Internet Map Activities

We’ve done some paper map activities this year but as you know internet-based geography is what most of us use. Try your hand at these activities (I'll tell you how many to try in class). Please record your answers in your notebook/binder.

Visit a friend.

You have just met a new friend from another town at an intramural sports event/movie theater/water park/concert, etc. They’ve invited you to their house for a party. Write down directions to guide your parents/chauffer/older sibling, etc. to get you there. (Your printer is broken, so you’ll have to write them down by hand!)

You’ll need to start at your own address (or use the school’s) and choose an address in a nearby town. For example:

A) 7607 W. Cortland St., Elmwood Park, IL, 60707 (start)

B) 4020 North Olcott Avenue, Norridge, IL‎ 60706 (end)

Win a free vacation!

If you go the following website, you can explore a new and exotic place for free – virtually.

Go to http://virtualtourism.blogspot.com/

Choose from the menu of places along the left, and take some notes about your trip (or make a virtual postcard.)

Follow your favorite band.

Pick a band or musician you like who is either on tour or planning a tour. Choose three cities in three different states they’re playing. Plot a course using interstate highways and write down the cities and which highways you’ll be using.

For example: to see the Jonas Brothers in Omaha, Nebraska I would take I88W and I80W. It’s only 8 hours!

Eat at an international McDonalds.

How many McDonald’s restaurants can you find in foreign countries? Visit a few and take notes about where they are as well as anything remarkable about their look or menu. Try starting here: http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/country/map.html

Train for a bicycle tour.

You’ve recently set a goal to participate in a bicycle race as a fund-raiser for your favorite cause, but the most you’ve ever ridden is 10 miles. The race is 50 miles!

Find a local bike route that’s safe for cyclists on which you can ride up to 25 miles and back home (for a total of 50 to match the race route.) Write down how to get to the path and where you end up before turning around.

Be an entrepreneur.

You’ve decided to open a business. Don’t worry right now about resources; your first task is to choose a location.

Use the features of Google Maps to find an Elmwood Park or surrounding location where there are no other similar businesses as competition. Then see what real estate is available so you can move in. Write down the type of business and the address you choose.

Manhattan Mosque

There’s been a lot of controversy about the proposed cultural center and mosque near ground zero. Use google maps to look at the ground zero site and locate mosques that are in Manhattan (downtown New York) and also the proposed site of the Park51 Mosque/Cultural Center.

How close is it? Are there other mosques nearby? Why do some people appose it? Why do others support it?

India!

I’ll be going to India this winter and I need your help. What should I make sure to see and do while I’m there?

Here’s where I’ll be going: Delhi, Mussoorie (and the Woodstock School), Kochi (aka Cochin) and Mumbai.

Thanks to Ms. Hawes for these terrific activities.

Essential Questions 1880 -1920

Essential Questions
Chapter 20: An Industrial Society 1860-1914
• What factors (natural and technological) contributed to America’s industrial transformation?
• How did corporations change life in America?
• What steps did American workers take to improve working conditions?
Ch. 21: Changes in American Life 1880-1914
• What factors caused American urbanization?
• How did immigration change America at the turn of the 20th century?
• What kinds of segregation and discrimination permeated American society?
• What developments lead to the rise of mass culture?
Ch. 22: The Progressive Era 1890-1920
• What social, economic, and political reforms came about during the Progressive Era?
Ch. 23: Becoming a World Power 1880-1917
• What did the U.S. stand to gain by expanding militarily and economically?

Terms & Names to Know (not a complete list)

• Andrew Carnegie
• business cycle
• capital
• corporation
• department store
• discrimination
• Ellis Island
• Hull House
• Ida B. Wells
• imperialism
• industrialization
• Jane Addams
• Jim Crow
• John D. Rockefeller
• monopoly
• muckrakers
• new immigrants
• Nineteenth Amendment
• Panama Canal
• philanthropist
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• progressivism
• segregation
• Spanish-American War
• suffrage
• Susan B. Anthony
• sweatshop
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Thomas Edison
• U.S.S. Maine
• urbanization
• Wright Brothers
• yellow journalism

Welcome Back!

Looking forward to another interesting year. I will be at the Tuesday Elm Family Picnic until 3:30 or so. See you there?

http://www.epcusd401.org/node/1273

End of the Year Survey 2010

The URL of your survey is:
http://www.quia.com/sv/410927.html

Please take time to fill out this short survey to help me improve the class for next year. See me in class for the "secret" word required to take the survey.

SURVEY IS CLOSED.

50 State Geography Games & Review

We'll be working on the geography of the 50 states in class this week and next. Use these sites to help you study.

An easier game and a good place to start if you don't know your states well:

http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/unitedstates.html

A fairly tough game where you need to type in the names of all 50 states while looking at an outline map:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/states.php

Challenging game using a satellite map that you drag the outline of the states onto:

http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/fiftystates2.jsp

Click and drag the name of the lower 48 states to their place on an outline map:

http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf

History Channel site about all the states. Lots of info and hunt around for some fun and challenging games.

http://www.history.com/topics/states

If you’re not at school, you can play the computer based geo game (that you remember from last year) online at:

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html

Good luck!
Which one is your favorite? What's your best score. Be prepared to share your thoughts and scores in class.

Illinois Constitution Practice Games

Check these out to help you on the Illinois Constitution Test.

Review Games:
Illinois Constitution Battleship
http://www.quia.com/ba/400512.html

Illinois Constitution Rags to Riches
http://www.quia.com/rr/626699.html

Illinois Constitution Hangman
http://www.quia.com/hm/655488.html


And there are flashcards up at flashcardexchange.com

Practice Quiz if you want a challenge and have some extra time:
Illinois Constitution Practice Quiz
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2405981.html
Note: this quiz has some info that isn't on the test and not everything on the test is on this quiz. It's meant to be fun but is not a substitute for studying for the test.

America: The Story if Us

Check out the website and watch the show (premiers Sunday, April 25).

Also, they've got a cool quiz up here. How many points can you get?

U.S. Constitution

While you're studying, don't forget to use http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/344858 and click on study.

Please just study on your browser. Don't pay for any of the other services.

Good Luck!

U.S. Constitution WebQuest: Government Officials and Other Activities

If you've finished your WebQuest work in class, you should be looking up the names of the politicians on page 73 on the back, inside cover of your Constitution workbook. Who is the Senate Majority Leader? Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

1. Fill in all of the Federal Government officials.

2. For the Cabinet: fill-in the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Homeland Security. (You don’t need to fill out the other Cabinet positions.)

3. Finally, fill-in the Senators from our state, and the Representative from your district (your district is the 5th—make sure that it is the federal Representative).

Mix It Up
If you have extra time. . .

• Take a look at the Deceleration of Independence by clicking here, then the Constitution here (same site), and the Bill of Rights. You can also check out an interactive Constitution here.
  

• Check out this Civics Quiz. I'm a little skeptical of some of the questions and their correct gauging of civics, and some of their conclusions about the data are rather dubious, but you should do fairly well since most of the questions are on the Constitution and last 100 years of US history.

• Try your hand at your American IQ by going to the channel one site (click here) and trying the quiz.

1950s & 1960s Trivia WebQuest

We’re looking for questions and answers about all things 50s & 60s. Your job is to rummage around the Internet and look through books in search of interesting facts about the 50s & 60s that you can use to write trivia questions. Use your 1950s video sheet as a guideline.







Find the info, write the questions.

Beware of Wikipedia. I'm not saying that you can't use it, just remember, it is written by anyone and is not always reliable. Be smart when choosing your sources.
World Book is another good resource. Remember what Ms. Fillipitch showed us in class.



Also, check out classzone.com too. Click here and then check out the resources for Ch 28, 29 & 30. There are crosswords, quizzes and other resources.


Once your trivia is finished and you've written down your really good questions on note cards, do some fashion research to assist you in dressing up for 50s & 60s Day.