My Neighborhood on a Map

🌍Mission Brief #47

My neighborhood map shows where I live.

🎯 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

🌍 Where things are still decides who gets what.

My neighborhood map shows where I live. It shows my house, my school, and my friends' homes. I can see the best way to visit them. Maps help us know our neighborhood.

Key Facts

Neighborhood maps show houses and schools.

They show where friends live.

Maps help us find our way.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What does my neighborhood map show?

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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