Identifying Landmarks When you take apart the word, "landmark," you see that it is literally a "mark upon the land." It is something that tells you where you are. It is something that makes that place different from all of the space around it. A landmark can be: a home a sign a monument a land form a work of art a building a gathering place Have students come to school with pictures and drawings of favorite landmarks which they see between home and school.

* This lesson plan was adapted from Walk Around the Block by the Center for Understanding the Built Environment, 1992; pages 8-9.

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