MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH REGIONAL STUDIES A 4th Grade Unit of Study in the IMC GENERAL INFORMATION Name: Marcia Waters School: W.O. Cline Elementary School Centerville City Schools Workshop Location: Centerville, Ohio Title of Action Plan: Making Connections with the Regional Studies Grade Level: 4th Grade Curriculum/Subject Area: Social Studies/North Eastern United States Specific Topic: North Eastern United States b A River Territory Called Quabbin CONTENT INFORMATION Brief Summery of the Topic/Pathfinder: This pathfinder outlines the resources available for use with this unit of study. The resources have been chosen to introduce the idea of personal connections to our learning, as well as provide the learner with the process of gathering information in various formats to support the learning quest. The reading and interest levels of these resources have been chosen to meet the needs of the range of all fourth graders. Dewey Numbers The Dewey categories used include the 553.7bs with information about water in our environments, poetry that expands the study from Deweybs 811 section and the 973 Dewey area, which provides the historical state information about Massachusetts. I have chosen to use easy fiction in this study as well. Subject Headings Used: Massachusetts, Water, Reservoirs, Environment CONTENT CATEGORIES BOOKS (FICTION) Locker, Thomas. Water dance. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997. Speed, Toby. Water voices. New York: G.P. Putnambs Sons, 1998. Yolen, Jane. Letting swift river go. Boston: Litle, Brown, 1991. BOOKS ( NON-FICTION) Fradin, Dennis B. Massachusetts. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1991. Graham, Joan Bransfield. Splish, splash. New York: Ticknor and Fields Books for Young Readers, 1994. Levy, Constance. Splash! :Poems of our watery world. 1st ed. New York: Orchard Books, 2002. Mankato, Minn. Massachusetts. Capstone Press, 1996. Siepak, Karen L. Water. Greensbora: Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, 1994. Wick, Walter. A drop of water. New York: Scholastic Press, 1997. Young, Allen. North of Quabbin. Athol, Massachusetts: Millers River Publishing Company, 1983. MEDIA RESOURCES: (Video/Sound Recording) All about water ecosystems. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media, 2001. Down the Drain. Scotts Valley, California: Childrenbs Televesion Workshop, 1991. Lakes and ponds. Elk Grove Village, Illinois: Disney Educational Productions, 2000. Tickle tune typhoon. Singing science. Seattle, WA: Tickle Tune Typhoon, 2000. INFOHIO Electronic Resources Quabbin Reservoir Columbia Encyclopedia; (AN IXBQuabbinR) `New Foresty' aids wildlife, economy in Massachusetts. National Wildlife, Nov/Dec98, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p9, 1/3p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1350; (AN 1252745) Shoreline lakers. By: Ryan, W.. Outdoor Life, Apr90, Vol. 185 Issue 4, p104, 1p, 1bw; (AN 9004301958) WEBSITES The Quabbin Reservoir Massachusetts Wildlife: Facts on the Quabbin Reservoir Encyclopedia.com Central Quabbin Area Overlook on Quabbin Reservoir