Lesson 4: Student Map of Illinois Objective Outcome Activities Supplies Multiple Intelligences Thinking Skill

One Week approximately 5 / 45 minute sessions                 

Learning Standard:  State Goal 17A: Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth.

Objective: Apply knowledge of map elements by creating a student-constructed map of Illinois.
Outcome: Student Map of Illinois (Visual)

Activities:

Illinois Double Entry Journal Prompt  page 7:

Have students write the acronym TODALSIG one letter per line and then have them define the acronym as a review

1. create a compass rose.
2. include date and author.
3. label lines of longitude and latitude ( teacher need to model as students copy) teacher directions
4. label grid sections with letters horizontally  from left to right and numbers vertically from top to bottom (teacher needs to model as students copy)

	Introduce and distribute a Map Rubric.
	Distribute student outline maps of Illinois.
	Direct students to:
	Monitor student work

	Distribute Illinois Sights worksheets. Cities Schaumburg Chicago Springfield   Cairo Galena Carbondale   Rockford Champaign/Urbana   Bodies of Water       Lakes: Lake Michigan     Rivers: Illinois DesPlaines Mississippi   Rock Wabash Kaskaskia Neighboring States         Indiana Iowa Wisconsin   Missouri Kentucky
	Direct students to create a legend for the map.
	Direct students to create an index to attach to the back of their map. (teacher guidelines and example)

Optional creation of scale Lesson

Illinois Double Entry Journal Prompt page 8: If you could choose only five elements of a map, what would they be?

Supplies:
1.  Map Rubric
2.  Student outline maps of Illinois
3.  Classroom map of Illinois
4.  Illinois Double Entry Journal
5.  Illinois Sights Worksheet

Multiple Intelligences: Intrapersonal and Spatial
Thinking Skill: Application

Student Groupings:  Individual student work

Collaborators: Patti Besick, Mary Alice Lindvall, Sue Zerafa Created: 09/13/98 Modified:07/31/01 School District 54, Schaumburg, Illinois http://web54.sd54.k12.il.us/district54/socst/illinois/lessons/lesson4.htm