Jan. 27, 2010: All About Vancouver and Whistler

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers. Click here to learn about subscribing to the eEdition at no cost to you (for Colorado teachers).

Activities:

1. Use newspaper words and pictures to create a poster about Vancouver.

2. Circle five things that you would take on a trip to Vancouver.

3. Select five people in newspaper stories or the comics. Write a place in Vancouver that person might like to visit. Explain your choices.

4. Where would you go in British Columbia if you liked (a) bird watching, (b) history, (c) an unusual bridge, and (d) Beluga whales?

5. Pretend you are on a trip to Vancouver. Pick five places to visit. Write about your visits in a travel journal.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand the physical and human characteristics of places. (Geography: Places and Regions)
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)