Bring life to your next California geography lesson with this great project! Learners design a three-dimensional wall relief map of California, painting and decorating regions using a variety of materials and labeling major geographical landmarks.

Concepts

california, geographic features, geographic regions, north american geography

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Send a letter home to parents informing them of this project so they can prepare to better assist their children in this process
• Have learners explain their process and products through writing to provide a cross-curricular learning experience

Classroom Considerations

• The requirements reference cutouts and an outline of California that are not provided with this resource; you will need to provide your own set of instructions and outlines

Pros

• Great activity for developing map skills
• Includes photos of example student projects
• Engaging project idea

Cons

• Cannot edit resource; however, you can adapt the major requirements and instructions to your own document

Common Core

RI.3.4 RI.3.7 RI.4.4 RI.4.7 RI.5.4 RI.5.7