Library > Geography & Travel > North & Central America > United States

Visit the U.S. from Coast to Coast

1999
Our entry provides an overview of the United States regions based our District Social Studies curriculum. It introduces each state and provides questions to enhance research into each state. It also provides alternative activities to enable students to research further and create a variety of products involving higher level thinking skills. It further provides a jumping off point for advanced research if desired. We wanted to provide students and teachers with a basis for introducing United States regional study. The study of the United States Regions is a major emphasis in our Fourth grade curriculum. Our goal was to provide a starting point to provide students with the questions and locations on the Internet to begin investigation. Further educational objects include: -Comparing and contrasting regions, -acquiring knowledge of the history of each region and identifying major historical events, -comparing important people (past and present), -identifying climate, agriculture/industry, landforms and natural resources, -accessing information and communicating understanding by producing and presenting research driven projects related to different regions, -using a variety of resources to obtain information.