Me On The Map Book Companion + Lesson Plan Activity

Identify personal address information (home, street, town) as the starting point for locating oneself on a map

Sequence nested geographic scales from home up through state/province, country, continent, and world

Distinguish between 'state' and 'province' as the correct term depending on a student's country

Read Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney aloud before starting the activity, since the product is explicitly designed as its companion

Pre-fill the planning sheet with each student's address information ahead of time if students are not yet able to spell their own street or town names

Have students write their name on the back of each cut-out circle before assembly, to avoid losing pieces before binding

Print each flip-book page on a different colored paper so the layered circles stay visually distinct once bound

Nested geographic scale sequencing — students order their personal information from home up through street, town, state/province, country, continent, and world.

Personal information recall — students record their own address, town, and country using a planning sheet before transferring it to the flip-book.

Flip-book assembly — students cut, stack, and bind their circle pages in order using a brass fastener.