Celebrate the States
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | Mathematics Science Social Studies | |
| Author | Diana Burns
Cheryl Osborne Linda Whitman | |
| Description | Students will take a virtual tour of the United States
within this unit. They will learn regions, landforms, weather and historical sites. The activities in this unit will encourage the students to learn more about the country they live in by using technology as their guide. The unit has a cumulative web quest as a final lesson to aid in the unit assessment. | |
| Grade Level | 3 4 | |
| National Standards | K-4 History
6: Understands the folklore and other cultural contributions from various regions of the United States and how they helped to form a national heritage Geography 2: Knows the location of places, geographic features, and patterns of the environment. 5: Understands the concept of regions 10: Understands the nature and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics Language Arts 3: Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions. Reading 7: Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for reading a variety of informational texts Science 1: Understands basic features of the Earth. Thinking and Reasoning 4: Understands and applies basic principles of hypothesis testing and scientific inquiry. Mathematics 1: Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process 3: Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation | |
| Keywords | Historical sites
Regions Land forms Quest Maps Virtual Tour | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | A Unit Summary
Lesson 1: Virtual Tour of Historical Sites Lesson 2: Regions! Regions! Where's My Region? Lesson 3: What's the Weather Like Lesson 4: Lovely Land Forms! Lesson 5: Celebrate! Web Quest! | |
| English IGO or CSO | 3.79, 4.43, 4.87, 4.91, 3.57, 3.77, 4.68, 4.69, 4.83, 3.21, 3.22, 3.29, 4.20, 4.23 | |
| Math IGO or CSO | 3.15, 3.44, 4.17, 4.49 | |
| Science IGO or CSO | 3.5, 3.6, 3.21, 3.23, 3.24, 3.32, 3.63, 3.73, 4.5, 4.6, 4.11, 4.22, 4.24, 4.25, 4.32, 4.68 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 3.5, 4.4, 3.29, 3.32, 3.34, 3.35, 3.36, 4.28, 4.43, 3.30, 3.46, 4.44, 4.45, 4.46, 4.39, 3.39, 4.39, 3.52, 4.51, 3.83, 4.93, 3.90, 3.92, 3.59, 3.55, 3.51, 3.82, 3.85, 3.86, 4.98, 4.100, 4.56, 4.79, 4.80, 4.83, 3.83, 3.90, 4.93 | |