Name ___________________________ Date _________________
Create A State
Directions: Using the ditto map provided, each student will create their own state travel map. You must decide where the capital will be, where the major cities and minor cities will be located, which way the state will face, parish lines, highways, and more. Do a rough draft on the first ditto given then have it check by teacher. After that, begin final map in ink. Follow the check list below.
ITEMS THAT MUST BE ON FINISHED MAP ______ State name
______ Eight to ten parish divisions and names
______ One state capital and name
______ Five major cities
______ Ten to Fifteen minor cities and names
______ Three major interstate highways, drawn and numbered
______ Five to ten minor highways, drawn and numbered
______ One additional body of water, drawned and named
______ One state park, drawn and named
______ One airport, symbol drawn and named
______ All bodies of water named and labeled
______ All mountains (/////) named
______ All wetlands named (\|/}
______ All islands named and labeled
______ Map Key - highway types, city size, land useage, mileage key, landmarks
______ All distances between cities figured using mileage key and labeled
______ Compass Rose
______ Map Grid along edge of map, one inch apart
______ Map Grid markings (letters on top & bottom, numbers on each side)
______ Town location key (in alphabetical order)
______ Tri-fold map
______ Tri-fold map cover must show "landmark of state" artwork
______ Student's name, date, class period, on back of tri-fold
Examples can be seen on the net at: http://www.louisiana101.com/map_createastate_samples.html
