Up, Down, Left, Right

🌍Mission Brief #3

Maps help us find directions.

🎯 Your mission

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

⚡ The twist

Borders move. Mountains don't.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 There's a country (Vatican City) that's smaller than most golf courses.

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Then & Now

🌍 Where things are still decides who gets what.

Maps help us find directions. We can go up, down, left, or right. When we follow a map, we find places. It’s like playing a treasure hunt! You can move your body like the arrows on a map.

Key Facts

Maps show directions like up and down.

You can move left or right on a map.

Maps help us find places, like treasure!

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do maps help us find?

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.

Pull up a map and find a country you've never heard of. Look up one fact.

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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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