Pirate Compass Clue Activity

Geography is the original subject that makes pirate theming easy. Why not learn about maps, geography terms, and compass skills in a pirate setting? It sure captured my student's interest right off the bat! I already worked on map skills with my Pirate Geography Worksheet set, but I wanted to look closer at compasses and intermediate directions.

Pirate Compass Clue Activity has a treasure map of the open sea with islands that a ship needs to navigate through to get to the final island with the treasure chest. Each island has a different pirate item that is used to help create the direction clues using intermediate directions that will navigate the pirate ship on the correct path to the treasure.

The activity starts with identifying and practicing intermediate directions on a compass.

A teacher example with a path already created and direction clues is then used to model how to complete the activity. Useful, right? I started to hate using the first few problems of assignments to model how to complete activities, so I'm in love with the idea of having a separate teacher example!

For a bit of differentiation, there is a blank map for students to create their own path and direction clues or if that is too open ended for some of your struggling students, there is a map with a created path that is different from the teacher's example so they can focus in on writing the direction clues.

Or you can use the student path map for independent practice and use the blank map for an assessment grade or vice versa!

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