Human Characteristics of United States Unit 2 Lesson 3

Content Expectations 4 - G1.0.2: Use cardinal and intermediate directions to describe the relative location of significant places in the United States. 4 - G1.0.3: Identify and describe the characteristics and purposes (e.g., measure distance, determine relative location, classify a region) of a variety of geographic tools and technologies (e.g., globe, map, satellite image). 4 - G1.0.4: Use geographic tools and technologies, stories, songs, and pictures to answer geographic questions about the United States.

Networks Special Purpose Maps Cities Places Graphic Organizer Human Characteristics of the United States Transportation Networks Special Purpose Maps Cities Specific Places Example: Interstate Highway System Examples: · Cities map · Highway map · Tourist map · Size of cities · Reasons for location   · Buildings · Monuments · Tourist Sites Connections between human characteristics and physical characteristics

Make inferences about this map. (Think about what you notice.)

• Tourist areas often are built near unique physical characteristics like the Grand Canyon. • These areas include places to shop, stay, eat and view the physical feature. • A transportation system into the area is created. This can include roads, railways and trails.

human characteristics geographic features that were made by people Word Cards Word Cards from previous lessons needed for this lesson: Fundamental Themes of Geography – Word Card #1 from Lesson 1 Place – Word Card #1 from Lesson 2 1 human characteristics geographic features that were made by people Example: Roads, bridges, and cities are human characteristics. 2 transportation network a system of roads, rail lines, ferry service, and other methods of connecting places Example: The system is part of the transportation network in the .

Physical Characteristic Related Human Characteristic Connecting Physical and Human Characteristics Physical Characteristic Related Human Characteristic Mountain range Plain Coastal plain River Valley Ocean

Physical Characteristic Related Human Characteristic Connecting Physical and Human Characteristics – Sample Answers Physical Characteristic Related Human Characteristic Mountain range mine ski resort tunnel Plain farms towns highways Coastal plain beach resort amusement park port cities

River cities dams bridges levees locks Valley farms highways Ocean amusement park port cities lighthouses

City Search Directions: Use the map at the following website to help you answer these questions: http://www.mrnussbaum.com/usaflash3.htm 1. According to the map how many U.S. cities have over 1,000,000 people? 2. What are these cities? 3. What are four states that have no major cities according to this map? 4. Why do you think this is true? 5. Directions: Click on a variety of cities and find 4 examples of a physical characteristic that influenced the location and/or growth of the city.

City Search – Sample Answers Directions: Use the map at the following website to help you answer these questions: http://www.mrnussbaum.com/usaflash3.htm 1. According to the map how many U.S. cities have over 1,000,000 people? 9 2. What are these cities? Los Angeles San Diego Phoenix Dallas Houston San Antonio New York Philadelphia Chicago 3. What are four states that have no major cities according to this map? Maine, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Vermont, New Hampshire 4. Why do you think this is true? Answers will vary. 5. Directions: Click on a variety of cities and find 4 examples of a physical characteristic that influenced its founding and/or growth of the city.

Physical characteristic City Physical characteristic Located where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains Located on the Where the Mississippi River meets the gulf of Mexico Along a beach in the coastal plain Located where three rivers meet In a mountain area Along a river

Make inferences about the highway system.

• Interstate 80 goes across most of the United States. • Many interstate highways run north/south or east/west. • There are more interstate highways in the eastern part of the United States than in the western part. • Often the interstate highways do not run along coastal areas. An exception is Highway 95 in Florida. • Interstate 80 goes across most of the United States. • Interstate 75 goes from Michigan to southern Florida. • No Interstate highway connects Alaska with the rest of the states.

Human Characteristics of the United States Mt. Rushmore Gateway Arch Disney World Statue of Liberty Golden Gate Bridge Washington Monument The White House Crazy Horse Memorial Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Sears Tower Empire State Building Hoover Dam Washington National Cathedral New Orleans

Trans Alaskan Pipeline The Alamo John F. Kennedy International Airport Black Thunder Mine Detroit-Windsor Tunnel Mesa Verde National Park California Highway One Aspen Ski Resort Seattle Space Needle Yankee Stadium Lombard Street, San Francisco Arlington National Cemetery The Mall of America National Observatory Grand Central Station,

Human Characteristic Location Date Constructed Purpose Research Chart Human Characteristic Location Date Constructed Purpose Other Information Illustration

Big Ideas of Lesson 3, Unit 2 Big Ideas Card Big Ideas of Lesson 3, Unit 2 Geographers use physical and human characteristics to describe what a place is like. Human characteristics of a place are man-made features. Human characteristics of a place can include cities, highways, bridges, and buildings. Human characteristics are often closely connected to physical characteristics. For example, cities are often located near bodies of water and farms are often located in prairies.

References Disney World. 7 October 2008 <http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/?bhcp=1>. The Gateway Arch. 7 October 2008 <http://www.gatewayarch.com/Arch/>. Golden Gate Bridge. 7 October 2008 <http://www.goldengatebridge.org/>. Mount Rushmore. 7 October 2008 <http://www.mtrushmore.net/>. Trans Alaska Pipeline. 7 October 2008 <http://www.alyeska-pipe.com/pipelinefacts.html>. U.S. Cities Interactive Map. 7 October 2008 <http://www.mrnussbaum.com/usaflash3.htm>. Teacher Resource Egbo, Carol. Supplemental Materials (Unit 2, Lesson 3).Teacher-made material. Michigan Citizenship Collaborative, 2008. Grand Canyon South Rim Village Map. 7 October 2008 <http://gocalifornia.about.com/library/weekly/n_az_gc_map_vlg.htm>. United States Interstate Highways Map. 7 October 2008 <http://www.onlineatlas.us/interstate-highways.htm>.