1. Warm-Up: Discuss which theme of geography each scenario is and why with a partner.
I want to figure out where North America’s hottest and coldest places are. What theme of geography is this? Why?
In Egypt they built the Aswan High Dam between to control flooding and create hydroelectricity. What theme of geography is this? Why?
The northeastern part of Texas (near Arkansas) is called Pineywoods because the counties there all have similar, pine-filled terrain. What theme of geography is this? Why?
*Turn in your 5 themes work if you took it home last night

2. SWBAT identify and label the compass rose, map key, and scale on a map and use them to find information
Objective

3. Housekeeping Tutorial 8th Period You need a pass for morning tutorial!
Who needs one?
8th Period
Signatures
Picture Day Information

4. What are the important parts of this map
What are the important parts of this map? What things do we use to find information?

5. Tools to Read a Map
Open your World Atlas to the Political Map of Africa (p. 63)
Does this map include additional tools?

6. Tools to Read a Map Date Orientation When the map was created
Why is this useful?
Orientation
The directions on a map and corresponding compass directions in the real world
Compass Rose

7. When north is at the top of the compass rose, south is at the bottom, east is on the right, and west is on the left.
These are the cardinal directions.

8. North
South
East
West

9. Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest

10. North
South
East
West
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest

11. This is a 32-point compass rose.
This type of compass rose was used for nautical navigation, you won’t need to use one that is this complex.

12. Tools to Read a Map
Title
This tells you what the map is about.

13. Tools to Read a Map Map Legend or Map Key Scale
This tell you what the signs and symbols on a map mean.
Scale
This tells you how the distances on the map compare to the distances on the Earth.

14. Mastery Practice Questions
If you are at 85% or higher on this objective (SWBAT identify and label the compass rose, map key, and scale on a map and use them to find information), you only need to complete question numbers 5 & 6 on this assignment.
You MUST have me initial your mastery tracker to skip the work.