The objectives will support other geography projects that deal with the use of maps to understand regional topography. Exercises Students should have basic understanding of the nature and purpose of maps and incremental units used in map reading. Materials Needed Regional map showing the region of the adopted school. Teachers will need to review the topography of the area to pick out major mountains, rivers, and elevation of the area and develop a worksheet regarding the information. The lesson can be used to promote the use of rulers and measurement.
Time requirements One class period.
Assessment Teacher assessment of worksheets. Level of Difficulty Dependent on worksheet prepared by teacher Follow Up Exercises To support this lesson, have students pick a foreign location which interests them and conduct a similar lesson. Furthermore, while teaching future social studies lessons, this map exercise may be used to assist and support the teaching of mathematics through social studies. The Mad River is located in Ohio.