UNIT STUDY MASTER PLAN
Topic: Vacation To New Mexico_________________________________ Date:_______________
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Objectives: *Child will incorporate math skills in planning a trip to New Mexico (budget, estimated time travelling, calendar, mileage and distance.) *Child will create and label maps of each state we travel through. *Child will keep a log. *Child will create art. *Students will plan the route, itinerary, budget and time table. Complete requirements for the American Cultures badge in Boys Scouts including: Attend a festival and report on it; Go to a museum that features a different racial group than your own and report on it; compare and contrast two cultures. Complete requirements for the American Heritage Badge including: Create a timeline of the historical event you are studying; read three resources for that event (for us this was the Navajo Removal)
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VOCABULARY Mesa Navajo Fiesta Pueblo Apache Arroyo Anasazi
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BOOKS Spanish Teacher's Book of instant Word Games New Mexico Travel Guide - Charles Cadieux The Santa Fe Trail = David Lavender The Ancient Cliff Dwellings of Mesa Verde- Caroline Arnold Pueblo Boy- Marcia Keegan New Mexico off the Beaten Path- Todd Staats New Mexico Family Adventure Guide- Catherine Coggan And Now Miguel Scenic Tours of New Mexico Archealogical Trail Guide to Frijoles Canyon Sing Down the Moon -Scott O'dell (for older children) |
SUPPLIES Jumpstart in Spanish CD Maps Calculators Markers and colored pencils |
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FIELD STUDIES We visited : Santa Clara Pueblo (and five others) Los Alamos Jemez National Forest Pueblo Indian Cultural Center Albuquerque and Santa Fe Old Towns Bandelier Santa Fe National Forest The Rio Grande Bosque The Rio Grande Zoo Ghost Ranch (where we were the among the first too see the new discovery of the world's smallest dinosaur and discussed the find with the paleontologist who found it. We also visited the hunger project high desert gardens of our Presbyterian Church there. |
HANDS ON PROJECTS Build a model of a dwelling Make a timeline Make a postcard |
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Comments: Next year when we visit we'll use GEOLOGY as our study including "A ROADSIDE GEOLOGY of NEW MEXICO" for a resource. |
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