Following a Map

🌍Mission Brief #26

Following a map is fun.

🎯 Your mission

Connect the place to the people.

⚡ The twist

Maps lie a little — they always have to.

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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.

Following a map is fun! A map shows us how to get places. It tells us which way to walk. Just like when you go to the playground, you can use a map to find it. You might see big trees or tall buildings on the way!

Key Facts

A map shows us where to go.

Maps can help find fun places.

We can follow a map like an adventure.

Check Your Understanding

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What does a map help us do?

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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