WAAF plotters in the Operations Room of No. 10 Group, RAF Fighter Command, Wiltshire, England, 1943



Rishona Zimring David Campion




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MAP EXERCISE


This assignment is intended to provide a sense of the geographical contours over which the history of 20th-century Britain has unfolded. It will give an appreciation of the topography, distances, cities, regions, and political boundaries of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the various smaller islands that comprise Modern Britain. Students are encouraged to use John Cannon (ed), Oxford Companion to British History; Norman Davies, The Isles: A History as well as other atlases and reference works.

You are not obligated to complete this assignment on your own. You may collaborate with each other in preparing your maps (but beware of shared errors). All items must be clearly labeled in block letters on the maps (not number-keyed to a list in the margin) so that future reference is easy for you and grading is easy for the instructor. Grades will be based primarily on accuracy and neatness, but artistic flourish and creativity will also be considered.

The blank maps supplied are the ones that must be used. Do not submit computer-generated designs. Please staple the two maps together and be sure to put your name on both pages.

Maps are due at the beginning of class on Monday, January 30.



MAP I

In black ink draw borders for the following regions:
England
Wales
Scotland
Irish Republic/Éire
Northern Ireland


Cities:
Aberdeen
Brighton
Canterbury
Dublin
Glasgow
Liverpool
Manchester
Sheffield
Belfast
Bristol
Coventry
Dunkirk (in France)
Inverness
London
Oxford
Southampton
Birmingham
Calais (in France)
Dover
Edinburgh
Leeds
Newcastle
Portsmouth
Swindon
Blackpool
Cambridge
Derry/Londonderry
Exeter
Leicester
Norwich
Reading
York


MAP II

Counties and Provinces:
Cornwall
East Anglia
Lancashire
Scottish Highlands
West Midlands

Cumbria
Essex
Lincolnshire
Somerset
Wiltshire

Devon
Hampshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Yorkshire

Durham
Kent
Northumberland
Sussex
Ulster

Rivers:
Clyde
Severn
Humber
Thames
Mersey
Tyne

Geographic Features:
Atlantic Ocean
Guernsey
Isle of Wight
North Sea
English Channel
Hebrides
Jersey
Orkney Islands
Isle of Man
Irish Sea
Loch Ness
Scapa Flow
Normandy (in France)
Shetland Islands
Skye


Created by campion@lclark.edu | Updated May 2018