Lake States - Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. 32 usable pages in this United States geography and civics workbook. For 4th - 7th grade students. Great for home school too.
The lesson plans in this thematic booklet include:
* Full-Page Regional Map, complete with easy to understand mileage scale and highlights that include capitals, major cities, mountains, and bodies of water.
* Individual State maps accent capital cities, major cities, distinctive geographic features plus minerals, farm & forest products! Also included: state motto and state flag clearly detailed with color-it-in cues, map key, and scale of miles!
* Each state springs to life with the What's Special background page! Everything from the state song - to intriguing state name origins, familiar nicknames, state bird with Audubon-like detail and description, major city names and populations, postal abbreviations, as well as engrossing historical highlights, landmarks, attractions, and well-known personalities.
* The Map Questions activity is an invaluable companion page to each individual state map. It explores geographic details, and is enriched with select facts and points of interest to rouse students' curiosity - while they learn to read maps, use scales, and gain directional savvy.
* The Special Feature Page showcases each state's unique personality with a learning-packed follow-up activity!
* The State Review makes the perfect recap quiz for each state. Reference page numbers allow students to quickly find and review the material as necessary. Each review page includes a brief special interest piece relating to geographic, historical, or regional peculiarities that are unique to the state.
Special highlight pages for Lake States:
* Michigan--Henry Ford and the auto industry
* Illinois--Abraham Lincoln
* Indiana--Indianapolis 500 race
* Ohio--Erie Canal
* Kentucky--Thoroughbred Horses
* West Virginia--Handblown glass
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I use this booklet with two classes on third graders. They are doing a great job with the activities. They are so proud to say they can complete fifth grade work. I look forward to using more of you materials. Thanks!
February 11, 2012
Hi Hmerickson1--Glad to hear that the third graders enjoyed the Lake States unit! My home state is Michigan, so that unit is special to me. Please review our other products, and have a great teaching year. Best wishes, Mary Hopkins
February 12, 2012
I have purchase other sets from this seller they are all excellent. This one is too. Thanks.
April 21, 2011
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For more than 35 years I have taught primary grades in a K-8 elementary district in the greater Los Angeles area. I have been teaching third grade since 1991. I also serve as pianist for our school's Glee Club. I have developed a very teacher-friendly series of 32- page reproducible instructional units which include one booklet for each school month (Sept.--June), 3 multicultural units--(Martin Luther King's Birthday, Cinco de Mayo, and Chinese New Year). My USA geography 32 -page units cover all major regions of the United States. These units have been in use since 1983, and have been very popular with both students and teachers. They have withstood the "test of time" and are not trendy and easily outdated.
