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This lesson introduces pupils to maps and plans as two-dimensional representations of space, focusing on creating a classroom plan. Key concepts include understanding compass points, using symbols, and accurately representing distances. The lesson involves hands-on activities, discussions, and comparisons of students' plans to enhance their geographical skills.

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mapskillslesson1lessonplan

This lesson introduces pupils to maps and plans as two-dimensional representations of space, focusing on creating a classroom plan. Key concepts include understanding compass points, using symbols, and accurately representing distances. The lesson involves hands-on activities, discussions, and comparisons of students' plans to enhance their geographical skills.

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Lesson One: An Introduction to Maps (Year one)

Lesson Plan
In this lesson pupils learn that maps and plans are representations of space in two
dimensions and flat images. The main activity involves pupils creating a plan of their
classroom, thinking about the relative position of different objects in the room, and
representing 3-D space in a 2-D diagram.

Key Questions
 What is a map?
 What is a plan?
 Where would we find them?
 What are compass points?
 How can we use them to give directions?

Key Ideas
 Maps and plans are views from above or a ‘bird’s eye view’ of a place and use
symbols.
 Maps and plans show the distance between places or objects accurately, through using a map
scale.
 They can be drawn at different levels of detail: from the positions of objects in a room
(a plan) to the location of countries, continents and oceans in the world (a world map).
 There are four main compass points which help people to navigate direction: North, South, East
and West.

Subject Content Areas


 Locational knowledge: Interpret a range of sources of geographical information:
including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs.
 Place knowledge: Exploring the physical characteristics of the classroom as a place.
 Human and Physical geography: Communicate geographical information and use
basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical and human features on maps
and plans.
 Geographical skills and fieldwork: KS1 - Use simple compass directions (North,
South, East and West) and locational and directional language (for example, near
and far; left and right), to describe the location of features on a map. Devise a simple
map, and use and construct basic symbols in a key.

Downloads
Map Skills Year One (PPT)
Lesson Plan PDF | MSWORD

Additional Resources
A range of maps on pupils’ desks (tube, OS, road atlas, bus map, cycle route map etc.)
Camera/prepared photos of the classroom
Rope to create a large outline of the classroom
Compass
Class toy
Paper and pens for drawing plans

Web links
Go to the RGS-IBG website to view a subject knowledge animation on primary map skills
http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Schools/Teaching+resources/Key+Stage+1-
2+resources/Subject+knowledge+animation+Map+skills.htm

Learning Objective
 To create plan of the classroom.

Starter
Show pupils a variety of different maps, plans and globes. These could include floor plans,
hug-a-globes, bus and train maps, street maps, atlases, plans of the school, Google Earth,
Satnavs and any others available. Let them look and touch them all. Ask them what do they
think people use maps for? Are maps they flat or round?

Main Teaching
Ask pupils to say what they could see on the maps, plans and globes. Pose the questions:
 Have you seen anything like this before?
 Where have they seen them?
 What can you see on the maps?
 Record what the pupils say as a formative assessment and these can be added to a
working wall.

As a whole class, pupils create a plan of the classroom. Either show pupils prepared photos
taken at a range of locations within the classroom or take photos with pupils prior to the
lesson in small groups.

Place a large outline of the classroom on the carpet using rope and define key places in the
classroom such as the windows and entrance. With the pupils sitting around the edge, ask
them to arrange the photos so they are in the right place. Tell the class that they have created
a plan of the classroom.

Explain the compass points using the PowerPoint presentation. Give directions using
compass points e.g. the carpet is south of the desk. The pupils then use this information to
draw the compass point North on the plan and point to the compass directions in the
classroom. Show pupils how direction can be discovered using a basic compass.

Main Activity
Pupils then begin an independent activity, and create their own plan of the classroom,
marking on key objects and features of the room, using the examples on the PowerPoint
presentation as a guide.

Extension: pupils can move on to creating a plan of the school hall, using photos or pictures
as a starting point.

Plenary
Pupils share and compare their plans of the classroom, and discuss how they represented
distance and direction on their plan.

Play ‘Toy Detectives’: a member of the class leaves the room, whilst a volunteer hides a class
toy and another pupil marks its location on the classroom plan. The child then returns and
uses the map and ‘x marks the spot’ to find the hidden toy.

Further study
This lesson could be followed up by more map making. Pupils could mapping a route around
school or around the playground. They could also use ‘beebots’ as part of a linked computing
lesson to further explore distance and direction in the classroom before marking a beebot
route on their classroom plan.

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