Re: Some stuff for teachers what they may do without student
Building up the conception of map can be started with guiding them to draw the things in different corner of he class room and then asking them to make a drawing of their school and its surroundings. They can be asked using concrete pictures of constructions and things at the beginning then to include the the nature (e.g. pond, tree,river etc). At this stage they will be made aware of directions, symbols, colors and finally of length. And after that, sketch map of their village can be shown if available.(The experience of Mapping at the time of last census by many pry. teachers may be useful to the teacher). And then their attention may be drawn to the map they are learning /they have learnt in geography.
Friends I’ve not tried this. Actually I have planned it when I was thinking of the matter (thanks to BIKU). So I’ll like to get your opinion before I actually practice it at classroom to make it more effective.
Thanks in advance…