LESSON 10

Lesson Title: The Metro Area

Unit title: The East St. Louis Community

Grade Level: 9^th and 10^th Grades

Submitted by: Elena Badjie

Subject: Social Studies

Timeframe: 90 minutes block schedule

Materials:

Word puzzle and answer sheet

Word search and answer sheet

Computer lab

Maps from lesson 1

RESOURCES:

Southwest Illinois News-Scott Air Force Base Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.swi-news.com/SWI-SAFB.htm

Southwest Illinois News - Alton, Illinois - Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.swi-news.com/SWI-Alton.htm

Southwest Illinois News-Belleville, Illinois - Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.swi-news.com/SWI-Belle.htm

Cahokia Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/ibex/archive/temp/cahokia.htm

Southwest Illinois News-Cahokia Mounds - Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.swi-news.com/SWI-Cahokia.htm

Southwest Illinois News-Collinsville, Illinois - Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.swi-news.com/SWI-Collinsville.htm

Southwest Illinois News – Fairview Heights, Illinois - Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.swi-news.com/SWI-FairviewHeights.htm

Southwest Illinois News-Grafton, Illinois - Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.swi-news.com/SWI-Grafton.htm

Southwest Illinois News-Lebanon Illinois - Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.swi-news.com/SWI-Lebanon.htm

Southwest Illinois News-Wateerloo, Illinois - Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.swi-news.com/SWI-Waterloo.htm

Illinois State Goal, Standard, and Benchmark/Objective:

Social Science Goal 17 http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/socscience/sog17.html

STATE GOAL 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States.

As a result of their schooling students will be able to:

A. Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth.

17.A.3b Explain how to make and use geographic representations to provide and enhance spatial information including maps, graphs, charts, models, aerial photographs, satellite images.

Preparations:

1. A list of the above websites.

2. Copies of the puzzles and the word search.

Methods:

1. Give test on the “Notable African Americans in E. St. Louis”.

2. Collect test papers.

3. Pass out a list of the above websites.

4. Pass out the puzzles and the word search.

5. Have each student work individually.

6. Find the answers to the crossword puzzle and the word search.

7. Save pictures and information for the final website project in a Word file.

Evaluation/Assessment:

Write a 100 words or more thesis on which metro east area that you have never visited before and why you would like to visit that area.