Map Skills are currently being taught in the grade 6 Geography class. To make the topic more interesting, I assigned my geographers an art-related task. The assignment was to create a sixteen-point compass in the shape of a Mandala design.
Mandala is a spiritual form of art that represents the universe. And it is essential to have an understanding of the compass rose and directions as it enables one to grasp the orientation of places on maps and to use maps to navigate from one place to another.
It was quite exciting for them as students because they really enjoyed showcasing their creativity and being artistic. With this task, they now have a thorough understanding of a compass rose, cardinal directions, and intermediate directions, as well as their significance in map reading.
One of the student said - We made a compass rose in a mandala form which was a very creative and enjoyable way to incorporate Art into Geography . It was also soothing for me. Making mandalas is a practice to calm oneself down too! I personally enjoyed this activity because it was a very unique!
School - Garodia International Centre for Learning in Mumbai, GICLM
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