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SEA Record
Record your observations below for each stage of your primary source analysis. Anthony we can complete this activity just like the last one with you writing in blue and me writing in pink so we can see our different ideas clearly.

Scan
At first glance I see a map with something charted on the top half and a key at the bottom which will help you examine it further. It contains a lot of small detail which needs more exploring and based on the title it was used for military purposes.

When first looking at the map you see water and land, and then lots of small symbols on the map, which make me want to examine further.

Examine
The top of the map states Situation 2400 (which translates into military time. It is dated June 8th, 1944. The key contains 4 different symbols representing the following: US, British, Enemy, Bombline. The word secret is struckthrough. There is a small portion of the map which is charted with various symbols from the key which appears to be a military camp or battle area. There are different numbers next to the square which are symbolic of the US, British and Enemy. ﻿The map is dated June 8th, 1944. The map has a key which displays that during a war involved were the British, U.S., and an enemy. There is a bombline also drawn on the map. On each symbol there are numbers, letters and more symbols.

Analyze
Considering what was examined from the map it would appear that this map was used by a military general to help during a battle in 1944. The two countries clearly involved were the United States and the British. This was a tool the military could use back then to see where various battlelines were drawn and the posts of their allies. The maps shows that the British and the United States were on the same side against the enemy. A Seine River is in France, so the battle may be taking place in France.

Discussion Area
Discuss and answer the following questions about the series of maps.

This map could definitely be useful when seeing the positioning of troops and where the battle was taking place. This would give show more facts about how location of the war may have played a factor. This series of maps could be very unique and interesting to use in a higher level social studies classroom to help students understand basic strategies used by military troops. Often times students get a lot of details and facts in a history lesson but this would allow them to analyze strategies and positioning used.
 * //How can this series of maps be used in the classroom?//**

//**What prior information would be necessary for students to use these maps effectively?**// Students would need to know how to read a map key, know what roads, rivers, mountains symbols are on the map. If students knew the overall location that the map is displaying that would be helpful. It would definatley be useful for the students to know which location they were looking at when they were taking a look at these different map displays. A prior lesson on reading keys of any kind would be helpful such as graphs but also map keys.

//**Would you use these maps in your classroom? Why or why not?**// I would not use this map in my classroom, because it is not age appropriate and has no connection to my curriculum. I agree that these maps would be difficult to use with your elementary level students. I also would not use these in either my physical education class or my health class. There is no connection to my curriculum either, even though I am teaching high school age students.

Map Uses Brainstorming

 * Science: I was thinking for my science curriculum on trees, maps could be used to show which areas certain trees grow at.[[image:trees_map.gif width="346" height="284"]]


 * Language Arts: I could use maps when reading about tranportation, to show all the different paths trains, planes and cars take.[[image:usa-rail-map.jpg width="374" height="194"]]


 * Social Studies: I could use maps to show locations of hospitals, police stations, and fire stations.
 * Math: I could use maps to measure how far cities are on a map using a rule and a map key.
 * Physical Education: I was thinking I could use a map of the United States and then have various groups of students chart there miles ran throughout the year and see how far across the United States they can make it.
 * Health: I think maps in health would be very useful to show students a variety of different statistics. For example, students could look at a world map of HIV/AIDS and see which countries where most impacted by this disease. This would work across the board for different topics/content in my health classroom.
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 * Outdoor Education: Maps are great to using for outdoor education and orienteering lessons so students can learn to use a map/compass to navigate through forests, woods, recreational areas, etc...
 * [[image:http://web.williams.edu/Biology/Faculty_Staff/hwilliams/Orienteering/Images/map.gif]]