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A Journey in Pictures

A Journey in Pictures

An explorer's map comes to life as students envision a historic journey.
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Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

Gather all the supplies needed to bring your craft ideas to life! From paints and markers to glue and scissors, our crafts section has everything to spark creativity and make every project truly special.

  • Colored Pencils
  • Craft Paper on a Roll
  • Map
  • Washable Markers

Steps

  • Step 1

    After studying a historic journey, cover a long wall with craft paper and help students create a large outline of a map of the appropriate region. Invite students to mark and label key points that relate to the journey.

  • Step 2

    Ask the class to brainstorm a list of things the traveler(s) may have seen or experienced along the way.

  • Step 3

    Invite each student to choose one landmark or experience to illustrate, and then glue the image to the mural map in the appropriate places. Suggest that they each add a briefDescription of the event.

Standards

LA: Add drawings or other visual displays to written text to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

LA: · Integrate visual information (e.g., in drawings, graphics, maps, or videos) with other information to convey meaning.

SS: · Time, Continuity, and Change: Understand linkages between human decisions and consequences.

SS: People, Places, and Environments: Use maps, globes, and other geographic tools. Demonstrate understanding of the use and misuse of the environment and the relationship between human populations and the physical world.

Adaptations

Invite other classes to view the mural. Suggest that students serve as docents describing the historic journey they have been studying.

Expand on the journey theme by recommending historic fiction books that deal with journeys. Encourage students to think about how these journeys affected history. How do these stories connect with students' own journeys?

Combine social studies and math lessons with a map reading unit. Show students how to determine cardinal directions and mileage between cities using a map. Create math problems that students can solve by using a map