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Focus Audience_________________________________

 

Region National Park Economic Center Historical Center Tourist Center
 

 

 

 

 

        
 

 

 

 

 

        
 

 

 

 

 

        
 

 

 

 

 

        

  1. Divide your state into 4 geographic regions and write the regions in the first column

  2.   Go to the National Park Website.  http://nps.gov/search.htm

    Choose a National Park that is located in your first region.  Enter that National Park into the matrix along with any website addresses you found for that National Park.

  3. Go to the state website and go to the business or economic section.  Choose a center of economic activity in your second geographic region.  Enter those center and websites into the matrix.

  4. Go to the state website and go to the history section.  Choose a center that has historic importance in the third geographic region.  Enter that center and websites into the matrix.

  5. Go to the state website and go to the Tourism section.  Choose a center for tourism in the fourth geographic region.  Enter that center and websites into the matrix.

Helpful websites

States and Capitals    http://50states.com/

US Census Information http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

Atlas Pages http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/usa.htm

Historical Societies http://obitlinkspage.com/hs/

Family Tourism Guides http://newparentsguide.com/family-travel-guides.htm

 

You can change the region location for different centers, but you must have at least one entry for every region of the matrix.