Student Activity Book Our Pennsylvania Story First Edition by Dr. Randall A. Pellow Professor Emeritus Shippensburg University of PA Shippensburg, PA 17257 Penns Valley Publishers 154 E. Main Street Lansdale, PA 19446 Phone: (215) 855-4948 Fax: (215) 855-7238 [email protected] www.pennsvalleypublishers.com Penns Valley Publishers Copyright © 2009 Table of Contents Unit 1 Activity 1: Using the Table of Contents ... 1 Activity 2: Using the Index .. 2 Activity 3: Using the Glossary ... 3 Activity 4: Using the Compass Rose ... 4 Activity 5: My Flag . 5 Activity 6: Symbols ... 6 Unit 2 Activity 7: Making Bar Graphs ... 6 Activity 8: Our Geographic Regions . 7 Activity 9: Our Natural Resources . 8 Activity 10: Grouping Our Natural Resources . 8 Activity 11: Mammals of Pennsylvania .. 9 Activity 12: Research .. 9 Activity 13: Using Graph Coordinates ... 10 Activity 14: Our Population and Cities ... 11 Activity 15: Graphing Cities' Populations . 11 Activity 16: Our Waterways .. 12 Activity 17: Classifying Our Water Forms ... 12 Activity 18: Reading a Weather Map of Pennsylvania .. 13 Activity 19: Our Transportation Systems . 14 Unit 3 Activity 20: Native Americans of Pennsylvania .. 15 Activity 21: Tribal Locations of Native Americans . 15 Activity 22: What Were William Penn's Dreams .. 16 Activity 23: Religious Freedom in Pennsylvania .... 17 Activity 24: Timeline Ben Franklin's Achievements ... 18 Activity 25: Ben Franklin’s Sayings . 19 Activity 26: Some Timeline Math Problems .. 19 Activity 27: Oh No! George Washington Fell Into Icy Water 20 Activity 28: I Declare! Three Awesome Documents ... 21 Activity 29: Likenesses and Differences ... 22 Activity 30: Styles, Fashions, and Environments ... 22 Activity 31: Fact, Fiction, or Opinion .. 23 Activity 32: Can You Find These Places ... 24 Activity 33: Free States or Slave States .... 25 Activity 34: Do You Realize What This Means? .. 26 Activity 35: Hiding in the Underground Railroad ... 27 Activity 36: Needs and Wants .. 28 Activity 37: Goods and Services . 28 Unit 4 Activity 38: State Government Terms . 29 Activity 39: Counties and Communities . 30 Name ____________________ Date _______________ Activity 1 Using the Table of Contents One of the first things we do when we get a new book is to check the Table of Contents. Turn to page 5 in Our Pennsylvania Story. There, you will find the Table of Contents for this book. This kind of table shows a listing of the items that are contained in the book. It explains how the book is set up. It also tells you the page numbers where you can find the information. Our Pennsylvania Story is set up around units of study. Each unit has specific lessons. Both the units and the lessons are described. Look at the Table of Contents more closely to write in the answers about the following questions. * Note: PA stands for Pennsylvania. 1. Does the book have a map of the United States? ______________ 2. Does the book have a map of North America? ______________ 3. Does the book have a map of Pennsylvania? _______________ 4. Unit 1 has lessons about our state flag and _______________ 5. On what page can you find information about farms and forests? _______________ 6. Page 54 has information about what person? _______________ 7. Material about PA* weather is found on page _______________ 8. On page 34, what man started our state? _______________ 9. What topic about PA* is covered in Unit IV? _______________ 10. Where can you find the index? _______________ Student Activity Book for Our Pennsylvania Story 1 Penns Valley Publishers ©2009 Name ____________________ Date _______________ Activity 2 Using the Index An index is an alphabetical (A, B, C, . .) listing of important people, places, or events in a book. For each item that is listed, you are given the page or pages at which you can find the information. For example, turn to the index in Our Pennsylvania Story. You will find it on the inside of the back cover. Information about President James Buchanan can be found under the letter B. People are listed alphabetically using their last name. You can find information on African Americans on page 37. Content about oil can be found on four different pages in Our Pennsylvania Story. Indexes are not perfect. They do have mistakes in them. You may find some! Look at the Index more closely to write in the answers about the following questions. 1. Is there any information on Abraham Lincoln? ______________ 2. How about the Pacific Ocean? ______________ 3. How about the Great Lakes? ______________ 4. Upon what page(s) will you find content about A. Harriet Tubman _______________ B. William Penn _______________ C. Betsy Ross _______________ D. Ruffed Grouse _______________ E. Fort Necessity _______________ 5. Are there more pages of information on Philadelphia or on Pittsburgh? _______________ Student Activity Book for Our Pennsylvania Story 2 Penns Valley Publishers ©2009 Name ____________________ Date _______________ Activity 3 Using the Glossary A glossary is a list of important words used in the book. These special words are listed in alphabetical order (A, B, C, . .). The special words also are explained in greater detail. The glossary usually can be found in the back of a book. The glossary for Our Pennsylvania Story is found on pages 62 to 64. Look at the glossary more closely to answer to the following questions. 1. Using the 4th letter of the alphabet, what word means “not safe.” _______________ 2. What does revolution mean? _______________ 3. What word begins with an “o” that means a farm that grows fruit? _______________ 4. Find the word that begins with “b” and means a make-believe line that map makers use. _______________ 5. Use the letter after “k” to find the word that means animals raised on a farm. _______________ 6. Using the 4th letter from the end of the alphabet, what word means animals living in nature? _______________ 7. What does it mean to have a public building? _______________ 8. Use the letter between “n” and “p” to find the word that means air. _______________ 9. On page 62, a large, heavy gun is known as a _______________ Student Activity Book for Our Pennsylvania Story 3 Penns Valley Publishers ©2009 Name ____________________ Date _______________ Activity 4 Using the Compass Rose Turn to page 7 in Our Pennsylvania Story. It shows a map of the state of Pennsylvania, or PA. It also shows a compass rose on the right side of the map. A compass rose is a picture or design on a map. It shows the main directions on a map. The four main directions are: 1) north points toward the top of the map.** 2) East points to the right side. 3) West points to the left side. 4) South points to the bottom of the page. You only need to know where one main direction is to locate the other main directions. How well can you read a compass rose? 1. In which direction is the Atlantic Ocean from Pennsylvania? _______________ 2. Which state borders PA to the south and west? _______________ 3. In which direction is PA from Lake Erie? _______________ 4. Which state borders most of PA on its eastern side? _______________ 5. What state has the longest border on PA’s southern side? _______________ 6. What river flows along PA’s eastern border? _______________ 7. The Susquehanna River flows south into what body of water? _______________ 8. Name the state to the north of Pennsylvania. _______________ 9. Name the body of water east of Delaware. _______________ ** Be careful. North is not always pointing toward the top of map. Always check your compass rose to see where north actually is located. Student Activity Book aligned with Lesson 1 in Our Pennsylvania Story 4 Penns Valley Publishers ©2009 Name ____________________ Date _______________ Activity 5 My Flag Lesson 2 in Our Pennsylvania Story deals with the state flag of Pennsylvania. Create a flag or banner about your home, school, or community. Use symbols like the ones you see in our state flag. Label your flag to reflect your school, home, or community. Use the callout box below to explain your drawing and symbols. Student Activity Book aligned with Lesson 2 in Our Pennsylvania Story 5 Penns Valley Publishers ©2009 Name ___________________ Date _______________ Activity 6 Symbols Can you remember what our state symbols are? Match each name in Column B to its correct state symbol in Column A. Write the letter of the name of the state symbol in the blank space. Our state plant is Crownvetch. B is written in the blank space by number 3. Column A Column B 1. ____state animal A. Mountain Laurel 2. ____state flower B. Crownvetch 3. __B__state plant C. Brook Trout 4. ____state tree D. Milk 5. ____state dog E. Whitetail Deer 6. ____state fish F. Firefly 7. ____state insect G. Hemlock 8. ____state beverage H. Great Dane Activity 7 Making Bar Graphs A) An elementary school voted on a symbol for state fruit. The numbers are shown below each fruit’s name. Use different colors in the bar graph to color in the number of votes for each fruit. B) Create a bar graph for a state vegetable symbol like the state fruit graph. Have each class member vote for one vegetable listed below the box. A) State Fruit B) State Vegetable 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 apple peach straw- grape pear cucumber tomato bean corn potato berry 7 4 5 3 2 Student Activity Book aligned Lesson 3 in Our Pennsylvania Story 6 Penns Valley Publishers ©2009 Name ____________________ Date_______________ Activity 8 Our Geographic Regions Turn to pages 12 and 13 in Our Pennsylvania Story.