Lesson plan
Cartogram of the Great Compromise
GeoHistory
GeoLiteracy
Description
In this lesson students will learn that a cartogram is a thematic map on which the size and shape of a country or state is distorted to represent a statistical value. Using the 1790 U.S. census data, students will create a cartogram of the population of the states that were in existence at that time and then visually determine which states were “large” states and which states were “small” states at the time of the writing of the Constitution.Duration
1-2 class periodsAuthor
Mary Ann
Polve
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information2: How to use mental maps (a person's internalized picture of a part of Earth's surface) to organize information about people places, and environments
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Teacher Instructions
ReesCartogramT.pdf
(206.54 KB)
Student Materials
ReesCartogramS.pdf
(2.27 MB)
Rees1000cartogram.jpeg
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Rees10000cartogram.jpeg
(284.59 KB)
US1787.pdf
(285.87 KB)