- Select from these mapping and location activities
Off on the Hillary Challenge...
First stop: Kathmandu
How will they get there?
What route will they take?
What reasons could they have for going there today?
Getting the big picture
Locate Nepal and Asia on the
National Geographic
interactive map
or use classroom atlases.
Zooming in
Individual blank map outlines
On a world map outline
or a class size world map, locate and
label New Zealand, India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Bhutan, Bangladesh,
Himalayas, Mt Everest and any other places that arise during the
study.
On an outline map
of Asia label India, Nepal, Tibet,
China, Bhutan, Bangladseh, Kathmandu, Himalayas and Mt Everest.
- Picture puzzles
Select six to eight pictures of the Kathmandu area.
Cut each into four or pieces. If some of the pictures are the same cut
them different ways, if they are all different then cut them all the same.
Give each student a puzzle piece. They then try to complete the picture by
finding the students who have the other puzzle parts of the picture.
Now in this group look closely at the picture and do a Two Ps and a
WC Activity (below).
- Two P's and a WC
Prepare these sets of cards for each group (laminate these so they can be
used in other studies).
Each picture group glues their picture onto a piece of
card and finds a place to work in the classroom.
Hand out the cards randomly, one for each student in the group, who
follows the instructions.
After one complete round, change cards and repeat the process, until all
students have had several turns.
If you have used different pictures you could regroup after swapping cards
each time as well, eg. all the students who now have a wonder card move
clockwise, and those with a Puzzle card move anti clockwise to another
group.
Further ideas on Two PCs and a WC (P.108) Top Tools for Social Science
Teachers Cubitt, S., Irvine, R. & Dow, A. (1999)
published by Pearson Education.
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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