Students should work from the finished map shown on the Internet support site or from our overhead transparency map collection.  Emphasize neatness from the beginning! 

   It's a good idea to have students color Japan first, using a red color pencil.  Then have students do the land areas and islands conquered by Japan, using orange.  Shading with color should be done very lightly so borders and labels are not obscured.  

   The dotted line should be colored orange also, to indicate the farthest extent of Japanese control in the Pacific. 

   Be sure to point out the Aleutian Islands, which stretch off Alaska.  Several of these American islands were occupied by the Japanese during the war.  Also, point out how close the Japanese conquest came to Australia.

   The Pacific Ocean can be done last using a light blue color pencil.  Use a # 2 pencil for labeling the Pacific, since color pencils don't do lettering very well.  A blue ball-point pen can be used, but of course a mistake in ink cannot be erased.