Pennsylvania Assignment

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Task

Your task is to research information about the state of Pennsylvania. After you have located all of the information needed for a wonderful vacation, you will:

• create a travel brochure that gives interesting facts about Pennsylvania
• Attractions/places to visit,
  • The group member assigned to research the attractions/places to visit must find at least 10 visitor sites. Some examples of visitor sites are museums, theme parks and national parks.
• Important historical facts,
  • The group member assigned to research the important historical facts must find at least 10 historical facts that you think are important. You may include important people in Pennsylvania history, important historical events and any other historical facts you find interesting and informative.
• Interesting facts about Pennsylvania
  • The group member assigned to research interesting facts about Pennsylvania must find at least 10 facts. An example of this could be "Did you know that...". Your job is to simply find facts that many people do not know about Pennsylvania.
• Landforms/bodies of water and weather.
  • The group member assigned to research landforms/bodies of water and weather will find information about any mountain ranges, and lakes or rivers. This person will also research the weather in Pennsylvania. Be sure to find the weather for each season.
   
• You will make the brochure by folding a piece of construction paper three ways. The front and back may contain any pictures or any other information you may wish to include. You may draw the pictures or find them on the internet. The inside of the brochure will contain the information which you collect. You may put some of your information on the front or back if you wish.

Resources

http://www.state.pa.us/ -Pennsylvania Facts
http://www.hersheypa.com/ -HersheyPark Web Site
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/-Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
http://www.ushistory.org/tour/-Historic Philadelphia
http://www.padutchcountry.com/- Pennsylvania Dutch Country
http://www.50states.com/pennsylv.htm-Pennsylvania Facts from 50 states
http://www.visitpa.com/visitpa/home.do- Visitor Information
http://www.50states.com/facts/penn.htm- Pennsylvania Facts and Trivia
http://www.weatherhub.com/states/PA.htm-Pennsylvania weather
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108264.html- Pennsylvania Facts
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0108264.html-Pennsylvania facts from Fact Monster
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/states/pennsylva.html- World Almanac for Kids- Pennsylvania Facts

References

http://www.interesting.com/-Interesting History Facts
http://www.HistoryImages.com/-History Images
http://www.FoundingFathers.info/-Founding Fathers History Page