2. By Karlie Weston from Australia
Friendship Really Makes a Difference
I think this child sees the world as a place of many different people who all
need to get along. If all people from different places get along, the world will
become one and a better place to live.
3. By Tércio Silote from Brazil
I think this child sees the people of
the world having a direct effect on
the world. This child shows how
people differing in skin color and
background are linked together to
take care of the world.
The World is in Our Hands
4. By Joanna Ivanova Ivanova from Bulgaria
The World Makes Your Dreams Possible
I think this child sees different people from around the world coming together to
make their dreams possible. This child shows how people work together to make
great creations all over the world.
5. Joanna Ivanova Ivanova’s Knowledge of Social Studies
(Based on her picture from the previous page)
Joanna understands that people from around the world vary in
many different ways. In her picture, she shows that people differ in their
skin color, as well as in their customs based on where they live. She
used different colors for their skin and drew on different styles of
clothing and different accessories based on the traditions and customs
of their homeland. Joanna understands that the world is made up of
many different nations who have different beliefs and have their own
flags to show their nationality. She shows that these different nations
are linked together to make up the world by connecting the flags in her
drawing. Joanna understands that people have worked together to
build great monuments that are important to certain places in the world.
She draws all of these monuments together in the center of the world to
show how they are all important to our world and the many people of
our world.
6. By Patricia Lan from Canada
Everyone Helps Save the Earth
I think this child sees how important it is for everyone across the world to do things to
save the wildlife. This child shows how everyone in the world, no matter their race or
where they come from, needs to work together to preserve Earth.
7. By Liiu Xinjian from China
Friendship Bridges the World
I think this child sees how people from all over the world are coming together as
friends. This child sees the world as being connected instead of different
countries being separated by vast oceans.
8. By Helena Väinmaa from Estonia
See the World
I think this child shows how important it is for everyone to think about the world as a
whole. This child shows how you must not only see your place in the world, but
everywhere since you have an impact worldwide.
9. By Julia Papp from Hungary
The World Belongs to All
I think this child sees the world as belonging to all people no matter their race.
This child also sees how all humans have an impact upon the world.
10. By Ankita Lamba from India
Protect the World
I think this child shows the importance of all people keeping the world a
clean, healthy place to live. This child shows that people should not pollute
the world or kill animals, plants, or humans.
11. By Nicholas William from Indonesia
We are One
I think this child shows how the world is what humans make it by working
together. This child shows how when all people come together, great things
can be created.
12. By Bar Omer and Liora Haimov from Israel
We Are All One
I think these children see the importance of all people in the world coming
together to make the world a cohesive whole instead of separate pieces of
nations. These children see how we are working with others from all over
more now than ever before.
13. How All of These Children View the World
All of these children see the importance of all people in the world
being friends and working together to make the world a better place.
Many of the children drew people of different colors together or bridges
connecting parts of the world. As the world becomes more globalized,
children are seeing how interconnected we are. These children also
see how each individual in the world has an impact on the world as a
whole that will affect others, including plants and animals. This causes
these children to want to work with others from around the world to
make the world a better place to live. Some of these children drew
hands on the world to show how we have to nurture and take care of it.
Other children wrote warnings in their pictures about how to save the
world. These children have learned about the world by their
experiences with people from all over, as well as listening to books and
stories they have heard about foreign lands and people. These children
have been taught that our future depends on working with a diverse
population of people to make our world a better place.
14. Instructional Idea Based on the Children’s Map Competition
I would like to teach my first-graders about the world. I would do so
by having different classrooms set up as different continents. Each
class would spend a day in each of these seven classrooms learning
about the continents. The students would learn about the continent’s
geography, history, and culture. Students would learn about many
different countries within that continent and how they are all different,
but how they all come together as a whole to better the world. Students
would learn this content through read alouds using trade books about
different places and people and through guest speakers from these
locations. After the students visited and learned about all seven
continents, they would go back to their classroom to learn about how
people from all over the world communicate and work together. The
way I would assess student learning is to have students create a
picture of how they view the world to submit to the Children’s Map
Competition. Students would present their map to the class and explain
why they represented it as they did.
