Lesson Plan: Creating an Animal Farm Map

The Lesson Plan: Creating an Animal Farm Map offers a creative and engaging activity for students to explore George Orwell’s Animal Farm through a hands-on project. In this lesson, students will draw and label key locations on a map of Animal Farm, such as the barn, windmill, farmhouse, and neighboring farms, while providing detailed descriptions of significant events that took place at each location. This project encourages critical thinking, as students connect the novel’s themes and events to its physical setting, while enhancing their understanding of the story’s social and political messages. With clear instructions, planning sheet, a rubric, and differentiation suggestions, this lesson fosters both artistic expression and literary analysis, making it an ideal addition to any English or Social Studies curriculum.