Curriculum provided for the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana
A listing
To understand the impact of tornadic activity in Indiana.
Giant Map Tornado Quiz/Answers
Path of the Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak: April, 1965
(from the National Weather Service, Northern Indiana Office)
Students will use a map to learn the use of scale and geographical comparisons.
How We Get From Here to There - Bunnies on the Go: Getting From Place to Place
To have students learn the various forms of transportation people rely on today and in the past.
To broaden the students’ awareness of the counties in the state of Indiana through research and creativity.
Leaders of the State: Indiana Governors on the Giant Map
In order to better understand how Geography has influenced politics in Indiana, students will learn of Indiana’s past through the lives and achievements of Indiana’s governors.
Madonna of the Trail and the National Road
To introduce students to Indiana’s early roads and transportation routes.
In order to explore the state through a historical and geographical perspective, students will identify and study various federally recognized sites and locations throughout the state.
Students will identify Native American groups that lived in Indiana and understand their influence on Indiana.
Native American Place Names in Indiana
(From Indiana Place Names by Ronald Baker and Marvin Carmony)
To help students develop a better understanding about Indiana’s mighty river.
Indiana Hydrology blackline map
Indiana Counties & County Seats blackline map
Students will identify geographical aspects of Indiana using the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana.
Simon Says...
Students will explore Indiana by using the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana to participate in the game Simon Says.
To introduce migration and transportation in the development of Indiana, students will read the story "The Floating House" while using the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana.
The Invisible Railroad: Indiana and the Underground Railroad
To help student learn of the role of the Hoosier state in the Underground Railroad Movement through the use of maps and research.
In order to better understand a GIS, students will study historic, modern, and future population and urbanization trends in the state of Indiana, then, will apply their skills and knowledge to global nations/nation states/countries. Recommended for high school students taking Geography & History of the World or AP Human Geography.
Students will use maps of all shapes and sizes and references to identify characteristics of places and to identify, describe and understand what makes a place unique socially, historically, and geographically.
Students will become more familiar with their home state through an introduction to the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana: good review of basic map skills, too.
Students will discover the origins of our county names and the person/persons behind the name.
Students will make observations and draw conclusions about information given on a map.
Collection of quick ideas from educators (building)
