Mission Stage 1:

Your mission for Stage 1 is to complete the research needed to understand your region. You will be collecting information from the websites below to find information about your region in the following areas:

• States and Capitals
• Climate
• Animals
• Landforms and Bodies of Water
• Resources
• History
• Tourist Attractions

For Stage 1 the regions have slightly different resources so please see below for your team's individual mission. While everyone should be doing research it is the Researcher's job to complete the assignment found in the 3rd Grade Media Google Classroom.

The team will also need to collect the information to create a list of the resources you used (works cited) so you can give credit to them. The very bottom of this mission explanation will show you what to collect.

Researcher Instructions:

Open the Media Google Classroom and click on the Research Worksheet to begin recording.

MIDWEST REGION

12 States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin

Links to Explore:

• http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/The-Midwest/489348
• https://usa.usembassy.de/travel-regions.htm#midwest

Print Resource:

• The Midwest by Dana Meachen Rau. Call number 977 RAU.

NORTHEAST REGION

11 States: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont

Links to Explore:

• http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/New-England/600814
• http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/Middle-Atlantic-Region/489399
• https://usa.usembassy.de/travel-regions.htm#newengland
• https://usa.usembassy.de/travel-regions.htm#midatlantic

Print Resource:

• The Northeast by Dana Meachen Rau. Call number 974 RAU.

SOUTHEAST REGION

12 States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia

Links to Explore:

• http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/The-South/489350
• https://usa.usembassy.de/travel-regions.htm#south

Print Resource:

• The Southeast by Dana Meachen Rau. Call number 975 RAU.

SOUTHWEST REGION

4 States: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas (4 states)

Links to Explore:

• http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/The-Southwest/489352
• https://usa.usembassy.de/travel-regions.htm#southwest

Print Resource:

• The Southwest by Dana Meachen Rau. Call number 979 RAU.

WEST REGION

11 States: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming

Links to Explore:

• http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/The-West/489355
• https://usa.usembassy.de/travel-regions.htm#west

Print Resource:

• The West by Dana Meachen Rau. Call number 978 RAU

Information to Collect for Works Cited

For a book:

1. Author's name.

2. Title of book.

3. Copyright date.

For an article from the World Wide Web:

1. Name of the author, if you can find it.

2. Title of the article.

3. Title of the home page, if available.

4. Date you visited.