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Mapping the Border: Who Decides?



This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze different maps of the U.S. Mexico border region for messages about how mapmakers use images and words to convey messages.


Mapping the Border: Who Decides?
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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Grade Level(s)

Middle School, High School, College

Media Type(s)

Illustration, Map

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