What's around the block? Or down the street? Ask your pupils to tap into their map skills by drafting the area around their home and school.

Concepts

neighborhoods, grid maps, compasses, map skills, Maps, street maps

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• After they complete their maps, invite pupils to write a description of the area around their house using the correct prepositions
• Use these map drafts to inspire more detailed or to-scale works that you can put together into a collage or class neighborhood
• Walk students around the school and have them collaborate to create a classroom map of the area rather than focusing on their home neighborhoods

Classroom Considerations

• Learners will need to know how to use a compass in order to successfully complete the assignment

Pros

• Includes a grid for drawing the map
• This fairly simple activity has a lot of potential for extension and adaptation

Cons

• None