STANDARDS

Common Core: RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.7, WHST.6-8.4, WHST.6-8.7, RI.6-8.1, RI.6-8.7, W.6-8.4, W.6-8.7

NCSS: Culture • People, Places, and Environments • Global Connections

CONTEST

Where’s Mapman?

Every year, Junior Scholastic’s cartographer travels to a new spot. Figure out the mystery location and draw a map of it for our contest!

December 2023

Can YOU Find Mapman? Contest

Watch a video about this year’s Can YOU Find Mapman? Contest.

Helen McMahon

Jim McMahon creates the maps in JS. Meet him in our online video.

This past summer, Jim McMahon, aka Mapman®, wandered through hilltop villages past castles. He was visiting a country on the Iberian Peninsula (Iberia, for short). Iberia forms the westernmost edge of the European continent. It comprises Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and a small part of France.

McMahon’s location is known for seafood, fado (a type of music), and its long history of great navigators. Learn more about this nation’s history, life, and people through our Can You Find Mapman®? contest. Answer the questions below, figure out the final destination, and draw a map of that country.

The grand-prize entry will earn $250. (The teacher will win $250 too.) Twenty-five runner-up entries will each earn a Mapman® shirt. Entries must be postmarked by Feb. 14, 2024.