Download This Lesson: From Sea To Shining Sea
Brief Description: Students complete a United States map showing the locations of the states, their capitals, and the top five agricultural commodities in each state. They then identify and graph the top five commodities nationally after compiling the information.
OBJECTIVES
The student will:
- label a United States map with each state’s name, capital and region;
- draw and/or place symbols on a U.S. map of the top five agricultural commodities of each state in a specific region;
- identify major agricultural regions of the United States;
- list the top five commodities for each agricultural region;
- create graphs depicting the top five commodities nationally; and
- compute the commodity cash receipts for the top five and bottom five states.
ESTIMATED TEACHING TIME
Five sessions: 45 minutes each.
Project Food, Land & People Alignment to Maine Learning Results:
Parameters for Essential Instruction Public Domain Lessons
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PreK-2 |
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9-Diploma |
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English Language Arts |
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A. Reading |
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Grade 4: A3b* |
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Grade 5: A3b* |
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B. Writing |
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B3a* |
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E. Speaking |
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E2a |
E2a |
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Mathematics |
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B. Data – Data Analysis |
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Grade 4: B2 |
B2 |
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