Anna and Quinn are a delight to work with! We started the class by reviewing ways in which people get information today and ways in which people got information in the past. This brought us to cartography, and the study of mapmaking. We looked at present day maps and then we looked at ancient maps. Anna and Quinn are very curious and I love that they ask a ton of questions. We then discussed explorers and the discovery of America. We read about Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci, who helped to map the "New World". At the end of class, Anna and Quinn each drew a map of a town of their creation. Their creativity was wonderful to see and they both acknowledged that the art of cartography is quite challenging! I'm looking forward to teaching both of them.