Evaluate the Strategy for Use in Your Own Classroom

Discuss with your colleagues the challenges and benefits of using this session's strategy with your students, or reflect on them in a journal.

1. Was this mapping activity an effective way to assess your understanding of the Lewis and Clark expedition and exploration of the Louisiana Territory? In what way? In this case, you used it after reading and working with two interactive maps. How might you use it at another phase in a lesson?
2. Are there aspects of the experience that you might try to incorporate into activities with your students (on this topic or another one)?
3. What did you find challenging about the mapping activity?
4. How might you address these challenges when planning activities for your students?