Where in the World- Introduction
North America
Central America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
1) The first assignment will start close to home with the names and location of the 50 states. Go to Lyndsey's Mania at Lizardpoint.com and play the quiz to determine your state location abiltiy.
2) From your score (out of 150), go to Sheppard Software Geography Site / Quizzes! and click on the appropriate level that you earned. Make sure that you click on the STATE section of these games/quizes in order to play the correct one. (If you do NOT havea computer access at home, then print out this map of the United States to use for the state names and capitols. )
0-30 points Tutorial 31-50 points Beginner 51-119 points Intermediate 120-144 points Expert 145-149 points Cartographer 150 points Cartographer plus 3) Work your way from the top to the bottom of the chart until you are confident that you can pass the 50 states test with 100% accuracy.
*) If you have extra time, freeworldmaps.net has a United States geography game quiz that will really challenge you! To play, choose "Test your knowledge in our US geography quiz game!"
4) See the teacher for your 50 states quiz!
5) Next are the state capitols. Go to Lyndsey's Mania at Lizardpoint.com. On the right-bottom side of the screen, is a drop down menu to "select another quiz". Toward the bottom is the choice "United States-State Capitols". Play this quiz to determine your score for capitol state location abiltiy.
6) From your score (out of 150), again go to Sheppard Software Geography Site / Quizzes! and click on the appropriate level that you earned (See table above). Make sure that you click on the Capitol section of these games/quizes in order to play the correct one.
0-40 Tutorial 41-80 Beginner 81-144 Intermediate 145-149 Expert 150 points Cartographer
7) Again work your way from the top to the bottom of the chart until you are confident that you can pass the 50 capitols test with 100% accuracy.
8) See the teacher for your 50 capitols quiz!
Design a presentation showing landscapes of the United States. Use the landscapes rubric to guide your pesentation. For your presentation include 7 major rivers, 2 Oceans, 5 National Parks, 5 national monuments (can not be in D.C.), 4 mountain ranges, 5 tall mountains, 10 lakes, 2 plateaues and a desert.