Washington Dc Map

WASHINGTON DC MAP PROJECT

Use the map on Mrs. Barry’s class website or type in the following URL: http://teachers.sduhsd.net/aallen/Washington_DC_map.jpg Use the index in your history book or search the internet to locate pictures of the Capitol, the White House, the Supreme Court building, and the memorials and monuments. Draw the map freehand. Use a ruler and pencil. Label places in black pen. Do not spend an unreasonable amount of time on the map.

1. Turn your blank piece of paper (8 ½ x 11) to the landscape position. Make a one-inch margin around the border. Title the map “WASHINGTON DC” in block capitals. Draw a compass. 2. Draw and label the following bodies of water: the Potomac River, the Tidal Basin, and the Washington Channel 3. Produce a basic grid of the city of Washington DC by drawing the following streets: Constitution Ave., Independence Ave., F St., K., 3rd St. (W), 15th St. (W), 17th St. (W), and 23rd St.(W), 1st St. (E), and 3rd St. (E). Next, draw the diagonals: Pennsylvania Ave., Virginia Ave., Massachusetts Ave., New York Ave., and New Jersey Ave. Label them. Draw the traffic circles at the Lincoln Memorial, the US Capitol, Union Station, and Washington Circle, plus Mt. Vernon Square. 4. Draw a top view of each building serving the three branches of government: Congress (legislative)—US Capitol; the Presidency (executive)—White House; Supreme Court (judicial)—Supreme Court building. Label them. 5. In the top margin of your map, draw a front view of each building, outline the drawing in black pen, and label it. Draw a top view of the following monuments and memorials: Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, and Jefferson Memorial. Label them. In the right hand margin of your map, draw a front view of each building, outline the drawing in black pen, and label it. 6. Show the locations of the following cabinet departments (executive branch). In the correct location on the map, draw the symbol specified. State Department (globe); Defense Department (Pentagon—five sided building, not on the map —draw it in the left hand margin—star with the points connected); Justice Department (police badge); Treasury Department (dollar bill); Agriculture Department (carrot); Energy Department (lightning bolt); Department of Commerce (dollar sign); Department of Housing and Urban Development (house); Department of Transportation (car); Health and Human Services (heart);Interior Department (fish). 7. Show the locations of the following agencies, offices, and organizations by writing the initials in the location: (Internal Revenue Service) IRS; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Bureau of Engraving and Printing (ABC); Federal Reserve (FED); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); National Academy of Sciences (NAS); Federal Aviation Association (FAA), Library of Congress (LIB) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In the margin, make a key with the names of the agencies, offices, and organizations, along with the abbreviations. 8. Draw and label the following locations: Union Station (train track); Smithsonian Museum (Castle); Arlington Cemetery (left margin with arrow pointing west); Reflecting Pools (Lincoln Memorial and Capitol); Cherry Trees; the Mall. Draw the compass directions around the capitol. 9. Coloring directions: Draw a red outline around the Capitol, the White House, and the Supreme Court Building; draw an orange outline around the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, and Washington Monument; underline in purple the titles of the department locations; underline in brown the titles of the agencies, offices, and organizations; underline the titles of Union Station, the Arlington Cemetery arrow, and the Smithsonian. Color or outline-shade the Potomac and other bodies of water blue (including the reflecting pools). Color the Cherry Trees light red or pink; color the Mall green. Make a key for the underlining colors used for the following buildings: Government Branches; Cabinet Departments; Agencies, Offices, and Organizations; 10. (Write small.) On the back of your map, copy the Total Debt pie chart on p. 201. Copy the three steps of Hamilton’s Economic Plan. Title it. Look at the subheading, “Moving the Capital” on p. 201. Write the names of the three cities that have been capital cities of the US. Answer the question, “Why did Washington DC become the capital?” Who surveyed the land that became Washington DC? 11. On the back of your map, make a “T-chart.” On one side, write “Hamilton,” on the other write “Jefferson.” List five items on each side describing beliefs, wants, and ideas of each man. Use the information on pp. 202-03. Be specific. Next, on the back of your map, using information on pp. 206-211, write the definitions for the following terms: Neutrality Proclamation, privateers, Jay’s Treaty, Pinckney’s Treaty. In three sentences, describe the Whiskey Rebellion. List, in complete sentences, advice Washington gives in his farewell address—one sentence per topic: political parties, foreign alliances, public debt, and education. 12. On the back of your map, make another “T-chart.” Use the information on pp. 212-15. On one side, write “Federalist Party,” on the other write “Democratic-Republican Party.” List three facts about the two parties on each side. Be specific. Explain the purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts passed by the Federalist controlled Congress. What freedoms did the Sedition Act cancel?

***Common reasons points are deducted: Map is messy. Labels are hard to read. Coloring is sloppy. Pencil is not erased completely. Labels are not neat—write place names horizontally when possible. Map is turned in late. Work on the back is unfinished. Locations are miss-identified. Margins are crooked. Title is irregular. Map shapes traced from book or are computer generated.

***So, be neat, be complete, and be accurate. Do a little bit each day. Turn in your map on time.