Map Making: Draw a Pirate Treasure Map
You will draw a fantasy island and treasure route, applying design techniques to create an ancient-looking map. This is a great introduction to cartography and you will learn essential map drawing skills. Where is your treasure hidden?
Teacher Jean
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(622)
What's included
1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade 2 - 4
In this class you learn how to draw a treasure map of an imagined island or whole fantasy world. The map we draw will contain all essential map-making elements and you will pick up the skills to represent them clearly: geographic symbols, a map key and a compass. You will be introduced to graphic design techniques that make your map look ancient so that you can create an 'authentic'- looking treasure map. Class Structure: I will show examples of beautiful treasure maps and present different graphic options to represent natural and man-made structures. Everyone will then draw their own island or continent. We will draw and discuss visual solutions on how to best represent our ideas, for example through scale, colour coding or compass coordinates. The aim is to design a treasure map that is interesting and imaginative. At the end of the class we will look at our maps, if you want, and share the backstory of the hidden treasure. This class provides a creative framework for your child to explore the world around them and learn graphic ways of representing their spatial ideas. Through the activity of drawing maps your child learns to solve problems and to present ideas and solutions on paper. They will pick up map skills that empower them to draw visual representations of spaces they have in their mind. ** This is a prefect foundation for beginner map-makers with vivid imaginations - and for those who want to develop a fantasy world for a fiction story or games like DnD. If your child is imaginative and keen to start worldbuilding then I recommend my Imagined Kingdoms course as the next step to fantasy story writing - the link is here: https://outschool.com/classes/imagined-kingdoms-invent-your-fantasy-kingdom-course-LnqOvtQy?usid=dkfnVoml&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link. My other Map Making classes you might like: * Explore and Design a Functional Space Station * Explore and Draw Solar Systems and Galaxies * Discover and Draw Underground cities * Ongoing Map Making Club: we draw a new map each week!
Learning Goals
1. Learn about building an interesting unique world map.
2. Develop the imagination and learn graphic design communication skills.
3. Learn concepts of scale, measurement, and the frame of reference for maps.
Benefits of map making are:
- Topographical skills: Children are able to use directional labels such as north, south, east, and west
- Projective skills: Children are able to use their own position to determine a location and its relationship to other elements
- Euclidian skills: Children can accurately perceive spatial relationships such as those that are used on a paper map
Other Details
Supply List
Bring a pencil and eraser and your favourite art supplies -- and at least one large sheet of paper to draw on! I suggest A3 - you can stick 2 sheets of printer paper together.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined November, 2020
4.9
622reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a qualified schoolteacher and have taken many school classes to explore sites around London and then map them. I am also a trained artist and storyteller and bring geography and cultural studies alive through images and narratives. I have worked as a graphic web designer and taught visual communication to teenagers. Through the activity of making maps we will be activating the imagination and learning how to present ideas and solutions graphically.Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$18
per classMeets once
50 min
Completed by 15 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-10
3-10 learners per class
