Read the Date on a Map Note
Compare an older map with a newer specific observation.
Supplied materials
- Original fictional records: Park map, Monday: Q means quiet bench; Q appears beside the gate. Caretaker note, Wednesday: “The quiet bench was moved beside the garden today.” These are invented records about a pretend park.
Learn the idea
A map represents a place at a particular time. Places and objects can change after a map is made. A date helps us put a map and a later note in order. We should say which source our answer comes from instead of treating the older drawing as always current.
Monday’s map places the bench beside the gate. Wednesday’s note reports a move beside the garden. Both records can make sense because they describe different days. The later note tells us about the bench, but it does not tell us that every other item on the park map moved too.
- Say which day comes first: Monday or Wednesday.
- Name the bench location shown in the Monday record.
- Name the location reported in the Wednesday note.
- Make a sentence beginning “The Wednesday note reports…” and mention one thing the note does not describe.
See the method in action
“The Wednesday note reports that the quiet bench moved beside the garden. Monday’s map showed it beside the gate. The note says nothing about moving the gate.”
Check your reasoning
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See the answer and explanation
The Wednesday note reports the bench beside the garden.
The note reports that one bench moved beside the garden on Wednesday. It does not describe other objects.
Take it further
Changed record: a Thursday note says “The bench moved back beside the gate.” What is the latest reported location? Model reasoning: “Beside the gate, according to Thursday’s note. I compare dates again instead of always choosing the garden.”
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