 Resources for the Comprehensive Curriculum Grade 4 Social Studies
Unit 2: Location of the Regions Activity 5: Research Skills (GLEs: 9, 12, 13, 14)
CC: Instruct the students that each person in their group will be researching a different region and that it will be each person's responsibility to complete a guided research form to answer questions about the region they are researching.
Web Sites: World Book Online (Search United States>The Nation>Regions) http://www.worldbookonline.com Census Regions http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf GeoNet http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/
Unitedstreaming videos: http://www.unitedstreaming.com
CC: Finally, students take their materials (written and visual) back to their home groups. Provide each student with a graphic organizer prepared for each region.
Use MS Word to create a graphic organizer. Word template - "Regions of the United States"
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