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Early Elementary Activitytoc
Illinois Learning Standard: 17.A.1a Identify physical characteristics of places, both local and global (e.g., locations, roads, regions, bodies of water). Using the map provided below, print out and identify the locations of the seven major rivers and two mountain ranges of Ukraine. If you are able to find those, take the time to identify the locations of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Please use the information and links provided on this site to help you locate these landforms.  [|Ukraine Blank Map]

Upper Elementary Activity
17.C.2b Describe the relationships among location of resources, population distribution and economic activities (e.g., transportation, trade, communications). Review the information provided on geography of Ukraine. Pay close attention to the water masses and population distribution. Write a paragraph describing the relationship between the population distribution and the location of water masses. Locate the capitol on the map and describe the area in which it is located and why you believe it is located in this region. Take into consideration the location of water sources, other big cities, and countries. Make sure that your reasoning is solid, do not forget our previous units on locations of natural resources in relation to people's homes.

Fine Arts Activity
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">26.A.2b Drama: Describe various ways the body, mind and voice are used with acting, scripting and staging processes to create or perform drama/theatre. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a composer of Ukrainian descent. He created many wonderful compositions including the 1812 Overture, Swan Lake and the Nutcracker. Watch the clip from a performance of the Nutcracker Suite, via the youtube video below, and describe how the dance relates to the music and positions of the dancers. Would you perform to Tchaikovsky's composition in this manner? How else do you think the music could have been interpreted into dance?

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"> [|The Nutcracker Act 2 Performed by the Royal Ballet]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 60%;">**References** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 60%;">Category. (n.d.). Free blank outline maps of Ukraine. //Geography Home Page//. Retrieved December 9, 2011, from [] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 60%;">Illinois State Board of Education - Illinois Learning Standards. (n.d.). //Illinois State Board of Education//. Retrieved December 11, 2011, from [] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 60%;">julimelballet. (n.d.). The Nutcracker act2. - 1. (royal ballet -2008) - YouTube. //YouTube//. Retrieved December 9, 2011, from <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 60%;"> []

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