The U.S. Constitution requires that the President be born in the United States. The 42 Presidents were born in 20 of the 50 states (or in colonies that later became states). This lesson uses maps to process and report information from a spatial perspecti

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3rd - 5th

Students familiarize themselves with the structure and components relevant to a U.S. state and then showcase their findings in multimedia presentation. They use the Pics4Learning web site or other relevant state tourism sites to locate information.

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3rd

Students engage in an integrated lesson which combines classroom curriculum with Internet use of online reference resources. They, in pairs, are assigned a state to research on the internet. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to guide them.

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2nd

Students participate in a computer game in which they locate and place the U.S. states on a blank outline map. In small groups, they take turns dragging and dropping the states in the proper location on a map.

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3rd - 8th

Students conduct Internet research on a U.S. state or territory. They research their state, and develop a PowerPoint Presentation, brochure, resume, application letter, and a data map and graph.

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9th - 12th