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Mental Mapping Hangman

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Pupils participate in mental mapping hangman activity. They choose the name of a country from a hat, draw that country on the board including at least one physical feature produced by nature or humans while not using any speech while the other students guess. They discuss what features of a map gave clues for the pupils to guess the name of the country.

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physical geography, location

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location, mental mapping, physical features, spatial, social studies
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Simulation
Year
1998

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