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VIRGINIA GEOGRAPHY PROJECT

You will be creating a poster of Virginia for a project/test grade. Your teacher will give you a paper with the outline of Virginia on it, and below is listed all of the information you will need to put on your poster. Your classwork for each day will be to put the information listed for that day on your poster. Your projects will be due on Friday, May 23 and will be graded on completeness, accuracy, spelling and capitalization, and neatness.

Monday, May 19 Thursday, May 22 1. A title 1. The Fall Line is a natural border between the Coastal Plain and Piedmont 2. Compass rose regions where waterfalls prevent further travel on the river. Label the Fall Line. 3. Map Key box (This will be filled in as you complete your map.) 2. The Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay border Virginia. Use the map on page 4. There are five regions in Virginia. Use the 2 to label the Atlantic Ocean and map on page 1 of the notes to help draw Chesapeake Bay. and label the regions. 3. The Coastal Plain region has four major a. The Coastal Plain region has flat rivers. All of these rivers flow into the land, is east of the fall line and Chesapeake Bay. Use page 2 to label the includes the Eastern Shore. Draw Potomac River, Rappahannock River, and label the Coastal Plain. James River and York River.

b. The Piedmont region has rolling hills 4. Lake Drummond is a shallow, natural and is west of the fall line. Draw lake surrounded by the Dismal Swamp. It is and label the Piedmont. located in the southern part of the Coastal Plain region. Use the map on page 2 to c. The Blue Ridge Mountain region has draw and label Lake Drummond and the old, rounded mountains, is the Dismal Swamp on your map. source of many rivers and is part of the Appalachian Mountain system. Friday, May 23 Draw and label the Blue Ridge 1. A peninsula is an area of land bordered by Mountains. water on 3 sides. There are four peninsulas in Virginia. Use the maps on page 1 to d. The Valley and Ridge region label the Eastern Shore, Northern Neck, includes the Great Valley and is part the Middle Peninsula and The Peninsula. of the Appalachian Mountain system. Draw and label the Valley 1. There are many important cities in Virginia. and Ridge region. Use page 6 to label Richmond, Fredericksburg, Alexandria, Jamestown e. The Appalachian Plateau is a part of and Yorktown. a small plateau in Virginia. A plateau is an area of elevated land that is flat on top. Draw and label the Appalachian Plateau.

Tuesday, May 20 1. There were 3 main Native American language groups in Virginia. Use page 3 Wednesday, May 21 to help you label the language groups. Create a symbol in your map key to label the following Virginia industries. Then place the a. The Algonquian language was symbol in the region where it belongs. spoken primarily in the Coastal Plain. Create a symbol in your map key to a. Coastal Plain region: seafood, label the Algonquian language. shipbuilding, tourism, peanuts Place the symbol in the region and federal military installments where it belongs. b. Piedmont region: tobacco b. The Siouan language was spoken products, information technology primarily in the Piedmont. Create a (computer), federal government, symbol in your map key to label the state government, farming and Siouan language. Place the symbol textiles in the region where it belongs. c. Blue Ridge Mountains region: c. The Iroquoian language was mostly apples, farming and recreation spoken in Southwestern Virginia. Create a symbol in your map key to d. Valley and Ridge region: poultry, label the Iroquoian language was beef, dairy, apples and farming spoken. Place the symbol in the region where it belongs. e. Appalachian Plateau: coal mining

2. Label the current state-recognized tribes in the following regions: Friday, May 23 1. Check project for spelling and Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region: capitalization.  Chickahominy Tribe  Eastern Chickahominy Tribe 2. Add color wherever you can do it neatly.  Mattaponi Tribe You may wish to color the regions.  Nansemond Tribe  Pamunkey Tribe  Rappahannock Tribe  Upper Mattaponi Tribe PROJECT IS DUE Piedmont region: Friday, May 23  Monacan Tribe