Map Assignment
Rivers of Identity-Map & Site Evaluation

Start from home (see “heat loss home”© assignment). Prepare a map of the 2-4 block area surrounding your home. Use a larger sheet of heavy paper. This is an informational map and not necessarily a directional map. See the maps on pages 45 and 83 of Williams’ The Street-Smart Naturalist. Include a variety of elements that normally could be used to describe the area.

These could include, but are not limited to the following:

• Recycle and/or refuse containers
• Paved areas
• Lawn
• Residences
• Population of residences
• Stores
• Other non-residential buildings
• Building materials – walls, roofs, condition, etc
• Plants – type and size
• Parked vehicles - cars, trucks, other - types, condition, monetary value
• People – dress, age, race, style
• Birds
• Animals
• Insects
• Light posts, signs, manhole covers
• Other
• Costs of whatever else is there

This map is a kind of summary of the area. We will work with and compare these maps in class to create a variety of quantitative and qualitative analyses and interpretations.

Bring in your map on Tuesday, 10/2.