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Description

Create a simple map to help someone navigate your meeting place.

Resources

Pens or pencils
Plain paper

Instructions

Give everyone paper and some pens.
Everyone should draw a big outline that’s the same shape as the floor of their meeting place. It might be helpful to go outside or use Google maps satellite view, for a better look
If your meeting place has more than one floor, it’s up to you whether everyone draws just one floor or all of the floors, or if different people draw different floors.
Everyone should walk around the space, thinking about the most important things to include on their maps. It might be best to start with walls, adding in any that divide the main room from corridors, side rooms, or store rooms.
Once their walls are in place, everyone should think about adding windows and doors to their map.
Everyone should decide what their map is for – what job will it do? Some people’s maps might help someone to find the toilet, others will help people to find the fire exit from the main room, and others might help someone to find where the footballs are kept, for example.
Once they’ve created their rooms, and chosen a purpose, everyone should think about labelling their map. Do they need to use symbols or words to show where the toilet is, for example? Other important things to include might be stairs and fire exits.
Now, everyone can add detail. What other important things, such as pieces of furniture, would be useful to have on the map? What do people need to know?
Once everyone’s finished, everyone should compare their maps. What’s similar, and what’s different?
Everyone should give their map to someone else, and tell them what the map will help them to do.
If possible, the people following the maps shouldn’t be too familiar with the meeting place. For example, you could ask the people who pick everyone up to come a few minutes early to give it a go.
Everyone who’s been given a map should follow it and complete the task. Does the map help them do the job?

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