Applying this to your class
Every lecture has a place associated with it.
 | For each lecture, use your map collection to find the place(s)
mentioned.
| Repeat on another map and compare the two. How are these maps
similar and how are they different?
| Notice the physical characteristics of a region--some unusual
shape may help you spot the same location on a different style
of map. [For example, Italy looks like a high heeled boot; the
state of Pennsylvania looks like a file folder with a torn off
side; Cape Cod looks like a beckoning index finger, the Red sea
looks like an arm and hand with two fingers raised.]
| Add maps to your notebook as you think useful. Use a few
blank maps to take notes in class about locations.
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Applying this to the rest of your life
| Get an Atlanta map and a state map for your personal use.
| Get a city wide MARTA map by calling the company; they are free.
| If you live in a suburb, you may not be on the Atlanta map.
Get a map for your location as well..
| On the state map find the city were you live and at least
three other major cities. Can you figure out how far away they
are by using the information in the map's legend?
| Find nearby state parks--you might enjoy visiting one of
these; they are inexpensive and usually very well managed. Some
of the are also historic sites.
| On the city map find your home; CCSU; your favorite grocery
store's location; the location of a friend's house (not the friend
next door!); I-285; a shopping mall you visit.
| Find a location (hospital, school, mall) where no have never
gone. Figure out a route from your house to that place and mark
it with highlighter. You could try going there if you want to
test your navigation skills. Can you find "Spaghetti Junction" or he "Downtown Connector?" These slang names won't
appear on the map.
| Plan a dream vacation on a US or world map. Take it!
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