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Step 1
Decide where you will place the map. Place it inside of the classroom, just outside of your door in the hallway or in another part of the building where all students in the school can see it.
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Step 2
Determine the size of the wall map. The size of the wall is the major factor in this decision, but the bigger the map the greater the students' attention.
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Step 3
Use bulletin board paper or butcher paper, and glue or trim pieces so they are the correct size. Another possibility is to use a cloth sheet or large piece of fabric.
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Step 4
Choose a picture or outline of the map you will make on your classroom wall, and photocopy the picture onto an overhead plastic sheet. Place the copy of the map on an overhead projector or opaque projector to project the outline onto your wall.
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Step 5
Utilize a map found on your computer and an LCD projector to create the image on your classroom wall. Some websites give you the overlays for boundaries, climates, environment, geology, history, population, transportation and more (see References).
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Step 6
Draw the map images on your wall with pencil first if you're uncertain of the placement of the map or your tracing skill. Go over the outline with markers, chalk, crayons, and paint or use fabric pens when you mark on cloth material.
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Step 7
Remove the map from the wall if students are unable to reach high enough to place symbols, details or decorations on the map. Recruit help from the school faculty to take a large wall map down and put it back up.
