Assignment 1 - Always Carry a Map (30 points max)
Send all assignments and extra credits SEPARATELY with the subjects "SF - HW1 - HOL ID" or "SF - EC1 - HOL ID" to [email protected]. Make sure to add your HOL name somewhere in the email. Assignments and extra credits are graded at the end of each month.
Surviving Fantasyland (10 points) - 5 points each
Below are two scenarios that you might possibly find yourself in when traipsing across Fantasyland. Answer as best as you can with the knowledge that you have. Shoot for 50 words minimum per question.
Fill-in-the-Blanks (10 points) - 1 point each blank
An Exploration (10 points)
Pick one of the maps in the lesson and tell me about the places on that map. What are the key cities or landmarks? Who rules the land? What about the neighbors? Minimum 100 words.
A Practice in Geography (20 points) - 1 point each
The lesson has five maps of Fantasy realms in literature: Oz, Westeros, Alera, The Seven Kingdoms, and The Discworld. Match the following cities/landmarks to each map.
Below are two scenarios that you might possibly find yourself in when traipsing across Fantasyland. Answer as best as you can with the knowledge that you have. Shoot for 50 words minimum per question.
- You find yourself at a crossroads and are not sure where to go next. Several markings on the signs indicate there's a forest to the west, the deep mountains to the north, and a city to the east. Assuming you have maps for all three, where do you go next? Why?
- After examining your multiple maps, you realize that there's a huge portion of Mysterious Unmapped Regions to the northwest. Feeling adventurous--or reckless--you head to that region. What do you find in that unmapped area?
Fill-in-the-Blanks (10 points) - 1 point each blank
- In the event of ________, multiple copies of ____ could very well help you in the _________.
- If you eventually find a _______________, you can travel to those mystical ______.
- The ______ is a very, very _____ place to be.
- Knowing when you've crossed that _______ border to ________ may very well save your ____.
An Exploration (10 points)
Pick one of the maps in the lesson and tell me about the places on that map. What are the key cities or landmarks? Who rules the land? What about the neighbors? Minimum 100 words.
A Practice in Geography (20 points) - 1 point each
The lesson has five maps of Fantasy realms in literature: Oz, Westeros, Alera, The Seven Kingdoms, and The Discworld. Match the following cities/landmarks to each map.
- Widow's Watch
- Forcia
- Counterweight Continent
- Maratea
- Ror City
- Monport
- Terror Incognita
- Pyke
- Garados
- Quok
- Great Sandy Waste
- Widdershins Ocean
- Red Mountains
- Thigpen
- Leviathan's Run
- Rinkitink
- Klatch
- Middluns
- Storm's End
- Red Jinn's Castle
extra credit 1 (30 points max)
Choose ONE (1) of the following options for Extra Credit:
A) Mapping Worlds - I have only touched on what can be found in a few maps. Clearly there are numerous maps of fantasy worlds in books and games and whathaveyou. Pick another map of a fantasy world. Link me to the map and tell me about the world. Who rules it? Where have the main stories taken place in the map? Would you follow in the adventurers' footsteps or head to a distant place on the map? 300 words minimum.
B) Charting Your Course - Create your own map of a Fantasyland. It can be based off a map that's already been made, or you can make a completely different world entirely. Send me a link to your uploaded map and tell me a little about it.
C) Worldly View - Well. This is a lesson on maps in Fantasyland. Now it's your turn to identify a few of them! Below are FIFTEEN (15) different fantasy world maps in books, from children's to adult fantasy. Identify the world and the book/series it came from. Each identification is worth 2 points. Note: Click on the images to make them larger.
A) Mapping Worlds - I have only touched on what can be found in a few maps. Clearly there are numerous maps of fantasy worlds in books and games and whathaveyou. Pick another map of a fantasy world. Link me to the map and tell me about the world. Who rules it? Where have the main stories taken place in the map? Would you follow in the adventurers' footsteps or head to a distant place on the map? 300 words minimum.
B) Charting Your Course - Create your own map of a Fantasyland. It can be based off a map that's already been made, or you can make a completely different world entirely. Send me a link to your uploaded map and tell me a little about it.
C) Worldly View - Well. This is a lesson on maps in Fantasyland. Now it's your turn to identify a few of them! Below are FIFTEEN (15) different fantasy world maps in books, from children's to adult fantasy. Identify the world and the book/series it came from. Each identification is worth 2 points. Note: Click on the images to make them larger.