Geographic Picture Dictionary Instructions

1. Geographic Picture Dictionary Instructions

2. Create Your Dictionary • Step 1 • Take 11x17 construction paper and fold lengthwise (or hotdog style). • Step 2 • Fold paper widthwise (or hamburger style). • Step 3 • Fold paper widthwise again. Do not unfold. (If unfolded, your paper should create eight even rectangles). • Step 4 • Place two staples along the book “binding.” Place one staple at the top of the book and one at the bottom. See example to the right.

3. Create Your Dictionary • Step 5 • Take scissors and cut apart any pages that are still connected. Do not cut along book binding. • Step 6 • Count your pages. You should have 16 pages front and back including your front and back covers.

4. Title Page Geographic Picture Dictionary Name: Period:

5. Contents • For each page of your dictionary you must include the following: • term (in alphabetical order) • definition • a detailed colored picture of the geographic feature • a real world example of the geographic feature • the absolute location of your real world example • Your real world example and its absolute location should be given in a complete sentence.

6. Dictionary Terms: located on pages 14-15 of The World and Its People • plateau • basin • strait • mountain • peninsula • volcano • island • isthmus • glacier • bay • plain • delta • gulf • sea • tributary

7. Example ocean -one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents A real world example of an ocean is the Indian Ocean, which is located between 10°S and 60°S and 50°E and 120°E.

8. Geographic Picture Dictionary Rubric