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Geography of New Jersey

Grade Level:
5
Subject:
Geography
Topic:
New Jersey
Objective:
Students will use geography skills to create neighborhood maps and identify connections between geography, culture, and the economy in their local area.
Prep:
Use the following three-point rubric to evaluate students' work during this lesson.

Three points: Students actively participated in class discussions; created artistic and informative neighborhood maps that included natural and manmade features as well as a key to explain the map's symbols; and wrote clear, informative paragraphs about their neighborhoods, answering all four questions.

Two points: Students somewhat participated in class discussions; created somewhat informative neighborhood maps that included either natural or manmade features and a key explaining most of the symbols used on the map; and included three of four answers to the class questions in their neighborhood paragraphs.

One point: Students somewhat participated in class discussions; created unfinished or illegible neighborhood maps; and wrote disorganized paragraphs answering only one or two questions about their neighborhood.
Materials:
Large white construction paper (at least one sheet per student)
Pencils and erasers
Colored markers or crayons
Maps of your local area and other city maps
Information about the economy, industry, and attractions in your local area (usually can be found in relocation packets at a local Chamber of Commerce or local real estate offices)
Computer with Internet access