 Adirondack
Curriculum
Project 
NYS Content Area Standard
The Arts
CDOS
ELA
1.
Language for
information & understanding
Health, PE,
Home & Careers
LOTE
MST
4.
Science
Social
Studies
3. Geography |
Title: Comparing
the Raquette & Hudson Rivers
Grade Level:
3/4th Grade
Author: Barbara Hollenbeck & Monica Parent, Long Lake Central School
Email:
hollenba@adelphia.net |
Adirondack Curriculum Content Area
__X_ Natural History
___ Human History
___ Culture & the Arts
___ Government & Civics
__X_ Economy
__X_ Health, Recreation & Life Skills |
Investigative Question or Issue: How are the Hudson and
Raquette
Rivers alike and different?
Challenge:
Context for this Challenge: Students
will need access to maps, and illustrated books or magazines that show
geographic information and scenes along the route of the Hudson and
Raquette River.
The Challenge: With you partner, use the resources provided to create
an illustrated travel log in which you describe the similarities and
differences of traveling down the Hudson and Raquette rivers.
As you construct your travel log, please be sure to
do the following:
- Create
a cover page for your
travel log that
includes the title of your travel log, the names of the authors, and
and illustration that somehow shows what a traveler might see as they
go down these two rivers
- Include a map in your travel log that traces the course
the Hudson and
Raquette Rivers. On this map, be sure to - label the mouth and source
of each river, indicate the direction each river flows, indicate any
special features of each river like waterfalls, oxbows, and meanders,
show where the Blue Line of the Adirondack Park is so readers will know
where the river enters/exits the park.
- Describe the location of at least three town/cities within the Blue
Line that are found along the course of each river
- Describe the location of at least two towns/cities outside the Blue
Line that are found along the course of each river.
-
Describe how each river has been used by the people along its course to
make a living and/or for other purposes.
Feel free
to include pictures or drawings in your travel log to help the reader
understand the major similarities and differences between these two
rivers that you want to point out.
Related Music Challenge
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Quality Standards:
- Travel log has a cover
page that
includes the title of the travel log, the names of the authors, and
an illustration that somehow shows what a traveler might see as they go
down these two rivers
- Travel log includes
a map that traces the course
of the Hudson and
Raquette Rivers. This map shows the mouth and source
of each river, indicates the direction each river flows, indicates any
special features of each river like waterfalls, oxbows, and
meanders,
and shows where the Blue Line of the Adirondack Park is so readers will
know
where the river enters/exits the park
- The
travel log includes a description of the location of at least three
town/cities within the Blue
Line that are found along the course of each river
- The
travel log includes a description of the location of at least two
towns/cities outside the Blue
Line that are found along the course of each river
- The
travel log includes a description of how each river has been used by
the people along its course to make a living and/or for other purposes
- Travel log includes pictures or drawings that help the reader
understand the major similarities and differences between these two
rivers
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Adapted for the Adirondack
Curriculum Project from
the work of Education By Design TM and Leading EDGE, LLC
©ACP 2002
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