Reaching Consensus As a group activity, generate a composite map based upon the information in the students' maps. As the students give you specific kinds of information, determine, using the consensus method, how the symbol for each item will appear on the map. Begin to create a common Map Legend for the group to use. (Students will discover the importance of a common visual vocabulary when making and reading maps). Complete the exercise by having the students use the city planning symbols to define the various sites on the individual maps. Click here to download a common map legend sheet.

* This lesson plan was adapted from Walk Around the Block by the Center for Understanding the Built Environment, 1992; pages 16-27.

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