Poles+Apart+Reinforcing+Activity


 * //Poles Apart// Reinforcing Activity **
 * Objective**: Students should be able to report how explorers navigate the poles and document these regions and understand how maps aid in this process.

After reading all or selections of the text out loud, ask students to select one of the poles. When they have selected the pole of their choosing, have them research further the methods and means that humans took to explore and document these regions. Each student will select one explorer and follow his journey more closely, noting the specific means that their explorer used while traveling through the North or South Pole. As a basis for their research, additional resources can be found at the end of the book.
 * Grade Six**
 * Strand**: Geography
 * Theme**: Spatial Thinking and Skills
 * Content Statement** 4. Globes and other geographic tools can be used to gather, process and report information about people, places and environments. Cartographers decide which information to include in maps.
 * Procedure**:

Once their research is complete, students can write 2-3 journal entries pretending to either be the explorer himself or one of the men accompanying him on the expedition. The students will then pretend to be cartographers, drawing a map to be included with their journal entries. They can decide what information they wish to include on their map, justifying their selections in a short paragraph on the back of the map.

Students journal entries will be graded on their description of the mean that explorers used while traveling the poles and their maps will be graded according to the strength of their justifications for their map information.
 * Assessment**: