Extractions: Maine - A State Unit Study This mini unit on MAINE uses the cross curricular approach to education. There are several activities from different academic subjects for you to choose from. One of the most important things is to have fun! Below are some activities to help you study MAINE. You may choose to do all, some, or none of the activities. You can also alter the activities to better suit your individual child's needs. Some of these activities overlap each other, choose the one you think that you and the children will enjoy most. The main point of this unit is to make learning about ALABAMA and enjoyable for all who are participating. Maine's State Flag The state coat of arms is placed on a blue field. In the center of the shield a moose rests under a tall pine tree. A farmer and seaman represents the work that people did in early times. The North Star represents the state motto: "Dirigo". ("I Direct" ) Flag adopted 1909. Create a State "Infodesk": Before you begin this unit you may want to set up a research area. Place a desk or table in front of a bulletin board area. This will be where you can place relevant books, magazines, photographs, posters, newspaper articles, maps, scrapbooks, games, puzzles, computer software, task cards, travel brochures, etc. that you collect. Print a blank map of the state, or draw one on tag board, that you can place on the bulletin board. As you study the political and physical features of the state, have the children fill in the name of the state capital, large cities, and major geographical features. Color the map using different shades for varying elevations.
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Linguistic Geography Of The United States marker today such as the Northern cities Shift, may observations on current Americanlinguistic geography can be including Boston and much of maine, where O http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/AmDialMap.html
Extractions: Traditionally, dialectologists have listed three dialect groups in the United States: Northern, Midland, and Southernalthough some scholars prefer a two-way classification of simply Northern and Southern, and one may also find significant difference on the boundaries of each area. The map shown above represents a synthesis of various independent field studies this century. These are in chronological order: the Linguistic Atlas fieldwork begun under the direction of Hans Kurath in the 1930's; the informal but extensive personal observations of Charles Thomas in the 1940's; the DARE fieldwork of the 1960's under Frederic Cassidy; and the Phonological Atlas fieldwork of William Labov during the 1990's. Although it may seem that a great amount of data has been collected over a short time span, the shifts in American dialects this century have been rapid enough to outpace the data collection. What appears to be a well-entrenched dialect marker today such as the Northern Cities Shift, may barely appear in earlier studiesaffecting both classification and mapping. Nevertheless, some basic observations on current American linguistic geography can be made.
About Cities ALIGNED TO THE maine LEARNING RESULTS. SOCIAL STUDIES. Title About cities of Today,cities of Tomorrow. Curricular Uses History, geography, Economics (6 Units http://www.umeedu.maine.edu/coehd/mmlp/about_cities.htm
Extractions: MIDDLE GRADES WEB-BASED LESSON PLANS ALIGNED TO THE MAINE LEARNING RESULTS SOCIAL STUDIES Title: About Cities of Today, Cities of Tomorrow Curricular Uses: History, Geography, Economics (6 Units in All) Web Address: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/special/habitat/projdesc.htm Social Studies History A. CHRONOLOGY Students will use the chronology of history and major eras to demonstrate the relationships of events and people. Students will be able to: 1. Describe the effects of historical changes on daily life. 2. Identify the sequence of major events and people in the history of Maine, the United States, and selected world civilizations. (See suggested list below in "Secondary Grades".) 3. Trace simultaneous events in various parts of the world during a specific era. B. HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE, CONCEPTS, AND PATTERNS Students will develop historical knowledge of major events, people, and enduring themes in the United States, in Maine, and throughout world history. Students will be able to: 2. Demonstrate an understanding of selected turning points in ancient and medieval world history and the continuing influence of major civilizations of the past. Geography A. SKILLS AND TOOLS
Maine Careers (R): Facts About Maine Unorganized townships 416, Largest cities Portland, 64,385; Lewiston, 39,757;Bangor, 33,181 (US State Cat maine Coon Cat, State Insect Honeybee. geography. http://www.mainecareers.com/me_facts.htm
Extractions: State Capital: Augusta Population: 1,227,928 (U.S. Census 1990) Counties: Cities: Towns: Plantations: Unorganized townships: Largest Cities: Portland, 64,385; Lewiston, 39,757; Bangor, 33,181 (U.S. Census, 1990) State Gemstone: Tourmaline State Fossil: Pertica quadrifaria State Cat: Maine Coon Cat State Insect: Honeybee State Animal: Moose State Tree: White Pine State Fish: Landlocked Salmon State Bird: Chickadee State Floral Emblem: White pine cone and tassel State and National Park Acreage: 542,629 acres, including the 92-mile Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Acadia National Park and Baxter State Park. Length (N to S): 320 miles Width (W to E): 210 miles Area: 33,215 square miles Largest Co.: Aroostook (6,453 sq. mi.) Highest Pt.: Mt. Katahdin (5,268 ft.) Lowest Pt.: Sea level Easternmost Pt.: Lubec (Washington Co.) Westernmost Pt.: Lebanon (York Co.) Southernmost Pt.: Cedar Island (Isle of Shoals ) Northernmost Pt.:
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Extractions: Ask students what images, names, or events come to mind when they think about Cuba. Write their answers on the chart paper. If students have difficulty, you may want to prompt them to mention Fidel Castro, Elián González, Communism, or the Bay of Pigs. As a class, look over your list and consider what some of these items reveal about the relationship between Cuba and the United States. After a brief discussion, explain that the U.S. has had a long, complicated, and often tense relationship with Cuba, which lies only 90 miles from Florida. It has been ruled by a Communist government since 1959. (See the definition of
United States The Great Seal USA MAP, geography, Flags, etc cities States in the USA refdeskTravel USA Iowa Kansas Kentucky Kentucky Louisiana maine maine maine http://home.attbi.com/~SmithHQ/UnitedStates.html
About The Library Federal and State Government, cities and Towns. The White House. The Portsmouth Herald.The Portland Press Herald. maine Public Radio. geography Countries Top http://www.york.lib.me.us/links.html
Extractions: Search Engines Federal Government, State, Cities and Towns ... Museums General Reference Medical Information Entertainment Legal Information Indexes to Information Children's Sites The Children's Museum of Portsmouth The Portland Children's Museum Children and Young Adults Page Jan Brett, Children's Author ... Searchasaurus for Kids Full-text articles! Click on the Child Safety on the Information Highway ACA of New England Summer camp information YPLKids our Children's Room Home Page
Description, Historical Atlas Of Maine, University Of Maine maine Press, 1989); Socialist cities Municipal Politics the Historical Atlas of maineconsiderable experience a scholar of historical geography and knowledge http://www.umaine.edu/canam/About/atstaff.htm
Extractions: Cartographer: Mike Hermann RICHARD JUDD is Professor of History at the University of Maine. Professor Judd was educated at California State University at Fullerton and the University of California at Irvine and received a Ph.D. in American history from Irvine in 1979. From 1981 to 1984 he was assistant editor of the Journal of Forest History and since 1984 he has edited Maine History , the state historical journal of Maine. In 1984 he joined the history faculty at the University of Maine. He is the author of Common Lands: The Origins Of Conservation In Northern New England (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997 ); Aroostook: A Century Of Logging In Northern Maine (Orono: University of Maine Press, 1989); Socialist Cities: Municipal Politics And The Grass-Roots Of American Socialism (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989); and he is co-editor of
New Books:Geography. Western Michigan University Libraries. geographic, and political conditions in the countries and cities of six actions toAugust 1, 1968) / prepared by geography Division, Bureau drawn by FE maine. http://www.wmich.edu/library/newbooks/october/geog.html
Information File - Geography - FCPL geography The following is a list of the ten most populated cities in the world accordingto 1996 data from the United Nations found in Baton Rouge maine .. . http://www.co.fairfax.va.us/library/faq/geograph.htm
Extractions: Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Dept. of the Interior There is no generally accepted definition of geographic center and no uniform method for determining it. Following the U.S. Geological Survey, the geographic center of an area is defined here as the center of gravity of the surface, or that point on which the surface would balance if it were a plane of uniform thickness. All localities in the following list, therefore, are approximate. No marked or monumented point has been established by any government agency as the geographic center of either the 50 states, the conterminous U.S., or the North American continent. A monument was erected in Lebanon, KS, the conterminous U.S. center, by a group of citizens. A cairn in Rugby, ND, marks the center of the North American continent. United States, including Alaska and Hawaii W of Castle Rock, Butte County, South Dakota; lat. 44deg.58min.N, long. 103deg.46min.W
Maine The physical beauty of maine's geography alone approaches the mythical mountainouslake from Canada who changed the cultural face of maine's mill cities. http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/litmap/maine.htm
Extractions: By Amanda L. Christy The word 'Maine' for most people conjures up images of rocky shores, pine trees, and lobster dinners. Those who have visited know that crossing the Piscataqua River and entering New England's largest state means entering another world. A big blue sign on the border proclaims "Welcome to Maine the Way Life Should Be." And it is. The physical beauty of Maine's geography alone approaches the mythical: mountainous lake regions, the Great North Woods, rugged coastline, and vast potato fields. Harsh winters melt into magical summers. Life moves a little more slowly, and the savoring of it is a little more important. Sitting in my lush backyard on a perfect summer day, it is easy to understand why so many writers have felt drawn to this place. Maine is steeped in the New England literary tradition that continues to influence the active artistic community that thrives here today. This overview is intended to provide a brief introduction to this rich heritage. It includes both native writers and those
State Fair The farmer and seaman on the state seal represent the two of maine's important jobs. Peoplehad to find where these cities were on the geography map. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~hixson/meyer/fair2.html
Extractions: State Fair Sherree G. Age:10 Daniel F. Age:10 My state is Montana. Montana is located in the west part of the United States. Montana's nickname is "The Treasure State" because people found lots of gold, silver, and minerals. Montana's flag has the state seal of Montana. On the state seal is a pick, plow, and shovel. That represents the mineral industries. Montana is also the 5th biggest state in the USA. Helena is the capital of Montana. Nancy S. Age:10 Mississippi became a state on December 15, 1817 and it was the 20th state. I hope you learned a lot about Mississippi. Raquel L. Age: 10 My state is Iowa. My diorama showed Iowa's state capital building. Iowa's capital is DesMoines. DesMoines became Iowa's capital in 1857. I did a clay model of Floyd Monument. Floyd Monument is in Sioux City. I made a product map. A product map shows products. The main products are corn and hogs. I made a pig farm because the eastern side of Iowa has a lot of farms. My project cube shows Iowa's famous people. It told their name, birth date, and a fact about them. There was Herbert Hoover who was the 31st president, born in West Branch. Henry Wallace was a poet and teacher. Jaylyn W. Age: 10
E-Zine: Amazing Geography you ever needed to know about America's Amazing geography. Three cities in Californiahad the lowest ratio of one West Quoddy, maine, is farthest east, and Cape http://freelookbookstore.com/E-Zine/Amazing-geography.html
Extractions: Wade Hampton census area, Alaska, had the nation's highest percentage of persons under age 18 in 2000, 46.6 percent. Kalawao County, Hawaii, had the lowest, 2.0 percent. Gilbert, Ariz., grew faster than any other city between 1990 and 2000 at 266 percent, while St. Louis lost 12 percent, the most of any large city. New York City, with more than 26,000 people per square mile, was the most crowded city in 2000. Anchorage residents had considerably more elbow room, with 153 people per square mile, the fewest of any large city. Three cities in California had the highest unemployment rate in 2000: Fresno, Salinas and Stockton all were above 10 percent. Two cities in Michigan had the lowest: Ann Arbor and Livonia, with slightly more than 1 percent.
Stephen Hornsby's Biography Page Has Moved impress of British colonial authority in capital cities in America Orono, ME MaineFolklife Center, 1996 NineteenthCentury Cape Breton A Historical geography. http://www.ume.maine.edu/~anthrop/Hornsby.html
Extractions: Stephen Hornsby's Biography page has MOVED to http://www.umaine.edu/canam/Individual's%20web%20pages/hornsby.html Your browser will move you there in a few seconds. If you get impatient, click on the link above! Please update your link and/or bookmark to the new page. Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 1986 I am Associate Professor of Geography and Canadian Studies in the Department of Anthropology and Director of the Canadian-American Center , University of Maine. My research interests are in historical geography, particularly that of Canada, the United States, and the expansion of Europe overseas. My recent research has focused on modernization in early twentieth-century Nova Scotia, and the urban morphology of the European part of early nineteenth-century Calcutta. I am currently working on the impress of British colonial authority in capital cities in America, Canada, and India. Publications: Books: Time and Tide: The Transformation of Bear River, Nova Scotia . Orono, ME: Maine Folklife Center, 1996.
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Extractions: ESSE Online Bob Ford's Homepage Bob Ford's Web Resources ESS 205 Earth Systems and Global Change ESS 301 World Regional Geography ESS 405 Modeling Global Change WWW Resources for Earth System Science Education GEOGRAPHY [ Atlases / Globes ] [ Geography - General ] [ Geography Education - Teaching Resources ] [ Geography - Organizations ] [ GPS skills / Orienteering / Field Methods ] [ Map Libraries / Map Sources ] [ Mapping / Cartography - Principles/Tools ] [ Mapping / Cartography - Teaching ] Atlases / Globes: See also: Remote Sensing - Aerial Photography - GIS as well as Earth Systems/Environment/Geosciences and World Regional Geography by Country/Place and Human Systematic Geography (various themes) and World Regional Geography -General Antarctica/Polar Regions - maps and more Atlas of Antarctic Research - USGS Atlapedia Online - home Atlas of the World - MCCIS Web Server - North Atlantic Treaty Organization CENTENNIA Historical Atlas Software City.Net - World maps ...
Free Blank Outline Map Of Maine maine Map. Subscribe to the geography Newsletter. http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxusme.htm
Atlas: Maine maine. maine Profile More Geographic Information Country Profiles; Flags; WorldGeography; World Stats and Facts. US State Profiles; 50 Largest US cities; http://www.factmonster.com/atlas/state/maine.html
An Outline Of American Geography - Chapter 6 An Outline of American geography. are only hours away from some of the largest citieson the monadnock, dominates the landscape of its portion of central maine. http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/geography/geog06.htm
Extractions: American Geography MAP A map of America's eastern seaboard reveals a lack of large cities along the coast north of Boston. Few major overland routes extend inland from this coast, and interior cities are generally smaller than those along the ocean. This area, comprising northern New England and the Adirondacks of New York, can be referred to as the Bypassed East ( Map 5 The Bypassed East is near, even astride, major routeways, but not on them. Ocean transportation can easily bypass the region, putting it in a transportation shadow that has produced slow regional economic growth and even stagnation. Southern New England is a part of metropolitan America. Northern New England, for the most part, is not. It is much more like Canada's Atlantic Provinces. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT Much of the Bypassed East is beautiful. The Presidential Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire contains some of the most rugged topography in the eastern United States. The extensive shoreline thrusts out into the Atlantic and meets the ocean's waves with a heavily indented coast that mixes dramatic headlands with many small coves bordered by rocky beaches. Large empty areas, almost totally lacking in settlement, are only hours away from some of the largest cities on the continent. Most of the Bypassed East is a part of the northeastern extension of the Appalachian Uplands. However, the structure of the area bears little surface resemblance to the clearly delineated ridge and valley system of the southern Appalachians.
