1. Integrated Literacy Assignment CHELSEA VANDERZWAAG SST 309-05

2. GLCE 4-G1.0.2 Identify and describe the characteristics and purposes (e.g. measure distance, determine relative location, classify a region) of a variety of geographic tools and technologies (e.g. globe, map, satellite image). 4-G2.0.2 Locate and describe human and physical characteristics of major United States regions and compare them to the Great Lakes Region. 4 – H3.0.7 Describe past and current threats to Michigan’s natural resources; describe how Michigan worked in the past and continues to work today to protect its natural resources. (G, C, E)

3. Trade Books The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal By Cheryl Harness All around Michigan Regions and Resources By Alexandra Fix The California Gold Rush By Mel Friedman The Road to There; Map Makers and Their Stories By Val Ross The Image of the World By Peter Whitfield

4. Maps

5. Songs “Five Great Lakes”” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfvm4p8tnAQ

6. Activity Books https://books.google.com/books?id=SlD57Q nxOb0C&pg=PT1&dq=great+lakes+region+el ementary+books&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEwQ 6AEwBTgKahUKEwjK2fibnqXIAhUGqR4KHYn wD04#v=onepage&q&f=false

7. Lesson Plan Ideas Teaching Directions, Maps, and Coordinates http://www.edutopia.org/naturemapping-lesson-maps-directions-coordinates

8. Poetry

9. Web Page Michigan Kids http://www.michigan.gov/kids National Geographic http://education.nationalgeographic.com/idea/mapping-tools/

10. Art Topographical Art of The Great Lakes http://data.uncommongoods.com. edgesuite.net/images/newweb/pro duct/23580_zoom1.jpghttp://data.uncommongoods.com. edgesuite.net/images/newweb/pro duct/23580_zoom1.jpg

11. Citations Acrostic Poem Worksheet- https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Michigan-Acrostic-Poem-1490879https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Michigan-Acrostic-Poem-1490879 Five Great Lakes. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfvm4p8tnAQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfvm4p8tnAQ Fix, A. (2004). Around Michigan Regions and Resources. Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library. Freidman, M. (2010). The California Gold Rush (True Books). China. Scholastic. Great Minds Great Lakes https://books.google.com/books?id=SlD57QnxOb0C&pg=PT1&dq=great+lakes+region+elementary+books&hl=en&sa=X& ved=0CEwQ6AEwBTgKahUKEwjK2fibnqXIAhUGqR4KHYnwD04#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=SlD57QnxOb0C&pg=PT1&dq=great+lakes+region+elementary+books&hl=en&sa=X& ved=0CEwQ6AEwBTgKahUKEwjK2fibnqXIAhUGqR4KHYnwD04#v=onepage&q&f=false The Great Lakes [Carving]. Retrieved from http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/lake-topography-arthttp://www.uncommongoods.com/product/lake-topography-art Harness, C. (1999). The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal. New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks. Holt, J. (2012). Using Google Earth: Bring the World into Your Classroom. Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education. Michigan Kids. http://www.michigan.gov/kidshttp://www.michigan.gov/kids

12. Citations (Cont…) (2014) ”Old Growth Forest and Unceded Native American Land in the US” [Web Map]. Retrieved from https://decolonialatlas.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/the-deforestation-and-colonization-of- the-united-states// National Geographic Society. (2005). National Geographic Student Atlas of the World. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic. Parma, J. (2009, Jan 20). Lesson 5: Teaching Directions, Maps, and Coordinates. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/naturemapping-lesson-maps-directions-coordinates http://www.edutopia.org/naturemapping-lesson-maps-directions-coordinates Ross, V. (2009). The Road to There; Map Makers and Their Stories. Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books. Teaching Directions Maps and Coordinates- http://www.edutopia.org/naturemapping-lesson-maps- directions-coordinates http://www.edutopia.org/naturemapping-lesson-maps- directions-coordinates Whitfield, P. (2010). The Image of the World; 20 Centuries of World Maps. London, England: British Library.