Title – Oak View Football League

By – Scott Jamison

Primary Subject – Social Studies

Secondary Subjects – Math, Art, Language Arts, Computers / Internet

Grade Level – 7th

Grading — 100 points total

50 pts: Weekly game sheets

15 pts: Map

15 pts: Final article

15 pts: Neatness & Organization

5 pts:   Decorated folder

Weekly Game Information Format

1.  Directions: Highways traveled from city to city (specific format to be used; must show inches converted to miles).

2.  Total miles traveled: Write the scale used – miles traveled.

3.  Absolute location: List the city and state you are traveling to, AND the coordinate (latitude/longitude) for the city.

4.  Cost of trip: Use the following figures for this exercise: car gets 28 miles per gallon; gas cost is $2.25 per gallon (show your math).

5.  Travel time: average speed – 65 m.p.h. (show your math).

6.  States traveled through: List the states in the order that you travel through them. *Include the capital city for each state.

7.  Game result: Score of game. List the winning team first.

8.  Weekly article: Write a sports article about your game, or a National Park article, as required in instructions above.
8A. Sports Article: must include the teams, date and location of game played, score and weather report, (high & low temp., plus forecast). Include additional information as you wish. Be creative; do not simply restate the facts.

8B. National Park Article: include items A-E in topic #9 below

9. Park Information: (Name of Park)

A. Relative location: (describe where the park is located within the state)

B. Area of park: (square miles or acres)

C. Year established:

D Outstanding physical feature:

E Interesting fact:

Map requirements:

1.  Label states: Use “2 letter” state abbreviation. Write in black ink! Use a black ink pen, not a felt marker

2.  Locate and label ALL team and National Park cities
A.  N.F.L. team city — blue dot (If the N.F.L. city is also a state capital city, draw a red circle around the blue dot)

B.  National Park city — green dot Write the city name AND the national park name

3. Key: Use the information in #2

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