AN ILLINOIS VACATION
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It's
time for your family to plan a winter vacation. Since you live in the
state of Illinois, your parents have decided a car trip around Illinois is the
perfect way to get to know your state and see all the sights. You, of
course, want to make sure that the trip includes places you want to see and
things you want to do. The problem is, everyone else wants a say in
deciding what places to visit, too. Help your family plan a fun-filled
and interesting vacation.
Your
job is to plan an Illinois vacation with your family. You and your team
members must decide where to visit on your vacation. Keep in mind
the interests of everyone involved. Click on the following family links
to get to know your family members a little better.
The
state flower of Illinois – the violet.
PROCESS
Part 1: The Research
1.
Your teacher will help you form a group of 4 or 5 team members. Each team
member takes on the identity of one of the family members. If your group
has only 4 members, one family member identity will be researched as a
group.
2.
After deciding who will be which family member, team members research that
person's interests by using the resource links you see after the paragraphs.
Choose 1 or 2 places in Illinois that you would like to visit.
3.
Write 1-2 paragraphs about your family member's choice. If there is time,
paragraphs should be keyboarded on the computer.
Paragraphs should answer the following:
a.
What is the name of the
place you would like to visit?
b. Why
did you choose to visit this particular place?
Include interesting facts.
c. Why is this place important to the state of Illinois?
4.
Come back together as a group. Share the information you found with the
rest of your family. Begin thinking about how to map out the actual trip.
Part 2: Mapping Out the Trip
1.
Your teacher will give you a road map of the state of Illinois.
Working with your 'family members', decide which places you are visiting on
this trip. Find them on the map.
2.
The starting location for your vacation will be your school address.
Looking at the map, decide in what order you will visit each
location. Make it the most logical order you can. Write down
each location and number the order in which you are visiting each place.
3.
Go to Mapquest. Type in your
school address, 1111 Everett School Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045 for the
starting address and the address of the first stop on your trip. TIP – Put in the name
of the city, state and/or the zip code. Print the map.
4.
Now type in the address of the first stop as the starting place and the address
of the second stop as your ending place. Print that page.
5.
Keep entering location addresses and printing the maps. Remember,
the last stop of the previous map becomes the starting address for the next
map.
4.
Don't forget to create a map from the last stop back to home.
Part 3: The Final Activity
You
will complete this activity with your group:
As
a final activity, you must present your road trip project to the rest of the
class. The project will include the maps you printed from Mapquest, the written paragraphs from your
research, and a group presentation.
EVALUATION -
Rubric
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Excellent +4 |
Very Good +3 |
Good +2 |
Developing +1 |
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Group Work Habits |
You
always listened
to your
group and
gave your
own suggestions. You completed your
part of the
project. |
You
usually listened
to your
group and
gave your
own suggestions. Your
part of the
project was completed. |
You sometimes listened
to your
group. You
were bossy when
giving your
own suggestions. Your
part of the
project was
late or not complete. |
You
were not
able to work
with the group |
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Personal Work Habits |
You
were always ready
for class
with materials. You
met each deadline. |
You
were usually prepared for
class. You
missed a deadline |
You
were sometimes prepared for
class. You
missed more
than one deadline. |
You
were rarely prepared for
class. You
missed many deadlines |
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Paragraph Mechanics |
0-2 mistakes in
the following: Indented 1st
line Sentences follow
each other. Capital letters Punctuation |
3-5 mistakes in
the following: Indented 1st
line Sentences follow
each other. Capital letters Punctuation |
5-7 mistakes in
the following: Indented 1st
line Sentences follow
each other. Capital letters Punctuation |
More
than 7
mistakes in
the following: Indented 1st
line Sentences follow
each other. Capital letters Punctuation |
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Presentation |
Everyone had something to
say It
showed that
the group practiced.
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Most
people had something to
say. It
showed that
the group practiced. |
A
few people
had something to
say. It
didn’t look
like the group
had practiced very much |
One
person said everything. It
showed that
the group
had not practiced |
Your grade will be
based on your cooperation and ability to work in a group.
Total points_____________________
A = 90 to 100 points
B = 89 to 80 points
C = 79 to 70 points
D = 69 to 60 points
F = 59 or below
Conclusion
In
this unit you will have learned to plan a vacation in the state of Illinois
while learning about the state. You will have looked at resources online
that can help you to find information, maps and places of interest to plan a
trip not only in Illinois but around the world.
Mom
is a teacher. She always loves to learn new things and wants her children to
learn while having fun, too. Her idea of fun on a vacation is stopping at
museums and historically important places. Choose one or two of the following
places for her to bring the family.
http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/main/index.html
http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/doyou/default.htm
http://www.museum.state.il.us/
http://206.152.196.21/fortmassac_frame.html
French Colonial Illinois
Dad
loves Abraham Lincoln. He enjoys seeing how government works, would love
to visit the state capital, tour the capitol building and see New Salem State
Park.
http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/capitols/
http://www.lookingforlincoln.com/
http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/govern/default.htm
http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/doyou/default.htm
http://www.petersburgil.com/new_salem/village/themap.htm
http://www.nps.gov/liho/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/liho/neigh01.htm
http://www.nps.gov/liho/map.htm
http://www.nps.gov/liho/dean/dean.htm
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/alincoln.html
Grandpa
lives with your family and is joining you on this vacation. He grew up on a
farm in central Illinois and would like to share some of his memories firsthand
with his grandchildren. Help him choose some interesting places to visit.
http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/doyou/default.htm
http://www.agr.state.il.us/kidspage/index.html
http://www.agintheclassroom.org/
Sister
likes to have fun, too. Since doing a project in school, she has become
interested
in the bald eagle and its nesting habitats. She has always wanted to sail down
the Mississippi River.
http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/doyou/default.htm
http://webtms.org/eSales/Start.swe?SWECmd=Start
http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/
http://www.riverboattwilight.com/
http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/directory/IL.html
http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/links.html
Brother
loves to have fun while enjoying nature at the same time. He has an old friend
who moved to southern Illinois and wants to take everyone camping and rock-climbing. Help them choose some interesting places for
the family to see in Southern Illinois.
http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/doyou/default.htm
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/shawnee/
http://dnr.state.il.us/index.htm
http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/PARKS/R5/GC.HTM
http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/PARKS/ilstate.htm