This lesson turns a crumpled piece of paper into a 3-D map

Subject(s): Social Studies Grades(s): Grades 6-7

Title – 3-D Maps

By – Susan Stolley

Primary Subject – Social Studies

Grade Level – 7

Rationale: Students know instinctively why the people of earth have selected their chosen places to live:

Organize students in pairs.

Give each pair a 12 x 18 piece of drawing papers.

Have the pair crumple their paper and then partly unfold the paper.

They now have a piece of the earth.

Ask them to imagine that they are flying over their piece of the earth.

Have them draw the following on their piece of the earth with crayons or colored pencils:

Students will present their maps at the end of class, show their different physical features, and explain why they have selected the town’s location.