So…Where Have You Been? In this assignment, I would like you to help me compile a composite profile of Thinking Geographically students’ geographic experience.

So…Where Have You Been?

In this assignment, I would like you to help me compile a composite profile of Thinking Geographically students’ geographic experience. Attached are three blank maps: one of Virginia’s localities; one of the United States; and one of the world (with enlarged insets for Europe and the Middle East). On each, shade in all of the localities, states, and countries you have traveled through or visited. You must have been on the ground in each locality, state, or country; airport layovers or airport hotel stays and travel through by train do not count!. Use whatever kind of marker you like (I prefer the medium highlighters with sharp and wide surfaces), as long as it’s easily seen on the maps.

For each map, please do the following:

Virginia map – (1) color-in the localities you have been in and/or through. You may need to consult a Virginia highway map to figure out which Commonwealth localities you’ve experienced. For example, if you’ve been from Fairfax County to Longwood via US 15, from north to south, you’ve been through Fairfax, Prince William, Fauquier, Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Louisa, Fluvanna, Buckingham, and Prince Edward Counties. From the City of Richmond to Virginia Beach via I-64, I-664, and I-264/Virginia Beach Expressway, you would have been in Richmond City, Henrico, New Kent, James City, and York Counties, and Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach Cities. All of the places you’ve been in Virginia should be contiguous (strung together) unless you flew/parachuted in, came in by boat, or snuck in through a neighboring state. If you’ve been to all but a few localities, you may mark those you have not been to, as long as you make a note of that on the map. (2) write in what you consider your home locality (probably where you graduated high school) in the space provided and indicate it with a darker color on the map (if you’re from out-of-state, just leave it blank); (3) check the appropriate box for urban/suburban/small town/rural (be aware that just because your locality has the work “city” in its title doesn’t necessarily mean it’s urban – which means built-up); and (4) count up and record the number of localities you have been to/through, divide that number by 133, multiply by 100, and record the percentage of localities you’ve been to in the space provided. All told, you’ve probably been to more of Virginia than you realize – that’s part of the point of this!

US map – (1) label your birthplace state (for most of you, that probably will be Virginia) in the space provided; (2) color the states you’ve been to/through (remember: airports and train travel don’t count); (3) tally and record the number of states you’ve been to/through (including the District of Columbia), divide by 51, multiply by 100, and that’s the percentage of states you’ve been to. Enter that number in the space provided.

World map – (1) color the countries you’ve been to other than the U.S. (even if you’ve only been to a coastal resort, you’ve been to that country, but again, airport layovers don’t count); (2) tally and record the number of countries other than the U.S. that you’ve been to, divide by 205, multiply by 100, and that’s the percentage of countries other than the US that you’ve visited. Enter that number in the space provided. I’ve provided inset maps for Europe and the Middle East that show more detail if you’ve been to a small country that’s difficult to see. If you’ve been to an iland country too small to be seen, list those on the map. You do not need to mark the U.S. on this map.

I will tally up the total results and produce maps showing the percentage of students across all three sections who have been to/through particular Virginia localities, U.S. states, and other countries. This will give us an idea of how well-traveled you all are.

Value: 10 points

Due date: Thursday, January 29, 2015

DO NOT INCLUDE THIS COVER SHEET WHEN YOU HAND THE MAPS IN!

VIRGINIA LOCALITIES

_____ / 133 x 100 = _____ %Localities percentage visited visited

_____________________________Home locality

□ urban

□ suburban

□ small town

□ rural

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U.S. STATES

_____ / 51 x 100 = _____ % States Percentage visited visited

_____________________________Birth state

Europe

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

_____ / 205 x 100 = _____ %Countries Percentage visited visited