Teaching+Materials

=**Reading A Map - 4th Grade**=

Rulers Indiana Map Internet Map Symbol worksheet One-Tank-Trip worksheet Journal worksheet Criteria Checklist worksheet Pencil
 * Supplies Needed:**

Remind students of the expectations of their behavior while in the media center. Pass out the Map Symbols worksheet. Let the students know that they are to use the internet to locate the names of the symbols on the worksheet. They need to write down the websites they use for the assignment. Upon returning from the media center, have the class share their findings. Make sure all the students have the right answers, they will need to use this worksheet later.
 * Day 1**

Divide the class into groups of 2. Pass out an Indiana map to each group. With the help of an overhead, share with the class where to find the symbols from day 1. Pass out rulers to the groups. Demonstrate to the students how to measure the roads and to use the key. (They may need help understanding the scale.)
 * Day 2**

The students should be in the same group as in day 2. Pass out the maps, rulers and One-Tank-Trip worksheet. Explain to the groups that they to pick one trip from their worksheet and map out a route to that city. Give the students time to work in their groups.
 * Day 3 & 4**
 * While working in groups, students will figure the mileage, time it will take to get there and how much gas they will need.

Remind students of the expectations of their behavior while in the media center. Make sure they have their One-Tank-Trip worksheets. The media specialist has been invited to help the students find resources to explore the cities, towns and sites they will see during their trip. The students need to organize the information. Students should work in their groups to design a trip with stops along the way.
 * Day 5**

Students will work individually to write a journal about their trip and the sites seen. Pass out the Journal worksheet.
 * Day 6**

Have students use the Criteria Checklist to edit their journal. Write a final draft of their journal.
 * Day 7**

Have the students share their journals with other students in the class.
 * Day 8**

=**Plan A Trip To Europe - 6th Grade**=

Maps and brochures of Europe Plan A Trip To Europe worksheet Internet PowerPoint Publisher
 * Supplies Needed:**

After learning about Europe, the students will be anxious to see the sights. Pass out brochures from around the region. Let the students spend time sharing and discussing the brochures and what they see. Have the students start deciding where there destination may be.
 * Day 1**

With the help of the media specialist, set up a distance learning visit from a travel agent. The travel agent will share how to gather information and organize a trip.
 * Day 2**

Divide the class into groups of two. Pass out the Plan A Trip To Europe worksheet. Explain to the class that they are working for a travel agency and they are to organize and produce a travel package to Europe.
 * Day 3**

Remind the students of the expectations of their behavior while in the media center. With the help of you and a media specialist, have the students begin researching cities, towns and sites in Europe. They should organize their information into what they need.
 * Day 3 con't & 4**
 * Have the students keep a list of resources and websites used during the research process.

After students have finish organizing the information they need for the trip, they need to look into costs for getting their and accommodations. They should also have a few suggested restaurants. Begin organizing a PowerPoint presentation for future clients.
 * Day 5**

Continue working on the PowerPoint.
 * Day 6**

Students should create a brochure or flyer using publisher that the clients can keep.
 * Day 7 & 8**

Groups should present their PowerPoint and brochure/flyer with their classmates.
 * Day 9**

Addition by Jake Moore:

One aspect of travel I've always loved is the Interstate system in the U.S. The history of the interstates, and the brilliant way it shrunk our fair country. Have students learn how to use the interstates (the numbering systems for North-South, East-West routes, the inclusion of the spur routes and beltways, etc...) and then to plan a trip to somewhere far away. Say the student had a grandparent that lived in Miami, FL. Give them tools to figure out how to get there if their family were to plan a trip. I did a variation of this while I was doing a summer program in Ft. Wayne, and the kids (5th graders) really ate up the idea of real world planning, and some of them took the ideas home and helped their parents plan their next vacation. All in all it took 1, forty five minute lesson for the background and rules of the interstates, as well as review, then another 3 days to plan their routes and plan random stops in the middle. Then they created a map showing their route and places they'd like to stop along the way for fun. Materials were pretty simple. old fashioned rand McNally road atlases (last checked, these were around $7.00 at Wal-Mart, which could get expensive if you had larger classes), some construction paper, markers, glue, and maybe some travel brochures you could pick up at a truck stop, or e-mail/call different roadside attractions and ask them to mail you some.

I apologize for the second posting in the discussion tab, I posted this in the wrong spot; please disregard my discussion posting up here.