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Map Skills
- Have students draw a map showing the migrating paths for at least one ethnic group who settled in North Dakota.
- Have students locate on a North Dakota map the sites of each of the towns or cities settled as a result of the railroad coming to North Dakota.
- Have students map out a typical sod house measuring 8 feet by 10
feet in a large area (e.g., gym, playground) before transferring it onto paper. Using a scale of distance and a map legend, have students include on the map what furniture was in each of these homes. As a homework assignment, have students measure and map their bedrooms at home, including every piece of furniture in their rooms.
- Extension: Compare and contrast each set of maps by using a Venn Diagram or a T-Chart
and discuss in small groups or as an entire group.
