Students use the web to learn about maps and mapping. Then students read a notable book of the year from Australia entitled My Place by Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins. This book contains personal maps of one neighborhood in Australia. The maps cover a period of 200 years of history and culture.
Students create maps of their own neighborhood using the book's maps as models.
Finally students can print a computer- generated map using Mapblast . Students should be familiar with the use of an Internet browser. Students use the web to view different maps, to research Australia and to print out maps of their home addresses. Pairs of students read My Place . Each group of students should be assigned one or two decades to report on depending on your number of groups.