Walk the Worldhttp://www.walktheworld.org.uk/

Launched this week by Nick Crane

Developed by RGS-IBG

ConnectionsFollow a walk…

Submitting a WalkTo create a walk you need four ingredients:1. You need evidence of good links to at least 15 other countries in an area that

you can comfortably walk around; and to know the stories behind those links. The links become the points of interest on the walk.

2. You need to plan the route between the points of interest so that the walk is easy and fun to follow, and to make a map of that route. Ideally the walk starts and ends at the same place. We suggest using the free Ordnance Survey Get a Map service to create your route. It's free to register and use the site.

3. You need, ideally, a theme to the walk. This theme will tie together the stories at the points of interest and help you to create a more interesting walk for the user.

4. Finally, you will need to write a commentary for the walk, and this will include the stories at each point of interest, and the directions for how to get to the next point of interest on the walk. If you can attach some photos of points of interest that would be really good too.

Activity

• Plan how we will use this website with students

• Take a walk outside the school and see what connections we can document

• Submit walk to the website

Pupil ‘roles’

• Researcher

• ‘Spotter’ – looking for possible links

• Cartographer – route planning and map making

• Photographer

• Risk assessor

• Commentary author

• Editor – pulls the walk together

• IT support

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Expansion

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Include the school as a point of interest…

Over to you…

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