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Plan a Map of Your Route is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on planning a map that shows places and a route, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.1.K-2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Plan a Map of Your Route

D2.Geo.1.K-2

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Plan your maps in words, then circle the best answers.

1.Write directions for the route from your classroom to the school library. Use north, south, east and west, or left and right.
  • My directions start at the classroom
  • I used direction words
  • My directions end at the library
2.Plan a map of your classroom for a new student. Write the symbols you would put in the key, and say where each thing is from the door: north, south, east or west.
  • I named at least four things in the classroom
  • I gave each one a symbol
  • I used direction words
3.Why do mapmakers use small symbols instead of drawing every building in detail?
  • A.Symbols are simple and fit on the map
  • B.Symbols make the map longer
  • C.Symbols hide where things are
4.Which is a good symbol for a pond on your map?
  • A.A brown square
  • B.A red star
  • C.A blue oval
5.You are drawing a map of your route to school. What should the line on your map show?
  • A.The way you travel
  • B.What time school starts
  • C.How tall the buildings are
6.Why should you label the streets on a route map?
  • A.So the map is heavier
  • B.So people know which street to take
  • C.So the map has more colors
7.When you draw a route, where should the line start?
  • A.At the title
  • B.At the edge of the paper
  • C.At the place where the trip begins
8.You use a tree symbol for parks. What must you do so readers understand it?
  • A.Leave it out of the key
  • B.Draw it as large as possible
  • C.Show the tree symbol in the key

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Answer key — Plan a Map of Your Route

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Directions in order from the classroom to the library, using north, south, east and west or left and right.
  2. 2.At least four classroom things, each with a key symbol, placed from the door with north, south, east or west.
  3. 3.Symbols are simple and fit on the map
  4. 4.A blue oval
  5. 5.The way you travel
  6. 6.So people know which street to take
  7. 7.At the place where the trip begins
  8. 8.Show the tree symbol in the key

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.1.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.