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Name______________________________________ HR Teacher______________________
Physiographic Regions of Georgia Travel Brochure
Congratulations, you have been hired by the state of Georgia to attract skilled
workers and new businesses. Create a brochure over all five regions of Georgia
that would attract the best and the brightest individuals, groups, and institutions
to the Peach State.
You will be graded on: following directions, inclusion of required elements,
accuracy and completeness of answers, and neatness. Your brochure must have:
1. Front Cover: To include a GA Regions Map*and Title (at bottom of pageName, Date, HR Teacher)
2. Flap 1: Plateau
3. Inside left panel 2: Ridge and Valley
4. Middle Panel3: Blue Ridge
5. Inside Right Panel 4: Piedmont
6. Middle Back Panel Flap 5: Coastal Plain (include coastal information & islands
but not continental shelf)
*Label and color the five physiographic regions and label and define the Fall Line.
Each section must include the following:
A. Location:
1. Relative
2. Comparative Size: smallest, largest etc.
B. Physical Features:
1. General physical features: Things like mountains, hills in
general terms. Also include Specific physical features
covered in class. i.e. Appalachian Mountains
2. Natural Resources
C. Major Cities/Attractions
It may be hand written or typed on the computer.
*Students also have the option of creating a paper slide video or a 3D map of Georgia. See
teacher to receive instructions*
Example: Coastal Plain
(you can use but copy in writing or retype & add to/shorten where needed)
Location:
1. Relative:
South- Southeast of the fall line
2. Comparative size: Largest of areas – 60% of state
Physical Features:
1. General physical features: Wide deep rivers some get wider towards the coast. Flat low relief
with few steep hills or rocks. Along the coast the land is low lying. COAST: swamps, rivers & streams,
estuaries; small islands; large coastal islands – real beach is only on seaward side of outer islands.
TIDES: low tide – rivers go out to sea – during high tide: the sea forces the rivers to reverse their flow
so they carry a mixture of salt and fresh water for 10 miles or more called tidal rivers. When these
spill over banks they create saltwater marshes. Marshes act as buffers from storms, filter out
pollutants (Wetlands). BARRIER ISLANDS: block ocean waves from hitting mainland – “golden islands”
– explorers looking for gold, beach houses
Specific Physical features: Fall Line: northern boundary for this region, it is several miles across –
prehistoric ocean’s shoreline – land to north of line is higher in elevation causing rivers to pick up speed
as they travel and “fall” through this zone. Okefenokee Swamp – water wetland. Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway – 1,000 mile inland water highway stretching from NY to Miami
2. Natural Resources/Soil & Rocks : Pine trees, fertile soil (75 miles inland); sea food Limestone:
soft rock, covered with sediment from rivers depositing soil into ocean in prehistoric times. This area
has limestone , clay, sand & sedimentary deposits. Sand & clay are found along coast in the “pine
Barrens” area.
Major Products
1.
This region is known for the production of Vidalia onions, peanuts, corn, pecans and seafood.
Major cities:
1. Macon, Albany, Savannah, Columbus
Physiographic Region: ______________________________________
Location:
1. Relative:
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2. Comparative size: __________________________________________
Physical Features:
1. General physical features: __________________________________________
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Specific Physical features: ___________________________________________
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2. Natural Resources: _________________________________________________
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3. Major Products: ____________________________________________________
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4. Major Cities: ______________________________________________________
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Regions Brochure Rubric
25
The postcard is very well
organized, all information
and all items are very neat
and in the correct section.
20
The postcard is wellorganized, information is
neat and most information
is in the correct section.
15
The postcard has some
organized, some
information, some items
are in the correct section
10
The postcard’s organization
of material is confusing to
the reader, work is not neat
and information is not in
the correct section
Ideas
The postcard
communicates relevant
information appropriately
and effectively.
The postcard
communicates relevant
information appropriately
however some information
was missing.
The postcard
communicates irrelevant
information, or
communicates
inappropriately and is
missing a lot of information
The postcard
communicates irrelevant
information, and
communicates
inappropriately and most of
the information is missing.
Conventions
All of the writing is done in
complete sentences.
Capitalization and
punctuation are correct
throughout the brochure.
Most of the writing is done
in complete sentences.
Most of the capitalization
and punctuation are correct
throughout the brochure.
Some of the writing is done
in complete sentences.
Some of the capitalization
and punctuation are correct
throughout the brochure.
Most of the writing is not
done in complete
sentences.
Most of the capitalization
and punctuation are not
correct throughout the
brochure.
Graphics
The graphics go well with
the text, and there is a good
mix of text and graphics.
The graphics go well with
the text, but there are so
many that they distract
from the text.
The graphics go well with
the text, but there are too
few.
The graphics do not go
with the accompanying text
or appear to be randomly
chosen or there are no
graphics.
Organization
Score
Score/Comments