Map Skills Sub Plan (No Prep): Design a Town Map, Grades 5-8 Geography

Your students are the mapmakers for a brand-new town. Six planner's clues tell them which grid square each building goes in. Then they draw the whole town on a printed 8 by 8 grid, with a title, a compass rose, a bar scale, a legend of 8 symbols, a river or road, and 2 places of their own.

What's inside

• Sub Plan, 2 pages: a read-aloud script and a timed plan for one 40-45 minute class
• Student Packet, 2 pages
• Answer Key, 1 page, with a suggested 30-point grading guide
• PDF plus editable Word; print only

Answer key included

Students need only the packet and a pencil (colored pencils are optional).

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