Art Map Due Tomorrow

The Art Map is due tomorrow. The late penalty is 25% per day. I originally said 50% per day but I have changed my mind. This applies ONLY to the Art Map Project and not to any other project or assignment. The assignment was made near the beginning of school. I will check my email around 6:00 p.m. tonight for any last minute questions, though I took a considerable amount of time answering questions in class today. I wish you all good luck and hope everyone does well on the project!

Cane River Lake

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Art Map Bonus Opportunity

Line #20 in the instructions (natural resources) is now optional. I will give 2 extra-credit project points for those completing this task.

Alternatives to Excel

If you need to make a spreadsheet for your charts and graphs, you may use Excel. However, Excel is expensive and I do not expect you to purchase it for my class (especially since I don't use it). There are some great free alternatives. Please get parental permission.

OpenOffice is a free, open-source alternative to Excel. You have to download and install it. I have used it and can say that it worked well for me.
http://www.openoffice.org/

Another free spreadsheet is offered online through Google. No download is required but you have to sign up for a free Google account.
http://docs.google.com

Art Map: Major Land Resource Regions

Ignore the numbers on the map online; just use the colored areas.

Art Map Due Thursday

Just another reminder -- the Art Map is due Thursday, 02 October 2008. It is a non-droppable project grade. Projects are weighted at 10% of your overall grade. I assigned this project on the first week of school and posted the due date on the board before school started.

http://lastudies2009.blogspot.com/2008/08/board-cam-important-dates.html

Art Map FAQs

I want a good, neat art map but I am not expecting perfection. Fulfill the rubric's requirements and you will get a good grade. I am open to your creative ideas on how to make this happen.


What about the nine cultural sub-regions? I don't see that many on the map.

Some are labeled by color, others are printed on the map (e.g., Terrace Flatwoods). As long as you have what's on the map it will be OK.


I can't fit everything on the map. How am I supposed to make it all fit?

Use smaller indicators, such as dots or stripes.


I need help using Excel to make my chart and graph.

See http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC100620751033

Change to Art Map Instructions

Please make the following change to line #19 of the art map instructions (not the rubric):

19. Add major crops to your art map. The five major crops of Louisiana are cotton, soybeans, rice, sugarcane, and corn. Indicate which parishes had gross income of over $20,000,000 in 2002 (Yodis, Colten, & Johnson, 2003 (pp. 147-149). Indicate the parishes with these crops on the Louisiana's Agriculture Map at http://www.aitcla.org/files/AITC_MAP.2004.pdf

Corn is labeled "Feed Grains" on this map.

Reminder: Upcoming Due Dates

Just a reminder, these assignments, given some time ago, are coming due before the end of this grading period:

The Art Map of Louisiana Project -- 02 October 2008
The GLE #62 Timeline of the 1600s -- 08 October 2008
The GLE #63 Take-Home Test -- 09 October 2008

If you lost your instructions please print another copy from the iDisk -- see the links to the right.

I am concerned about the students who have not taken their art maps home to finish them. Time is running out!

Help with the GLE #2 Maps and other GLE Activities

Scroll down on this blog to see the maps I posted to aid you on GLE #2 and the GLE #3 Art Map Project.

To see all blog entries on GLE #1, click here.
To see all blog entries on GLE #2, click here.
To see all blog entries on GLE #3, click here.
To see all blog entries on GLE #4, click here.

Lost a worksheet? Download it from the iDisk.

Binder Check on Wednesday, Test 1.1 Thursday

The binder check will be on Wednesday -- I have delayed it to give students another class day to trace their art maps (GLE #3). Test 1.1 will be on Thursday.

The binder check will include any bellringers not collected in class, the GLE #1 worksheet, and the northwest Louisiana parishes listed on page #3 of the GLE #2 worksheets should be added to your maps for waterways and parishes/parish seats.

Try Google Earth

Google Earth is a FREE program that puts a globe on your computer. If you want to try it the address is:
http://earth.google.com/

You may import the Google Maps posted on this blog into Google Earth to see many of the items you need for the GLE #2 worksheets and the GLE #3 art map project.

Google Earth is also a lot of fun.

Workdays on Thursday & Friday

We will have project workdays on Thursday and Friday. Please bring your foam board and any supplies you want to use for the art map. You may also use this time to work on the GLE #2 worksheet.

Google Map for the GLE #3 Art Map Project: Cities

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Google Map for the GLE #3 Art Map Project: Waterways

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Google Map for the GLE #3 Art Map Project: Roadways

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Google Map for the GLE #3 Art Map Project: Plantations

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Weekly Preview

What's up for next week?

Monday

• Issue textbooks
• Watch a film about longitude (reviews prior learning on map skills)
  
• GLE #1 Presentation and Worksheet

Tuesday

• More longitude film
• Finish the GLE #1 presentation and time zone activity

Wednesday

• GLE #2 presentation and map activity
• More of the longitude film

Thursday

• Finish the longitude film
• More class time for GLE #2 map activity
  
• Class time to work on the Art Map of Louisiana

Friday

• The GLE #4 presentation
• The GLE #4 chart on northwest Louisiana
• More class time for GLE #2 map activity
• Class time to work on the Art Map of Louisiana

First Test Scheduled for Wednesday, 03 September 2008

The first test will be on Wednesday, 03 September 2008. We will not take a test next week because we are spending this week working on the pretest assessment and starting the Art Map and Social Studies Fair Projects. I do not want to schedule a test immediately after the Labor Day weekend, so we will test on Wednesday rather than Tuesday.

Art Map Foam Board Should be 22" x 28"

The correct size for the foam board for the Art Map is 22" x 28" as listed on the front. Please change your rubric to reflect that or print a new set of instructions:

http://www.paulblankenship.com/gle03ArtMapofLouisianaProjectInstruction.pdf