Grade 3 GSE Source Set Unit 2: United States Geography Begin at 8:30

How does location affect how we live? How can we describe our country’s land and water? Why are land and water features important? What are the major rivers in our country and how have they shaped culture? How can mountains affect our history?

SS3G1 Locate major topographical features on a physical map of the United States. Image from Wikimedia Commons

b. Locate major mountain ranges of the United States of America: Appalachian, Rocky. Image from Wikimedia Commons

Appalachian Mountains Creative commons 4.0 image

Rocky Mountains CC0 Creative commons image

a. Locate major rivers of the United States of America: Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson, and St. Lawrence. Image from Wikimedia Commons

Mississippi River CC0 Creative commons image

Ohio River Public domain image

Rio Grande River CC0 Creative commons image

Colorado River CC0 Creative commons 2.0 image

Hudson River CC0 Creative commons 3.0 image

St. Lawrence River Creative commons 3.0 image

How does location affect how we live? How can we describe locations in our country? What features of globes and maps help us identify locations? Why do we have an equator, prime meridian, and lines of latitude and longitude on globes and maps? How can cardinal and intermediate directions help us locate features of our country?

SS3G2 Locate and describe the equator, prime meridian, and lines of latitude and longitude on a globe. Image in the public domain

Map and Globe skills – 1 (cardinal directions), 2 (intermediate directions) Images from Pixabay, Creative Commons