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Exploring our National Parks

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Students utilize maps/Atlases to find key spatial information, locate U.S. National Parks, characterize the geography of a specific region, and create a National Park brochure.

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atlases, Maps, national parks

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atlases, Maps, national parks, social studies
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6th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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