Cultural Mapping
Cultural Mapping is about helping children explore the traditions, stories, and creative expressions that shape their community. By noticing and sharing local art, music, food, festivals, and historic places, children learn to see how culture connects people and gives meaning to where we live.
This process teaches valuable skills: how to appreciate diversity, recognise shared heritage, and celebrate the ways different voices contribute to community life. It encourages curiosity, respect, and pride in both personal and collective identities.
To support this, we’ve created a set of teaching packs. Each pack provides structured activities, resources, and discussion prompts that you can use in the classroom or outdoors. Whether mapping cultural landmarks, documenting community traditions, or creating their own cultural symbols, these packs are designed to make cultural learning engaging, accessible, and memorable.
Teaching Packs
Cultural Mapping Activity 1: Birds Eye View
A Birds Eye View is a creative mapping activity where children imagine flying over their local area and then draw treasure maps showing the places that matter to them. Through warm‑up games, guided imagination, map‑making, and group discussion, they reflect on their environment and share their perspectives.
