artifacts - that help to describe the region of North America that stretched from as far east as Alabama into what is now the state of Montana. Humanities 2013-05-13T12:03:48 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-hotchkiss-map-collection The Hotchkiss Map Collection contains cartographic items made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899), a topographic engineer in the Confederate Army. Hotchkiss made detailed battle maps primarily of the Shenandoah Valley, some of which were used by the Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson for their combat planning and strategy. Several of the maps have annotations of various military officers, demonstrating their importance in the military campaigns. The collection also includes maps made or used by Hotchkiss during his post-war years, including maps with information about railroads, minerals and mining, geology and history, most of which focus on Virginia and West Virginia, but also cover other states and even the world. The collection consists of 341 sketchbooks, manuscripts, and annotated printed maps, the originals of which reside in the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Division. Humanities Social Sciences 2013-05-13T12:03:47 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/connect-with-coordinates Students will be involved in hands-on activities that will help them to learn to locate points on a grid. Students will also learn how to correctly read an ordered pair of numbers. Technology will be implemented through the use of a document camera and a PowerPoint presentation. Mathematics and Statistics 2013-04-04T13:40:04 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-longest-walk In this task students figure out how to draw the longest line on a map of the United States without hitting a border. They use color and line plots to keep track of their results. Mathematics and Statistics 2013-03-06T11:21:38 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/exploring-emigration-cultural-identity Middle school teacher Karen Daley begins by leading her class in a discussion about culture. Karen shows a clip of a documentary about Sudanese immigrants in America, asking her class to think about the challenges the immigrants face in keeping their cultural identity alive. Karen leads her class in a discussion about the documentary and encourages students to make connections to the film. Students discuss similarities and differences between their experiences and the experiences of the Sudanese immigrants. Karen has students work in groups to answer questions about the documentary, encouraging critical thinking and empathy. Finally, students engage in reflection about how this lesson has affected them. Social Sciences 2013-02-26T16:56:34 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/exploring-emigration-maps-migration After watching a film about Sudanese orphans (the "Lost Boys") who immigrate to America, middle school teacher Karen Daley has her students figure out multiple migration routes from Sudan to America. Students begin by looking at maps and tracing the six routes that were taken by the Lost Boys. Karen brings the class together to share the routes they traced using an interactive map. The class uses thematic maps to find out more about the routes that the Lost Boys took. As the students discuss their findings, Karen asks questions and guides the class to make connections. Social Sciences 2013-02-26T16:56:34 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/social-studies-the-kindergarten-experience This social studies lesson shows the experiences needed by Kindergarteners to help them make sense of the world. It focuses on life of American pioneers during the California Gold Rush and has students imagine what the pioneers would need for their trip across America.The lesson provides a great balance of strategies and activities that address tactile, auditory, and visual learning styles as well as a balance between whole group instruction and opportunities for independent exploration and creativity.Students make their own compass, create pioneer dolls, and complete what the teacher refers to as a contract. Humanities 2013-02-26T15:46:40 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/latino-art-culture-artistic-tradition-in-the-southwest What are the historical influences on the development of artistic traditions in the Southwest US? This portion of the Latino Art & Culture module explains how the santo tradition reflects past and present cultural values. Arts 2013-02-21T18:49:17 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/how-can-i-get-an-idea-like-that What can we learn about community and culture from folk art? This guide uses SAAM's collection of folk art as a springboard to activities and questions about art and community history. Arts 2013-02-21T18:49:01 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/pueblo-indian-watercolors What do Pueblo Indian watercolors reveal about the culture and history of Native Americans of the Southwest? This teacher guide begins with the history of the Pueblo Indians and uses watercolor paintings to highlight aspects of Pueblo culture. Humanities Social Sciences 2013-02-21T18:48:57 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-poor-cartographer In this activity, learners help a poor cartographer color in the countries on a map, making sure each country is colored a different color than any of its neighbors. Through this exercise, learners discover the "has-to-be" rule and the value of place-holders. This activity reveals the complexity of graph coloring algorithms in computer science. Variations, extensions, background information, and solutions are included in the PDF. Ian Witten Mike Fellows Tim Bell Mathematics and Statistics Science and Technology 2013-01-02T14:21:53 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/tourist-town In this activity, learners use a fictitious map of "Tourist Town" and counters to problem solve how to place ice-cream vans on street intersections so that every other intersection is connected to one that has a van on it. Use this activity to introduce learners to computer science themes including nodes, dominating sets, exponential-time algorithms, polynomial-time algorithms, and NP-complete problems. Variations, extensions, background information, and solutions are included in the PDF. Ian Witten Mike Fellows Tim Bell Mathematics and Statistics Science and Technology 2013-01-02T14:21:53 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/discovering-rainforest-locations In this activity, learners will examine various world data maps to combine the information and predict which areas could be tropical rainforests. This will help learners discover how living and non-living ecosystem components influence each other. Learners will make their predictions by circling the areas that they think are rainforests on a blank map. Then, educators will reveal a sequence of maps so that learners can see how close they were to locating tropical rainforests. This lesson includes extension ideas, background information, and is standards-based. Science and Technology 2012-11-29T17:25:05 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/geo-problem-solvers In this geography activity, teams of learners use newspaper articles to identify a local issue or problem that they would like to examine. They use local maps, the Internet and other reference materials to gather data about the local community and create a simulated GIS map showing at least four layers of information. In an oral presentation, learners present their findings and make a recommendation for solving the problem. This activity is written as an assessment, but can be used as an independent activity. This activity is featured on pp.61-63 (part of a lesson that begins on page 54) of the "National Geographic MAPS: Tools for Adventure" unit of study for grades 3-5. Science and Technology Social Sciences 2012-11-28T19:42:31 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/home-sweet-home In this geography activity, learners imagine that they have been asked to make a map of a new community called Home Sweet Home, which has never been mapped before. Learners sort multicolored candies to represent six layers of information (water, parks, fire stations, etc.) to be represented on their map. By creating a map of an imaginary community, learners discover that maps are made up of several "layers" of data. Learners also discuss GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and act as "Geo-Problem Solvers," which can be used as an assessment activity. This activity is featured on pp.59-60 (part of a lesson that begins on page 54) of the "National Geographic MAPS: Tools for Adventure" unit of study for grades 3-5. Science and Technology Social Sciences 2012-11-28T19:42:31 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/out-of-this-world In this geography activity, learners examine the ways satellite imagery and navigational systems are used in everyday life and how they are changing the way we make maps. Learners practice using a compass, employ a GPS unit outside during a way finding activity and create GPS advertising posters or brochures. For learners to gain the most from this activity, it is important to have a simple handheld GPS unit (which can be borrowed from a parent/learner/educator; not included in cost of materials). This activity is featured on pp.56-58 (part of a lesson that begins on page 54) of the "National Geographic MAPS: Tools for Adventure" unit of study for grades 3-5. Science and Technology Social Sciences 2012-11-28T19:42:31 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/out-to-sea-with-zheng-he In this geography activity, learners examine a map based on the explorations of 15th century Chinese navigator Zheng He and discover how early explorers used the technology of the time to find their way across the oceans. To get a sense of how these explorers used tools to help them navigate, learners create simple compasses. This resource also includes a Gore Map, which learners can construct to create paper globes and consider the 3D nature of the Earth. This activity is featured on pp.30-34 (part of a lesson that begins on page 25) of the "National Geographic MAPS: Tools for Adventure" unit of study for grades 3-5. Science and Technology Social Sciences 2012-11-28T19:42:31 Course Related Materials