Drawing My Own Map

🌍Mission Brief #100

Drawing your own map is fun.

🎯 Your mission

Navigate the world like an explorer with a question.

⚡ The twist

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

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Russia spans 11 time zones. You could leave on Monday and arrive on Tuesday without traveling for a day.

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Then & Now

🌍 Where things are still decides who gets what.

Drawing your own map is fun! You can use paper and crayons. Start by drawing your room or your playground. Draw where the swings or slides are. Add your favorite toys or games too. Your map shows what is important to you. It can be colorful and creative. Maps can be anything you want!

Key Facts

You can draw your own map.

Use crayons to make it colorful.

Your map can show your favorite places.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What can you use to draw your 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.

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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