Texas History

Fort Burrows

County Project2016# 3

Road Trip and Map

Assigned:January 26, 2016Due:February11, 2016

1. Write directions FROM 400 Mockingbird Lane in Coppell TOyour County Seat Courthouse in

each of your counties. IMPORTANT:::You will use the other county from CP#2

-Include Interstates, Highways, Farm-to-Market (FM)or County ( CR ) Roads.

Example: Drive North on Interstate-35 for 22 miles, turn East onHighway 377for34 miles, turn North on FM 1342 for 8 miles.

*** DO NOT – write the directions like you find at MapQuest or Google.

Example: …Travel 4.25 miles, veer slightly to the right lane and look for the stop sign, then proceed for 25.7 miles (we do not want . miles ) *** DO NOT Use fractions of a mile, ROUND UP.

2. Take trips FROM your County Seat Courthouse TOTHREE (3) Towns or Cities in your county.

Each trip will start at your County Courthouse address.

-Write directions (roads, direction, miles, etc.) how to get to each townfrom your County Seat Courthouse address.

-Write about one interestingrealplace you visited in each town/city.

Examples: I saw the Gorilla Exhibit at the Smith Zoo in Tyler; I ate a cherry pie at Mama’s Fried Pie Company in Plano;my family bowled at the Lucky 12 Bowling Lanes in Gail.

- Write about one MEAL. A real place to eat in that town.

Example: While in Jimtown, I had lunch at the B&B Ranch BBQ Pit. I ordered…

3. Make a chartwith the following items --for each county -- 2 total charts:

-All Interstates in your County.

-All U.S. Highways in your County.

-All Texas State Highways in your County.

- Farm-to-Market (FM) and/or County (CO) Roads in your County (5 Maximum).

*** Example – If you do not have an Interstate going through your County, you will write the

word “none” under the Interstate column.

Helpful websites for directions, maps and roads:

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4. Draw the shape of your county on 8 ½ x 11 white computer paper.

(For both of your counties) ++ (2 total)

-Write your county name for the title.

-Label your county seat.

-Label the 3 towns/cities you visited {and 3 you would like to visit in the other county}.

-Draw and label the Interstates in YELLOW.

-Draw and label the U.S. Highways in GREEN.

-Draw and label the Texas State Highways in RED.

-Draw and label Farm-to-Market (FM) and/or County (CR) roads in BLUE.

-Draw an arrow pointing to the direction of Coppell. Label the direction (N, S, NE, etc).

-List the Nearest City to your County Seat that has a population over 100,000.

*You will give a 2- 2 ½ minute presentation describing your trip(s) and show us your map*

*** DO NOT GIVE DRIVING DIRECTIONS

Example:

Interstate / 10
U.S. Highway / 112, 246, 467
Texas State Highway / 82, 115,
Farm to Market Road ( FM ) / 1302, 1405, 2201, 2202, 2203
County Road ( CR ) / 49, 119, 248, 303, 1711

*** Odd numbers run North to South, Even numbers run East to West

Rubric for County Project 2016# 3

Name______Period______Date______

Title / Description / Points / Notes / Earned
School TO
COURTHOUSE / Directions ____ / 15
3 TRIPS
and
PLACE / C1Trip 1 ____ & ____
C1Trip 2 ____ & ____
C2Trip 3 ____ & ____
(direction,place, meal) / 30
2CHARTS / Interstates ____
U.S. Hwys ____
State Hwys ____
FM or CO ____ / 15
2COUNTY
MAPS / Shape of county ____
County Name ____
County Seat ____
3 Towns Visited ____
Interstates-yellow ___
U.S. Hwys-green ___
Texas Hwys-red ___
FM/CO-blue ____
Arrow To Coppell ___ Direction ____ / 15
PRESENTATION
OF TRIP &
MAP / 2-2 ½ Min _____
Trip _____
Map ______ / 25

FINAL GRADE ______

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