All, Last year, I worked with several professors who were teaching a freshman honors class. Their students came to the library & talked to them about bias (implicit & explicit) in maps, touching on things like motivations behind the map makers, cultural perspective, what (who) was not shown, etc. This year, the professors want to change things a bit. They want to concentrate on the data behind the map. Ideally, they would like to show the students a map & have them think/analyze/understand the map. Then add a new layer of data to the same area (or show the data in a different way), then ask the students to note how their perspective has changed, etc. * Has anyone created a similar assignment? * Are there places I can find canned data/maps to use? * What topics/areas would you recommend I use? An interesting starting point is the Mapping Prejudice project in Minnesota. One topic I thought of was the presidential vote--who you can show votes in a number of ways to make things conform with your beliefs (counties won vs votes won) I am not certain I am clearly describing the objectives, etc. Many thanks in advance, Christopher J.J. Thiry Map & GIS Librarian Academic Outreach Coordinator Colorado School of Mines Arthur Lakes Library 1400 Illinois Golden, CO 80401 p. 303-273-3697 f. 303-273-3199 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.mines.edu/library/