What is the process for making a class map?
Each class adapts the basic process to meet their own mapping emphases as dictated by their curriculum and student needs. For primary classes, the teacher may construct the map without student assistance. For upper elementary and middle school classes, the process can take three to five 40 minute lessons over the span of a week, if you truly want to focus on mapping skills. It involves math and social studies skills as students learn to map according to scale. The suggested process is: 1. Study the geography of Alaska with particular attention to Anchorage, the Denali Mountains and Mount McKinley, the Klondike, the Norton Sound and Nome. 2. Find a physical map image of Alaska that is suitable for your students to use. You can find an example of such a map at http://surfaquarium.com/eIDITAROD/trailmap.htm 3. With the class watching, draw a graph grid over the map image you have selected. You may choose to do this on a print out or photocopy of the map on an overhead projector, by tracin
