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Oh the Places We Will Go !!!! SS5G1 The student will locate important places in the United States. a. Locate important physical features; include the Grand Canyon, Salton Sea, Great Salt Lake, and Mojave Desert. b. Locate important man-made places; include the Chisholm Trail; Pittsburgh, PA; Gettysburg, PA; Kitty Hawk, NC; Pearl Harbor, HI; and Montgomery, AL.
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United States has many physical features, from East to West.
Rolling Hills Jagged Mountains Canyons Lakes Seas Deserts Physical Features
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The Grand Canyon is a deep gorge in Northwest Arizona.
1 mile deep 277 miles long Formed by the Colorado River The Grand Canyon
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The Grand Canyon
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Salton Sea Salton Sea Largest lake in the state of California
Large depression 240 feet below sea level. Colorado River overflow made the Salton Sea Very Salty Salton Sea
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Salton Sea
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Great Salt Lake Great Salt Lake Bigger than the Salton Sea
Located in Utah Largest Lake in the Western United States Salty enough to float Great Salt Lake
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Great Salt Lake
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Mojave Desert Mojave Desert
Covers 25,000 square miles in southeastern California Flat areas Mountain ranges Hot- temperature in the summer is 120 degrees!!!! Mojave Desert
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Mojave Desert
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Chisholm Trail-Trail from Texas to Kansas, taking cattle to market.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is a Pennsylvania city that is one of the world’s largest steel manufacturing centers. Pittsburgh grew as a manufacturing center because important raw materials under its soil-the iron ore and coal needed to make iron and steel.
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Gettysburg- Pennsylvania town where Civil War battle was fought
Gettysburg- Pennsylvania town where Civil War battle was fought. It was the turning point in the war.
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Kitty Hawk North Carolina-on the coast where the Wright Brothers made their first airplane flight.
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Pearl Harbor-Hawaii Navy base attacked by Japanese planes on December 7, 1941.
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Montgomery Alabama- City where Martin Luther King, Jr
Montgomery Alabama- City where Martin Luther King, Jr. led a famous bus boycott along with Rosa Parks.
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