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In groups of 3 to 4 students they will have a large puzzle board with the five regions of the United States on it. The students are to name each of the five regions of the United States. Then the task is for each member of the group to draw something they would find in each of the five regions and place it in that region. Each student is responsible for contributing at least 1 idea for each region. The idea is to reinforce what the students have learned about the differences between each of the regions of the United States with the lesson based on and around the song and book titled, "This Land is Your Land", by Woody Guthrie and Kathy Jakobsen.

After a Read Aloud of different Greek Myths and a class discussion the students will be writing their own myths. They can choose between having their character go on an adventure in their myth or a myth that has a character dealing with action and consequence.