I was wanting the exercise to be a geography based one. New Zealand geography, and so creating a map each - along with a concertina lapfold - while we read and discussed our way through this topic in history seemed like a good idea.... to me :)
Using enlarged maps of each island we blacked out the reverse side of the maps outline with a 6b sketch pencil (cellotaping the printed side of the A4 sheets to the ranchslide works as an excellent lightbox).
We then lined up each map, one after the other, with the blacked side onto the sketch paper and Bobs and Daisy proceed to 'reprint' their own maps, Bobs is working on retracing the South Island, below.

Hands-on-Craft & Study: European Explorers to New Zealand 1600 - 1800
And for those looking for extra NZ history books to enjoy we've listed some, in pdf format, we use and like in a link at the top of our blog.
2 comments:
Wow! The bird drawings are terrific! I am totally impressed! Keep up the great work!
Aww, thanks!!
I'm going to share your encouraging comment with our teeny-tiny co-op class on Monday T/reader19.
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