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Students color, cut, and glue pieces onto a file folder to create this lapbook that can be used for a variety of reasons - review, assessment, or as a study guide.
Included:
Five pages of assembly instructions with pictures
Nine pages of masters for the students (each student will need all nine pages)
Color copy for teacher example
Possible answer keys
Skills and Terms Addressed:
Compass Rose - Cardinal and Intermediate Directions
Important Terms - geography, absolute location, geographic term, landform, physical feature
Continents and Oceans - self-checking map (7 continents, 5 oceans)
Hemispheres - Northern/Southern, Western/Eastern, latitude, longitude, Equator, Prime Meridian
Landforms and Water Features (matching and sorting) - mouth, river, valley, source, mountain range, isthmus, cape, bay, peninsula, lake, delta, island, sea, tributary, gulf, mountain
Physical Features of the United States (short research) - Sierra Nevada, Great Basin, Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Gulf Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Rio Grande
UPDATED 11/4/18 - Now includes a Southern Ocean option.
I used Social Studies Alive! America's Past Chapter 1 - Geography of the United States (for fifth grade) as a guide for the concepts and terms I included.
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