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• Its economy consists of shipbuilding, fishing, and trading.

• It is a land of many immigrants and religions.• Boston, Massachusetts is the richest part of the

region.• Education is a strong part of the region.• Universities include: Harvard, Yale, Brown,

Dartmouth, Wellesley, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Williams, Amherst, and Wesleyan.

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was home to the Continental Congress that organized the American Revolution and the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the U.S. Constitution in 1787.

• Rivers such as the Hudson and Delaware helped to develop cities located along them because of shipping.

• New York City, New York is the nation’s largest city and its financial and cultural center.

FUN FACTS of the NORTHEAST REGION

Group One: TRIVIA

Everyone else: Cut out flash cards.

1. QUIETLY get a pair of scissors. You may have to share.

2. Cut along the solid lines on the last page of your packet to make your flashcards.

3. When you are finished, quietly flip through them to learn their shapes and names.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONSPlace

Which Northeast state is famous for skyscrapers, theater, the Empire State

Building, and the Statue of Liberty?

If you wanted to see Times Square, what state would you visit?

What large bridge is located in New York?

Look for the following landforms

• Lake Erie and Lake Ontario

• Atlantic Ocean

• Appalcian Mountains

• Poconos Mountains

• Coasts and Harbors

• Connecticut, Delaware, Hudson, and Potomac Rivers

Group Two: TRIVIA

Everyone else: Use flash cards.

1. ON YOUR OWN, flip through your flashcards to learn the shapes and names of the states.

2. Then use the “table of contents” page in your packets to write in pencil the state and abbreviation on the back of each state flashcard.

LANDPlace and Human-Environment

Interaction

What activity could you take part in if you visited the Poconos in Pennsylvania during

the winter? What is the name of a large park in New

York where you could have a lovely picnic?

Group Three: TRIVIA

Everyone else: Use flash cards.

1. With ONE Partner, take turns flipping through your flashcards to learn the state abbreviations and capitals.

2. Study well. You will need to know these for the activity at the end.

PEOPLEPlace and Movement

What is one way you might see people getting around in New York City?

What might you get to do at the FAO Schwarz toy store?

What large type of home or building might you find in Rhode Island?

STUDY TIME

Group Four: See me, please.

Everyone else: REMAIN QUIET and...

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• The only diamond mine in North America is in Arkansas.

• Georgia is where Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793.

• The first train to haul passengers ran between Augusta, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina.

• Memphis, Tennessee is home to the first civil rights museum and was where Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed.

• Virginia has been called “Mother of the Presidents” because eight U.S. presidents were born there.

• Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina is the tallest lighthouse in the U.S.

FUN FACTS about the SOUTHEAST REGION

Group One: TRIVIA

Everyone else: Cut out flash cards.

1. QUIETLY get a pair of scissors. You may have to share.

2. Cut along the solid lines on the last page of your packet to make your flashcards.

3. When you are finished, quietly flip through them to learn their shapes and names.

PEOPLEPlace and Movement

Who is a famous person from Tennessee? What is the capital city of Tennessee

famous for? What large place would you likely arrive at

if you traveled to Tennessee’s capital?

Look for the following landforms

• The Everglades

• The Great Smoky Mountains

• The Appalachian Mountains

• Piedmont Plateau

• The Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains

• Chesapeake Bay

• Gulf of Mexico

• Rivers

Group Two: TRIVIA

Everyone else: Use flash cards.

1. ON YOUR OWN, flip through your flashcards to learn the shapes and names of the states.

2. Then use the “table of contents” page in your packets to write in pencil the state and abbreviation on the back of each state flashcard.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONSPlace

Whose home do people like to see when they visit Graceland, TN?

What is one place in Florida that people come from around the country to visit?

Group Three: TRIVIA

Everyone else: Use flash cards.

1. With ONE Partner, take turns flipping through your flashcards to learn the state abbreviations and capitals.

2. Study well. You will need to know these for the activity at the end.

LANDPlace and Human-Environment

Interaction

What activity could you do in a channel in Key West Florida?

What could you do if you visited a beach at Key West?

STUDY TIME

Group Four: See me, please.

Everyone else: REMAIN QUIET and...

Great Job!

State Abbreviations Maps from:Targeted Regional United States Zones. (n.d.). American Banner Exchange. Retrieved March 31, 2011, from http://www.americanbannerexchange.com/usa-zones.htm

Native America Map from:Regions unit 2 article. (n.d.). Scott Foresman Social Studies. Retrieved March 31, 2011, from http://www.sfsocialstudies.com/g4/na/u2/article.html

States and Capitals Southeast Map from: Griebel, C. (2002, March 3). Southeast Region. Regions of United States WebQuest. Retrieved March 31, 2011, from http://cg043.k12.sd.us/regions%20of%20the%20US% 20webquest/southeast_region.htm

States and Capitals Northeast Map from: Griebel, C. (2002, March 3). Northeast Region. Regions of United States WebQuest. Retrieved March 31, 2011, from http://cg043.k12.sd.us/regions%20of%20the%20US% 20webquest/northeast_region.htm