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Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
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Subject Areas: math,
geometry, English, typing, shop
Timeline: one semester to
one year
Grade Levels:
11-12
Purpose: to familiarize
students with maps; to develop appreciation for
maps as diagnostic and planning
tools
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S. Lamont and E.
Gillell
Village
Map and
Directory
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 Activities
- Discuss maps as tools:
identify the many agencies that use maps daily
provide a history of map making.
- Make simple surveying instruments like those
the Egyptians used:
combination plumb line sighting tool and surface
level, used for the last 4,000 years, can be made with three sticks,
five nails, a stone, a piece of wire, and a piece of string
angles can be computed with a compass or protractor.
- Practice using your instruments. Calibrate. Calculate
angles, tangents, traverses, etc.
- Decide on a type of map, outline it, and fill
it in:
divide into work groups or survey teams
use local landmarks; develop a scale; Use
compass headings and accurate angles.
- Develop an alphabetical locator key and directory,
coded by number or letter
- Use the map in other classes.
Resources
- United States Geological Survey, for sectional,
topographical maps, and for three categories of booklets: Popular
Publications; Sources of Information and Services; and Activities
and Services of the United States Geological Survey Western Region
- beginning cartography texts (check libraries
and the UAF Geography Department)
- Spier, Robert F. G. Surveying and mapping: A
manual of simplified techniques. In Studies in Anthropology series.
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
- Kjellstrom, Bjorn. Be an Expert with Map and
Compass. From Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), Silva Compass
Co. $5.95
- City Hall
- Weather Bureau
- Bureau of Land Management
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Variations
- Create a city directory, or map of
the village:
discuss village boundaries. Sketch
the village (on my-lar, if possible)
check the city office for sectional boundaries (business,
residential, etc.)
color code sectional areas. Fill in street names
write a description of local climate and geography
redo a final version of the map and use it in history
class.
- Make a topographic, vegetation, or
hydrographic map.
- Make the map available to the
community (city council, school, corporation).
- Make a basic village map with tape
measure and compass. Study the growth of the village
since its inception, or enlarge the map for a detailed
study, such as for kinship ties.
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