Map Skills for Fourth Grade
Michelle DeLaRosa
Michld24@yahoo.com

Introduction
Congratulations! You have just won a trip to
your favorite country. Where would you like to
go? Who are you going to take? But first, you
are going to need to do a few things before you
go on your trip. Using a map is very important
when going to a new place. Let’s see if it can
help you with your adventure.

Task
During your mission you will need to do a little research
about the place you are visiting. You will be using the
Internet to look up information, including its flag, location
population, latitude and longitude, language spoken and
any other relevant information. In your journal you will log
all the information you learned. Than in able to go on the
trip you have to create a travel brochure of the place. It
must include all the information and a map. You can
create the brochure by hand making it or using any
program like MS Word or Ink. Good luck!

Process
1. Pick a country you would like to visit.
2. Go to Yahooligans.com and research your country.
-Find information about the language spoken, population, latitude and
longitude, continent it is on, flag and any other information a tourist
would need to know. You will also need to find a map of the country.
3. Log all your findings in your writing journal.
4. Use MS Word, Ink or hand make a brochure to
attract other tourists to the country.
- Use all the information you found plus include pictures and a map of
the the country with a map key and map scale.

Evaluation
Making A Brochure : Trip to a Country
Teacher Name: Ms. DeLaRosa
Student Name: ________________________________________
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Content - Accuracy All facts in the 99-90% of the facts 89-80% of the facts Fewer than 80% of
brochure are in the brochure are in the brochure are the facts in the
accurate. accurate. accurate. brochure are
accurate.
Spelling & No spelling errors No more than 1 No more than 3 Several spelling
Proofreading remain after one spelling error remains spelling errors remain errors in the
person other than the after one person after one person brochure.
typist reads and other than the typist other than the typist
corrects the reads and corrects reads and corrects
brochure. the brochure. the brochure.
Writing - Mechanics Capitalization and Capitalization and There are 1-2 There are several
punctuation are punctuation are capitalization and/or capitalization or
correct throughout correct throughout punctuation errors in punctuation errors in
the brochure. the brochure after the brochure even the brochure even
feedback from an after feedback from after feedback from
adult. an adult. an adult.
Graphics/Pictures Graphics go well with Graphics go well with Graphics go well with Graphics do not go
the text and there is the text, but there are the text, but there are with the
a good mix of text so many that they too few and the accompanying text or
and graphics. distract from the text. brochure seems "text- appear to be
heavy". randomly chosen.
Attractiveness & The brochure has The brochure has The brochure has The brochure's
Organization exceptionally attractive formatting well-organized formatting and
attractive formatting and well-organized information. organization of
and well-organized information. material are
information. confusing to the
reader.
Sources Careful and accurate Careful and accurate Careful and accurate Sources are not
records are kept to records are kept to records are kept to documented
document the source document the source document the source accurately or are not
of 95-100% of the of 94-85% of the of 84-75% of the kept on many facts
facts and graphics in facts and graphics in facts and graphics in and graphics.
the brochure. the brochure. the brochure.
Date Created: Jun 30, 2009 09:44 am (CDT)

Conclusion
Well I hope you had a great time creating your
brochure. I am positive that the people of that country
will really enjoy looking at your brochure. I hope you
are excited about your trip because you are going to
have a blast, especially since you know so much
about the country. Congratulations on a job well
done!