Reading a Simple Map

🌍Mission Brief #61

Reading a simple map is easy and fun.

🎯 Your mission

Find it on the map. Then find what makes it special.

⚡ The twist

Where you live shapes how you live — more than you think.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Africa is bigger than China, India, the US, and most of Europe — combined.

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Then & Now

🌍 The geography you'll learn is the same one your phone's GPS is using right now.

Reading a simple map is easy and fun! First, look for the key, which explains the symbols. Then, find your starting point and destination. Use arrows to follow the path. Maps help us find our way to new places.

Key Facts

Look for the key on the map.

Find your starting point and destination.

Maps help us find new places.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is the first thing to do with a map?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Why this still matters

Every label on the food in your kitchen says where it traveled from.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find where everything in your fridge came from this week.

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For the dinner table

“If you could live anywhere on Earth, where would it be — and why?”

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