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Costliest Hurricane of The Century Hits Florida. (United States News).
January 1, 1993... HOMESTEAD, Florida--A powerful hurricane had swept across southern Florida. Hurricane Andrew was one of the worst hurricanes in history. Mighty winds tore roofs off buildings. Mobile homes and boats were tossed into the air. Thousands of...

Measure Distance.
January 1, 1993... The compass rose helps you find directions on a map. To measure distance on a map, you use the map scale. The scale shows you the distance on the map that is equal to the real distance on Earth. For example, look at the scale on the map of...

Help for Homestead.(map exercise to find Homestead, Florida)
January 1, 1993... Work in groups to plan the best routes to get supplies to the people of Homestead, Florida. Each group will load an airplane with supplies from three different locations, then deliver them to Homestead. RELATED ARTICLE: Supply Routes ...

Early Communities In North America.
January 1, 1993... Travel was difficult for people who came to North America 400 years ago. On land, horses pulled wagons over muddy roads. In many places, there were no roads at all. The best way to travel was by boat or sailing ship. Settlers used rivers,...

Settlers Move West.
January 1, 1993... (1) As more settlers came to America, people gradually moved westward. They had dreams of owning their own land. They traveled on horses, in wagons, on foot, and later by stagecoach. Life was very hard. People brought very little with them....

Atlanta To Host Olympic Games.
January 1, 1993... The year 1996 will be special for the people of Atlanta, Georgia. The city is the site of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Hundreds of athletes from all over the world will compete in Atlanta. And thousands of people will watch these athletes...

Jet-Set Travel.
January 1, 1993... (1) Today, in the United States, more than four hundred million passengers fly more than three hundred billion miles each year! Let's plan some trips! The map on these pages is an airline route map. It shows some of the cities where your...

New Jersey Vacation Map.
January 1, 1993... New Jersey is called the Garden State. But much more than gardening is happening in this state. Come spend a day, a week, or forever! Fish, bike, swim, ski, camp, hike, and sail! There's something for everyone here. Look at the map. It...

Meet Us At the Beach.
January 1, 1993... You have decided to meet some of your cousins and friends at one of the beaches in New Jersey. But there are miles and miles of beaches in New Jersey. How can you explain where to meet? One way is to use the grid on a map. A grid is a set...

What Does New Jersey Produce?
January 1, 1993... People in New Jersey produce many things. More than 1,000 chemical plants are in New Jersey. There are many fish and clams in New Jersey's coastal waters. Crushed stone, sand, and gravel from New Jersey are used in building roads....

Plan a Community.
January 1, 1993... Use your map skills to help you plan a community you might like to visit or live in. Work with a partner. Use the grid to plan where you want things placed. Include roads and highways and name them. Some map symbols are drawn to...

Boundaries Between States.
January 1, 1993... Fact Corner Borders, or boundaries, separate the states of the United States. The boundaries between states are drawn with this symbol: --.--.--.--.--.--. Sometimes a river, a lake, or an ocean forms a natural boundary for a state. ...

International Boundaries.
January 1, 1993... People travel from one country to another. Food and other goods are moved from one country to another. Borders or boundaries mark where one country ends and another begins. Each country has its own government and rules. When you cross the...

Russians Sample American Food.
January 1, 1993... Even on a cold day, hundreds of Russian people stand in line. Sometimes they have to wait two or three hours. But everyone agrees that the wait is worth it. What is the attraction? A United States company has opened a fast-food restaurant...

The World Food System.
January 1, 1993... Da-da-ta-ta-ta-daaa! Enter the international chocolate bar! The ingredients used to create this popular treat come from all over the world. That makes the chocolate bar part of the world food system. 1. On the world map, locate the United...

Word List.
January 1, 1993... bay--a small area of a lake or an ocean that cuts into the land. border, boundary--a line that marks the outside edge of something. A border, or boundary, separates cities, states, or countries. Rivers or lakes can also form borders. ...

Series Overview.
January 1, 1993... Students in today's classrooms need to develop a geographic awareness that will prepare them for a global future. Simply learning geographic concepts and mastering map skills will not be enough. The future asks that students integrate those...

...in your Community Overview.
January 1, 1993... After viewing the devastation caused by Hurricane Andrew, students use a compass rose and a map scale to plan relief flights to Homestead, Florida. Stepping back through time, students work with a physical map of Colonial New England and...

Skills Overview.
January 1, 1993... Students learn to use * a compass rose to determine the four cardinal and the four intermediate directions; * a map scale to measure distances on a state and U.S. map; * physical maps to identify landmasses (peninsula, island) and...

Suggested Monthly Plan.
January 1, 1993... By using timely topics and current events to introduce concepts and teach corresponding skills, the Weekly Reader USING MAPS series updates and enriches your social studies curriculum. Although each unit of study in USING MAPS...in your...

Unit 4: Community.
January 1, 1993... Background Information The Niagara River, site of Niagara Falls, forms part of the United States-Canada border. Niagara Falls is actually two different waterfalls: the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side and the American Falls on the U.S....