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Here are the teacher pack items for Contemporary U.S. Geography:
Overview In this experience, students fill in an outline map of the United States, identifying geographic regions, a river, a mountain range, and their hometown. Then they learn about the five largest cities in the country and make a generalization about what their locations have in common. Next they analyze a population density map of the United States. Finally, they define the term economic region based on the regions they have learned about. Estimated duration: 30-40 minutes Vocabulary words: Objectives
You probably know the words to the song “America the Beautiful,” written by Katherine Lee Bates in 1895 and set to music by Samuel Ward.
O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties above thy fruited plain
America, America, God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea
Bates was inspired to write the words when she saw Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains.
Ask students: Which words in this verse of the song suggest specific regions of the country? [waves of grain and fruited plain: the breadbasket of the Great Plains; mountain: the Rockies; sea to shining sea: the Atlantic and Pacific coasts]
Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado
In this lesson, you will summarize what you have learned about U.S. geography.
Objectives
Let’s review what you have learned so far. On the map below:
Project and model filling in a map. Add as many labels and features as possible while keeping the map legible.
