Category: Nonlinguistic Representations

Tite: #14 Pictures or Maps

Time Needed: Varied
Room Arrangement: No changes needed.
Materials: Paper, drawing materials. Maps or atlases.
Process/Directions: After a study of a region, give students a blank map. Have them use a globe,
atlas or map to fill out the states, countries, territories, etc. as well as physical features like
mountains, rivers, oceans, etc. and a legend, a compass. A rubric is useful for a large map
assignment. A picture can be drawn after a book that is read that helps students express their
comprehension. Students can also draw pictures of science, math or social studies concepts. Give
students the directions for the drawing, pass out the materials and let them create! If it is
assessed, make up a rubric and give it to them.
Example of when I would use this:
This could be used during a lesson on a certain region or historical period. I would
have the students draw a map of an area that really exists, a map that could have existed,
a map of a place that is described in a story or an historical book.
During a literature unit, the students could draw a map of a place that is described
in the book or a place that they make up.
Pictures can be used to show anything in a lesson through all content areas. The
uses are endless. Examples can include a labeled picture of the parts of an atom, a
drawing of colonial settlement, a picture of an event that the students attended such as a
field trip. Drawing a memory also helps students, and talking about a diagram or picture
that they created is a good way to get students speaking publicly.
Source: Common Knowledge

Picture
Blank Map