Create a Country - Part 2 - Physical Map

PART #2: PHYSICAL MAP


"I like Geography best, he said, because your mountains and rivers know the secret.  Pay no attention to boundaries!" ~ Story People

1. T-Chart: use CultureGrams, the online reference, your textbook, and other provided information to compare and contrast your country’s physical features to the actual country in that location. Create a compare and contrast T-chart in your journal to record information. Use this to move forward in planning your country project.  This chart will be published on the back of your map.

2. For more information about the River Valley Civilizations: Great Webquest to compare and contrasst River Valley Civilizations,  River Video (textbook), Yangtze, United Streaming assignment

3.   Read the physical map of Sri Lanka on page GH9. 

Use this information to create a similar map and key to show the natural features of your country. All elevations (height of land above sea level) should be included. Include major water sources and mountain peaks. Add any other geographic features you would like (R10-R11). Remember that your country must have a river valley!

4.  Physical Map Expectations:

*Has a title of the map behind name of country (EX:  Angeland:  Physical Map). 

*Is neat & easy to read. 

*Has coloring to show at least 3 elevations. Coloring is NEAT.  It allows names to be read.

*Labels (now you name them) lakes, rivers, seas, bays, oceans (1 point each) 

*Labels important land forms- mountains, plains, etc. (1 point each) 

*Includes a key to explain colors and symbols 

4.  3-5 Sentence Caption (See Caption Madlibs for help on this):

*Gives longitude, latitude, AND hemispheres. 

*Describes the different elevations. 

*Describes where humans, plants, AND animals are found & why. 

*COPS 

*Completed on time! 

The caption is glued onto the back of your physical map.

5. Paragraph: write a paragraph describing one of the physical features you put on your physical map. Be creative and have fun with it! Use Jane Shaffer to provide structure if you need it!

6.  There might be help on Webquest.