1. Mapping Race 8 th Grade U.S. History

2. JUMPSTART (Mapping Lab Round 1) 0 Please sit in your same “seat number” as the past two days. 0 With your partner, create a map of the United States from memory. 0 Fill in as many features as you can. 0 Ex. Atlantic Ocean, Rocky Mountains, Etc.

3. PreAP JUMPSTART (Mapping Lab Round 1) 0 Please sit in your same “seat number” as the past two days 0 With your partner, create a map of the United States from memory 0 Fill in as many features as you can. 0 Ex. Atlantic Ocean, Rocky Mountains 0 Mark the area you believe may have the greatest population with the letter A. 0 Mark the area you believe may have the least population with the letter B.

4. U.S. Population Distribution

5. Learning Goal 0 locate places and regions of importance in the United States during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.[8.10A] 0 This is what we are learning how to do today 0 For today’s activities we are using a PENCIL ONLY

6. Mapping Lab Instructions 0 This is a race! 0 After each round, I must check and sign your map before you can move on 0 Before I will okay you to proceed, your physical and political features must be labeled accurately AND neatly 0 There will be a prize for 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd place 0 Your completed maps are also your FIRST DAILY GRADES

7. JUMPSTART (Mapping Lab Day 2) 0 Same seats as yesterday please. 0 Using the features in the above chart, please write and complete the following sentences using your prior knowledge of geography: 0 The most helpful physical feature to build a settlement by would be______________ because… 0 The least helpful physical feature to build a settlement by would be______________ because… MountainsRiver OceanPlains (flat land)

8. PreAP JUMPSTART (Mapping Lab Day 2) 0 Same seats as yesterday please. 0 Using the following list of features, which do you think would be the most helpful to settle by and which would be the least helpful to settle by? You MUST explain your choice: 0 Mountains 0 River 0 Ocean 0 Plains (flat land)

9. Things to Remember… 0 READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! 0 Use your neatest handwriting. 0 Please do not move on until I check your map. 0 Make sure you are labeling the entire river. 0 Make sure you are labeling the entire mountain range. 0 You DO NOT have to color in the water. Just write over the labels in blue.

10. OL Summary Questions 0 These need to be answered on a sheet of paper that you will turn in with your maps: 0 These need to be answered in complete sentences: 1. Why might the Appalachian Mountains have caused the settlers to remain on or close to the Atlantic Coast? 2. What type of land (soil) and climate (weather) must the southern colonies have had that helped agriculture (farming) to become a main economic activity in this region? 3. Think about the land and climate of the North. Why was farming not as successful in the Northeast as it was in the South? 4. What possible benefits might the Mississippi River provide to settlers?

11. PreAP Summary Questions 0 These need to be answered on a sheet of paper that you will turn in with your maps: 0 These need to be answered in complete sentences: 1. What physical features might have caused the majority of settlers to remain on or close to the Atlantic Coast? 2. How might the land and climate of southern colonies have helped agriculture to become a main economic activity in this region? 3. Why was farming not a main economic activity in the Northeast? 4. What possible benefits might the Mississippi River provide to settlers?