Deconstructing a Map Activity Name:___________________ Hour:__

“Deconstruct” the map provided by answering the following questions in as much detail as possible.

What is the map about? What is its purpose?

What is the “point of view” of the map (projection, center, etc.)

How are symbols used on the map?

How is color used on the map?

How does this map make you feel?

What message is the cartographer giving to the map reader? Do you think it is intentional?

Does the purpose of this map differ from its message? Explain.

How could you have presented the data differently if you had been the cartographer?