Integrating the arts with geography

After our geography garbles, we were asked to choose a state or country and make a model of it with salt dough. We knew were going to make salt dough maps so the dough was made in advance. I choose to make the state of Texas. The following class we had to think of ways we could use our salt dough model to teach geography in our class. My partner and I decided to label the major cities and rivers in the state of Texas. It is a geography standard for 5th grade to locate the major rivers and cities in the United States. Others in the class made their model to show the physical features of their state or what products and crops the state is known for.