Thankfully, the staff person who typically leads this program (the first grade has gone on this same trip for the last few years) offered to bring a few of the resources and materials to our school. I was a little apprehensive, but I think this on-site field experience was possibly even better than the original off-site version! The librarian came to the school in the morning spread out maps on the tables in our multi-purpose room. She was able to deliver her presentation to both of our first grade classes as they sat on the carpet, instead of awkwardly in the hallway of the Library of Congress.
The program focused on how maps can be made on any surface, with any type of image. We got to see maps of houses, neighborhoods, cities, states, countries, and the world. We also saw birds-eye view maps, 3-d relief maps, and color key maps. The classes' favorites were the map on a pillow, the map on the basketball, and the map on a yo-yo.
This field experience is one step in the creation of our own class map of the world. I'll be posting more on that project after Winter Break.
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