SOL+2+Geography

=SOL 2 Geography = USII.2 The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, or tables for a) explaining how physical features and climate influenced the movement of people westward; b) explaining relationships among natural resources, transportation, and industrial development after 1865; c) locating the 50 states and the cities most significant to the historical development of the United States.

USII.2a and USII.2c 221st Century Skill: Productivity and Accountability; Collaboration and Communication.

Technology used: Internet, Delicious, Whiteboards

Students should be assigned to groups of 4-6.Each group (preferably a total of 6-7 groups) will be responsible for a specific area. The groups will be divided by regions: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, Pacific and Noncontiguous.

Each group will be required to research information on the Internet using maps, globes, photographs, pictures or tables to: 1) explain how physical features and climate influenced the movement of people westward, and 2) locate the 50 states and cities most significant to the historical development of the United States. 3) Locate latitude and longitude of major cities and the fifty states.

Students will work collaboratively in acquiring their information and post their resources on a group delicious page. The teacher should also be included in th on the delicious group page. Each group will present their results in a classroom presentation using historical map outlines and a whiteboard.

USII2.b 21st Century Skill: collaboration, communication and creativity

Technology used: Photostory and/or Youtube

Students will be divided into 3 groups: natural resources, transportation, and industrial development after 1865. They will collaborate in their research of their particular topic. Using maps, globes and pictures, they will create a photostory about the impact of their natural resources, transportation and industrial development in the U.S. after 1865. Once complete, the photostory will be presented to the class and students will have an opportunity to ask questions of their classmates. The completed project may be uploaded as a class resource or shared on Youtube.