1. Read through Current Issue Update on page 54
Geographic Regions
Read through Current Issue Update on page 54

2. Introduction to Unit 2
Read Overview together page 55

3. Assignment
Read through pages and then pick one of the states and write an outline on that state’s information from the book.
Due Monday

4. Idaho
What did you have for Idaho?

5. Idaho Ctn. Only landlocked state in the PNW Most mountainous state
Covered by the Rockies
As well as smaller ranges like Beaverhead, Bitterroot, Centennial, Clearwater, etc.
True or False: The state’s mean elevation is about 3,000 feet above sea level?

6. Idaho Ctn. Lakes Rivers Lake Pend Oreille and Lake Coeur d’Alene
See map on pg. 57
Rivers
Snake River – 12th largest in the U.S.
Its path: Page Read
Had much hydroelectric power

7. Oregon
What did you have for Oregon?

8. Oregon Ctn. Largest State in the PNW Water Bodies Biggest Lakes:
Important to their economy
Biggest Lakes:
Crater Lake
Klamath Lake
Rivers
Largest River is the Willamette River

9. Oregon Ctn. Several Major Mountain Ranges Highest Elevation
Blue Mountains, Coastal Ranges, and Cascade Mountains
Highest Elevation
Mt. Hood at 11,239 ft.
True or False:
Oregon’s Average elevation is roughly 3,000 feet.

10. Washington
What did you have for your home state?

11. Washington Ctn.
True or False: Washington is the biggest state in the PNW
Freshwater Bodies
Lake Chelan (largest)
Lake Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake – Page 63
Major Rivers (There are a ton)
See page 62 for western rivers
Most important Eastern River: Columbia River
Read page 64 on the Columbian River

12. Washington Ctn. Mountains Largest volcano (in elevation)
Many ranges including the Coastal Range, Willapa Hills, Olympic Mountains, Cascade Range, etc.
Largest volcano (in elevation)
Mt. Rainier is 14,411 feet above sea level

13. Fun Fact Assignment
Your assignment is to write/type out 10 fun facts about one of the states from the PNW (Oregon, Washington, or Idaho)
Then the next day in class you are going to read your ten in front of the class.
Make them unique! (In other words don’t all pick Washington)

14. Each Student Shares 10 Facts

15. Labeling Assignment Take your map and label the following:
Lake Pend Oreille
Lake Coeur d’Alene
Crater Lake
Klamath Lake
Snake River
Willamette River
Mt. Hood
Mt. Rainier
Mt. St. Helens
Mt. Borah
Lake Chelan
Lake Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
Columbia River
Pacific Ocean

16. Geographic Regions Six major geographical regions of the PNW include:
Coastal
Western Lowlands
Cascade Mountains
Columbia Plateau
Rocky Mountains
Basin Region

17. Reading and Questions Assignment
(You may do this with a partner)
Read through the Geographic Regions section to find the answers to questions 1, and 4-7 on page 82.
Due Monday
Future Events
Monday Kahoot
Tuesday Quest