A Map After a Change: Grade 1 Social Studies

This picture maps and keys worksheet asks children to add a useful place to a map and connect its symbol with a key entry. The neighborhood will gain a recycling station. An old map will not show it until someone updates it. The illustrated activity includes two prompts and a conversation starter. Read the situation together, then look at the details named in the instructions before choosing, drawing, tracing, or explaining a response. An adult can read the words aloud so the child can concentrate on the idea being explored.

The first prompt is: Draw the station in the white space. Mark it X. The second asks: Update the key. Explain why both the map and key need to change. Take the prompts in that order, giving the child time to point out the relevant part of the scene or explain a choice. Ask what they noticed before offering your own example, and connect any mark on the page with its meaning.

Read the existing key together before adding anything to the map. Draw the requested place in the open area, mark it with X, and add a matching explanation in the key. The symbol’s position shows where the place is; the key tells another reader what the symbol means. Ask how a neighbor could reach or use the new place. The conversation starter continues the activity: Explain your idea. Listen to someone else's idea.

Find more illustrated activity collections in the worksheet set library. For another activity on the same topic, explore picture maps and keys printables. Use the page during a short conversation at home or in a small group. Finish by asking the child to explain one observation or decision in their own words; a specific example is more useful than repeating a rule without a reason.