Mapping Race 8th Grade U.S. History

JUMPSTART (Mapping Lab Round 1)0Please sit in your same

“seat number” as the past two days.

0With your partner, create a map of the United States from memory.

0Fill in as many features as you can.0Ex. Atlantic Ocean, Rocky

Mountains, Etc.

PreAP JUMPSTART (Mapping Lab Round 1)0Please sit in your same “seat

number” as the past two days0With your partner, create a map

of the United States from memory

0Fill in as many features as you can.0 Ex. Atlantic Ocean, Rocky Mountains

0Mark the area you believe may have the greatest population with the letter A.

0Mark the area you believe may have the least population with the letter B.

U.S. Population Distribution

Learning Goal0locate places and regions of importance in

the United States during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.[8.10A]

0This is what we are learning how to do today

0For today’s activities we are using a PENCIL ONLY

Mapping Lab Instructions

0This is a race!0After each round, I must check and sign your

map before you can move on0Before I will okay you to proceed, your

physical and political features must be labeled accurately AND neatly0There will be a prize for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place0Your completed maps are also your FIRST

DAILY GRADES

JUMPSTART (Mapping Lab Day 2)

0Same seats as yesterday please.

0Using the features in the above chart, please write and complete the following sentences using your prior knowledge of geography:0The most helpful physical feature to build a settlement

by would be______________ because…0The least helpful physical feature to build a settlement

by would be______________ because…

Mountains RiverOcean Plains (flat land)

PreAP JUMPSTART (Mapping Lab Day 2)

0Same seats as yesterday please.

0Using the following list of features, which do you think would be the most helpful to settle by and which would be the least helpful to settle by? You MUST explain your choice:0Mountains0River0Ocean0Plains (flat land)

Things to Remember…0READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!0Use your neatest handwriting.0Please do not move on until I check your

map.0Make sure you are labeling the entire river.0Make sure you are labeling the entire

mountain range.0You DO NOT have to color in the water. Just

write over the labels in blue.

OL Summary Questions0These need to be answered on a sheet of paper that you will

turn in with your maps:0These need to be answered in complete sentences:1. Why might the Appalachian Mountains have caused the

settlers to remain on or close to the Atlantic Coast?2. What type of land (soil) and climate (weather) must the

southern colonies have had that helped agriculture (farming) to become a main economic activity in this region?

3. Think about the land and climate of the North. Why was farming not as successful in the Northeast as it was in the South?

4. What possible benefits might the Mississippi River provide to settlers?

PreAP Summary Questions0These need to be answered on a sheet of paper that you

will turn in with your maps:0These need to be answered in complete sentences:1. What physical features might have caused the

majority of settlers to remain on or close to the Atlantic Coast?

2. How might the land and climate of southern colonies have helped agriculture to become a main economic activity in this region?

3. Why was farming not a main economic activity in the Northeast?

4. What possible benefits might the Mississippi River provide to settlers?