I am teaching the geography of Europe in the fall and plan to have a mapping exercise each week. The theory is interacting with the information will assist the students in learning it. For our first activity, they are going to use the imagery map to circle and label the various mountain ranges of Europe. It is so hard to make an activity short because there are so very many possibilities.
http://arcg.is/1PkFzq3 map with mountains
Web Map--we will learn to make this in part 2 of changing European borders.
http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=f5ac143810cb4d3ab8b9350f2071234d