Scramble+United+States+Geography+Lesson

__Overview__ Read Aloud: //The Scrambled United States of America// by Laurie Keller, illustrated by Harry Bliss. Students will discuss and identify the various regions of the U.S., Northeast, West, South, Midwest, Southwest, Northwest. Students will be put into groups where they will create a glued scrambled United States on paper along with a correct map of the United States. Students will also be asked to practice their United States geography skills with these games and puzzles when they finish. As an extension or for help in recreating the correct United States students can go to the following websites []

[|http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/usaJigsaw/default.htm#]

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[|Sample project]

__For Teachers__

If you need maps of the United States for students to color or cut here are two great maps for this activity. []

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