A New Home: A New State
Task:
You need to move your family to a new state to live.
You must select a state to move to that is based on the needs of your family. Choose a state to research that best meets the needs of your family to answer the essential question:
Essential Question:
Why should you move your family to
_________________________?
(Base your response on your families’ needs)
Guiding questions:
What are the needs of my family?
What are the important geographical features and
the economy of
What are the important economic and geographical
features of _____________?
How do the needs of my family compare
with the economic and geographical features of _________________________?
Procedure:
- Use a Venn diagram to list the important economics and geographical NEEDS of your family.
- You
will read and take notes on
- You will read and take notes on _______________ state’s economic and geographical features.
- Compare
and Contrast the economic and geographical features of both states using 2
Venn diagrams. One for
- Write a persuasive letter to your parents. You will use the economic and geographical needs of your family to persuade your parents to move to your chosen state, thereby answering the essential question:
Why
should you move your family to _________________________? (Base your response
on your families’ needs)
6. Create a comparison poster using your 3 Venn diagrams.
Resources:
Venn Diagrams
Note Paper
Evaluation:
Rubric