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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.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
2.Plan a map of your route from home to school. List the places you pass, the symbol you would use for each one in your key, and the directions you turn.
  • I listed the places I pass
  • I gave each place a symbol for the key
  • I wrote the directions I turn
3.Your house is next to the park. How should you draw them on your map?
  • A.Far apart
  • B.On separate pages
  • C.Close together
4.You are drawing a map of your route to school. What should the line on your map show?
  • A.How tall the buildings are
  • B.The way you travel
  • C.What time school starts
5.When you draw a route, where should the line start?
  • A.At the edge of the paper
  • B.At the place where the trip begins
  • C.At the title
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.Where do you explain what each symbol on your map means?
  • A.In the title
  • B.In the map key
  • C.On the compass rose
8.You use a tree symbol for parks. What must you do so readers understand it?
  • A.Show the tree symbol in the key
  • B.Leave it out of the key
  • C.Draw it as large as possible

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Answer key — Plan a Map of Your Route

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.At least four classroom things, each with a key symbol, placed from the door with north, south, east or west.
  2. 2.A route from home to school in order, with a key symbol for each place passed and the directions turned.
  3. 3.Close together
  4. 4.The way you travel
  5. 5.At the place where the trip begins
  6. 6.So people know which street to take
  7. 7.In the map key
  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.