Today’s students tend to have little awareness of where places are in our world. They lack general knowledge of where particular countries and cities are located, much less on what continent they can be found. With GPS technology, mapping skills are not as needed. As long as the voice guiding us to our destination can be heard and understood, we don’t really need to comprehend anything about maps.

This World Mapping course takes students around the globe where they will learn about the continents, countries, major cities, oceans, mountain ranges, and many other geographic features. They will become so familiar with how the parts of the world fit together that by the end of the year, they will be able to confidently draw and illustrate a map of the entire world from memory. No matter what their skill level is, students will rise to the challenge and even surprise themselves at how much they’ve learned. I’ve never had a student NOT be pleased with the outcome!

Students will be required to have their own atlas in each class for mapping exercises. The atlas should have clearly marked longitude and latitude lines on the maps. Cathy can make recommendations if needed.

No textbook is needed. We will be following David Smith’s Mapping the World by Heart. Students will receive all maps and exercises from the teacher.