Unit Four: Bridge Map

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Objectives

• What is the Purpose of a Bridge Map?
• Thinking Process/Key Words
• How to create a Flow Map
• Activity/Assessment

What is a Bridge Map?

A bridge map can help show the relationship between two ideas, topics, areas, etc. When using this map, you must identify the "relating factors" between the pairs that are being shared. In each pair, the top item related to the bottom item in the same way, just as a traditional analogy would relate.

Download and Save this the Bridge Map template for an activity and assessment further down.

When to use a Bridge?

It is best to use this type of map when you want students to:

• Show the relationship between two things

Key words for this map:

• Identify common relationship
• Guess the rule
• Simile
• Metephor
• Ratio

How to Create a Bridge Map?

1. Draw a line to the left side of your workspace to write the relating factor or phrase that works to describe how the top part and bottom part of each pair.
2. Then move a little to the right and draw another line. Write one part of the pair above the line and then write the other part below the line. (Remember to keep the correct order based on the identified relationship.)
3. Then create a bridge ( /\ ) with the word "as" under the uprights.
4. Add another line after the bridge to write the second pair of words.
5. Continue for as many pairs as needed.

Assessment

Upload finished assessment for the bridge map in this google doc.

For the Bridge map, I find it easier to draw it or just create your own map and upload in the google document.