State the Case for your State!
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Teacher Lesson Plan |
by J. Trusedell
| Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion | Games Graphics |
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4| Day 5 | Enrichment
Task You have been commissioned by the governor to help promote our state to the CEO's of Ginkoblog! This is a very important task, because they are one of the leading manufacturers of Video games in the world. They are looking to relocate their company in your state but we have to sell them on how great our state is!
Process To be able to get this important job done, we will need to divide the projects into tasks:
Research the basic facts about your states. |
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Research the Region of the country. |
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Create a multi media presentation. |
| Day 1: Today we are going to learn about Longitude and Latitude and how it is used throughout the world. Look at the following map of the US. Look at your research sheet. Now answer the questions about locations on the map. |  |
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2: Research the
basic facts about your states that you might be able to use as selling point for
your state. As you are researching remember to look for details that will make
Ginkoblog want to locate their multibillion dollar facility in our state! Although
giving the basic information about your state is important, it will also be
important to identify any major land formations that are nearby. This can
be a real selling point! An example of this would be if you would like to
locate the Ginkoblog Company in New Jersey, the Pocono's are very close in the
Catskill mountains and it would be great for skiing and vacationing!
State Resources Include the following in complete sentences:
State Name,
Abbreviation
Nickname (and why you think it is the nickname, BE CREATIVE if you don't
know!!!!)
State Capitol
How big is the state to others
State Flag
State Flower
State Bird
State Tree
State Song
State Motto
Region of the United States
Importance of the Region
Selling Point
More State Resources
Climate Map- Click here for a map that will give you climate for your state.
Rivers - Major rivers in the United States
Great Lakes- See if your state is located near the Great Lakes
Mountain ranges- See if your citizens can go skiing in the mountains
Dogpile- This is a search engine that will help you find more information
| Day 3: Regions! Although giving the basic information about your state is important, it will also be important to identify any major land formations that are nearby. This can be a real selling point! An example of this would be if you would like to locate the Ginkoblog Company in New Jersey, the Pocono's are very close in the Catskill mountains and it would be great for skiing and vacationing! |  |
| Region | Definition | Map of the Region |
| Atlantic States | All states Maine to Florida that are near to or border on Atlantic Ocean |  |
| East | All states east of the Mississippi River |  |
| Middle Atlantic States | Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania |  |
| Middle West | Rocky Mountains to Allegheny Mountains, North of Ohio River and southern border of Missouri and Kansas: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin | |
| New England | Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont | |
| Northeastern States | East of Mississippi River, North of Ohio and Potomac Rivers: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin |  |
| Northwestern States | Northern part of US between western edge of Lake Superior and Pacific Ocean: Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming | |
| Northwest, Pacific | Old Oregon country: Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington, Wyoming |  |
| Pacific States | Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington | |
| Rocky Mountain Region | Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming | |
| South Atlantic States | Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia | |
| Southern States | South of Mason-Dixon Line and Ohio River, from western Texas border to the Atlantic Ocean: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia | |
| Southwest, New | Corresponds to old Spanish province of New Mexico including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah | |
| Southwest, Old | Southwestern US before cessions of land from Mexico following Mexican War: Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas | |
| Southwestern States | Southern US West of Mississippi River: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah | |
| West | All states west of the Mississippi River |
Day 3- 5, Multi media presentation- You will create a multi-media presentation with the following information- Click here for a rubric- How you will be graded.
Graphics:
Here are animated Flags for your state that might be nice to use in your PowerPoint presentation
Animated US State Flags
District of Columbia flag is here.
United States Of America Flag is here.
Map- Surface
distance between two points given in Longitude and Latitude
Enrichment: Below you will find some games that you can play that will help you remember your states and capitols. Let's see how you do!
| Know your States |
| Know your Capitals |
Interactive Longitude and Latitude map of the United States
Major Cities in the United States
Evaluation: You will receive a grade in Social Studies based on the following assignments:
Longitude and Latitude: You will be able to identify cities and land formations in your state using longitude and latitude lines.
Multimedia presentation: You will create a presentation that gives the information that will show what a great state yours would be to live.
Conclusion; Through this unit we hope that you have learned more about the physical features of our country and how to read maps to travel throughout our land.
Resources:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/regdef.html
http://www.fg-a.com/stateflags.htm