My world and community
Map My Classroom
Draw a bird’s-eye map of your classroom with a key and a compass rose.
Thinking sheet · My world and community
Where Was It Made?
Check the tags and labels on five things at home or school, write where each was made and find the places on a map.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Kids practice
- geography, global trade, reading labels
What kids do
“Your stuff has traveled the world! Check the labels.”
- My label hunt
- Mark the places on the globe
- The thing that traveled the farthest:
How to run it
- Look on shirt tags, toy bottoms and food packages.
- Ask a grown-up before checking someone’s things.
- Make a class map with sticky dots.
Talk about it
- Why are things made so far away?
- How did it get here?
- Did you find anything made near you?
Take it further
Find one thing made in your own country or state.
Pairs well with
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