MANCHESTER COLLEGE
Education Department

LESSON PLAN by Abby White
Fifty States Game

Lesson:  Fifty States Game				Length: 15-30 minutes

Age or Grade Intended: 5th Grade			

Performance Objectives:
While playing the “50 States”, the students will be able to identify the states in the United States with 90% accuracy.

Advanced Preparation by Teacher: 
1.	Get materials that are needed: Cones, Blank United States Maps, Popsicle sticks, and Tape.
2.	Write state names on Popsicle sticks.
Day of Activity:
3.	In gym or open area, set up four cones to set up the general space. 
4.	Spread out the Popsicles inside of the general space. 
5.	Hang maps up near each of the team’s areas. 

Procedure: Introduction/Motivation
	Tell the students that they are going to be split into two different groups which will form their relay teams. Then explain that they are going to practice their knowledge of the Fifty United States.
	Directions: What you will do is line up behind your team’s cone and use different locomotor skills around the general space. Once you are back to the end of your line, the person at the front of the line goes. The person that just completed their lap will then go into the general space and grab a stick with a state on it. Remember to communicate with your teammates on what state you are grabbing. Once you have your state, go over to the map and place the stick on the right state. Once done with this go back over to your line and do five sit-ups. After these are completed help your teammates to get the right states. Remember if your team already has a state and you grab, it will take longer to go back and get a new one. Only one person from each team is a loud to be in the general space. First team to complete the map wins!

Step-by-Step Plan:
1.	Give directions and ask for any questions
2.	Separate students into two different groups; have them count off by two’s. 
3.	Have students line up behind their team’s cone.
4.	First time around students will run. 
5.	When finished with locomotor skill students will go into the general space and grab a stick and take it to the map and tape it on. 
6.	During downtime students will do sit-ups. 
7.	Second time around students will skip. 
8.	When finished with locomotor skill students will go into the general space and grab a stick and take it to the map and tape it on. 
9.	During downtime students will do push-ups.
10.	Third time around students will slide.
11.	When finished with locomotor skill students will go into the general space and grab a stick and take it to the map and tape it on. 
12.	Downtime students will do jumping jacks
13.	Fourth time around students will walk. 
14.	When finished with locomotor skill students will go into the general space and grab a stick and take it to the map and tape it on. 
15.	Students will do toe touches during down time. 
16.	Fifth time around students will leap. 
17.	When finished with locomotor skill students will go into the general space and grab a stick and take it to the map and tape it on. 
18.	Students will then do a stretch of their choice. 

Closure/Assessment:
	Ask the students which states they had the most trouble with. Ask the students what they thought of this activity and if they would like to do it again. Ask them if they thought it helped them. Ask them what changes they would make. 

Resource: http://pazz.tripod.com/integ.html