Artifacts

Beth
 * 1) Whip- on the states, including fun facts, location, etc.
 * 2) Video clip- on the states
 * 3) Photo(s)- a picture map of the location of the native american tribes
 * 4) Biobag- i'm creating a bio bag based on one of the Native American tribes... I think Cherokee [I found in the CMC a book on the Seminoles which were one of the Indian tribes in FL ... I think we could definitely use it in our Unit Lesson and then have students do a biobag ~Nikki]
 * 5) KWL chart- to be used on the first day of the unit plan

Christa Cooper
 * 1) Picture of North America including countries in North America.
 * 2) Geography game- This game can be found at http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/geographygames/copycat/. This game allows students to play a copycat game by clicking on the appropriate continent. It provides the student with repetitiveness so they learn the continents.
 * 3) Book- Follow That Map! A first book of mapping skills by Scot Ritchie. This book introduces maps to students including different places, formats, how we read them. This book could be read at the beginning of the unit to introduce maps in a fun way.
 * 4) State Project- Students will research facts about Florida, draw a state flag and other information.
 * 5) Video/Song- Song which teaches students the Continents of the world.
 * 1) Map of Middle Earth with questions
 * 2) The Ring of Sauron
 * 3) Risk Board Game with Middle Earth Theme
 * 4) Pictures of different landscapes in Middle Earth with questions
 * 5) Slide show of landscapes + movie scenes in Middle Earth (New Zealand)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHf74BrjauM

Nikki
 * 1) Home Made Compass - activity where kids make their own compass with paperclips, magnets and an object that floats
 * 2) Map - of FL that has the cities on it
 * 3) inflatable globe or globe - incorporate it into a game
 * 4) biocube - modified to associate student with their city, state, country, etc.
 * 5) Vocabulary crossword - can be done individually or in groups
 * 6) (in case the crossword is too much like a worksheet, I also have) Book - Tribes of Native America: Seminole

Staci
 * 1) Wake Up World Book: Have students use Graphic Organizer (venn diagram) to compare them and 1 student from another country. Helps build knowledge of other countries and is a good way for them to look at world geography. This can be used to help students recognize continents/countries
 * 2) Florida Alphabet Video: Help students learn about different information about Florida. Use as an introduction to Florida State information. The students can fill out an alphabet chart with words they still don't understand for later research. []
 * 3) Scrambled States of America is another game that is about the USA. It has the states and they have to correctly answer questions, if correct they can keep the card. The person who collects the most states wins.
 * 4) S tate and Capitals is a game that the students match the state with the capital. The students have to correctly match the state with the capital and then fill in that state on their map. The student with the most pairs and states correctly colored in wins.
 * 5) As the Crow Flies Book: This book can be used with ELL students in order to help them understand the basics of map skills. They can read the book then create a map of the classroom and school similar to the maps in the book.