Lesson+Plan

Teacher: Jody Bailey Class: PA History Grade: 9

Lesson: Create a Wikispace for a Pennsylvania County.

Objectives: 1. Students will be able to identify a county by its location in the state of Pennsylvania. 2. Students will be able to identify the unique characteristics of that county. 3. Students will be able to compare the county to other counties in the state.

Materials: Students will be given a laptop. Students will be given colored pencils.

Step 1: Students will be assigned one of the 67 counties in Pennsylvania. They will have to identify where in the state that county is and the counties in relation to its location. Students will create an outline map of the county they were assigned.

Step 2: Students will research and identify on their maps the major highways, waterways, and historical sites for their particular counties. Each should be put on the outline map they created in different colors to distinguish between each.

Step 3: Students will research statistics for each county and make comparisons with other counties in the state.

Step 4: Students will present their maps to the class.