{ 一 Bell Ringer Get out two blank sheets of paper. Fold both sheets like a hamburger four times.

{ Label the upper right corner of the first page NORTHEAST. Label the upper right corner of the second page MIDWEST. Northeast Midwest

{ Flip the first page over. Label the upper left corner of the first page SOUTH. Flip the second page over. Label the upper left corner of the second page WEST. West South

{ 二 50 States, 51 Capitals an information HUNTING and GATHERING activity

三 Information Hunting CapitalState Postal Abbreviation I will pass out one flash card to each person. You must write these three pieces of information on your paper in the correct region (West, Midwest, Northeast, South). When you are done writing, come trade in your card. When all fifty cards have been given out, the information gathering game will begin.

Trade in your card when you have the information written in the right region (Capital, State, Postal Abbreviation).

{ Please sit quietly before we begin the next phase. All cards have been passed out.

四 Information Gathering CapitalState Postal Abbreviation You have the next twenty-eight minutes to gather these three pieces of information for ALL 50 states. You will have an open-notes oral quiz on this tomorrow. If we have time at the end of class, we will watch a short cartoon on the capitals of the United States of America.