Today in our double period student received notes on the proper way to create maps. They were told these are for reference and will be needed for the rest of the year. Students were given a Renaissance Mapping assignment and had the remainder of the first class to work on their maps. For the second class they were given the choice of working on their maps or working on their Writing Portfolios.
Mapping assignment: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcbdzc94_77g2nrbddv
The maps of Europe and the World can be downloaded at: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/eur_countrynl.pdf
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/world_cont.pdf