US and Canada Thematic Maps

1. US and Canada Thematic Maps

2. Overview • You will be making thematic maps of the US to show high school graduation rates (the percentage of the population that graduates high school) • Use the outline map at the end of this PowerPoint • Open up your Geography textbooks to the data file on page 108

3. Work with your partner to make a legend • Subtract the lowest percentage of high school graduation in the country from the highest • This gives you the range that your map has to cover • Next, divide your range by 6 and subtract 0.1 • This gives you the interval, the size of each category • Next, you need to identify your 6 categories • The lowest number of your first range is the lowest percentage of high school graduation in the country • The highest number of your first range is the lowest number plus the interval • Each category follows this same pattern, and each is separated by 1/10th of a percent • Ex.: if one category goes from 80.0-81.5, the next will start at 81.6 • Finally, put a box labeled “legend” on your map, list your six categories, and assign a different color to each category

4. Work with your partner to color in your map • Use the data file on 108-113 and the political map on A20-A21 • Find out what the high school graduation percentage of each state is, what category it falls in, and fill it in with the correct color • Add a title to your map and put your names on the back