The map lesson video was fun to watch.\u00a0 It was great to see the students observe different aspects on the John Smith map and then compare the map to a modern map of the same area.\u00a0 I was really hoping that the students would be able to puzzle out why the older map had detailed rivers instead of roads.\u00a0 It was fun to do the same activity in class to see what we would come up with.\u00a0 Even though our class is decades older, we pointed out similar characteristics and had some of the same questions.\u00a0 I even learned a few new things about maps that I had never thought about before, such as the meaning of the fleur-de-lis on the compass rose.<\/p>\n
I wonder how the activity would work out if the video was shown in the classroom.\u00a0 The students could try to find what the student in the video found and then try to find additional items.\u00a0 Or maybe, the class could watch a video of students examining a different map of Virginia and pick out similarities\/differences between all three.<\/p>\n
It amazes me that a map that old can be so accurate without modern technology to assist.\u00a0 How did John Smith learn to create a map like that?\u00a0 How did he know where he was located in relation to the map he was drawing or have the spacial awareness to know where to draw items on the map?\u00a0 I am directionally challenged so this skill completely baffles me.<\/p>\n
I wish we would have had more time to look through the Jamestown lesson box or would have been able to complete one of the activities included.\u00a0 It looked very intriguing and I can see why students would like to examine the primary sources.<\/p>\n
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