1. Warm Up: Fill out your table of contents, tape your map onto page 9, color and label! 1

2. Today’s Question: What are the regions of North America?

3. Agenda: 1.In groups: Look at pictures, make observations, guess your region 2.Share conclusion with the class 3.Take notes on the regions 4.Map Game! 5.Begin Title Page

5. In Groups: You will receive 3 pictures: 1.Look at each picture carefully 2.Answer the questions for that picture 3.Decide what region you most likely have!

6. Picture Questions: Picture #1 (physical description): 1.What do you see? 2.Where do you think this might be? 3.Does it look like an inviting environment? Picture #2 (early settlers): 1.How difficult would it be to settle here? 2.What type of home did early settlers have? 3.What types of tools do you see? Picture #3 (landmarks): 1.Do you know where the landmark is? 2.Can you guess?

7. Group Work: 1.Work with your group. Talking to another group can distract them from their tasks and hinder their learning as well as your own. Direct your attention toward the members of your group at all times. 2.Stay on task. As interesting as the football game or TV show on last night is, you are in class and should remain focused on group assignments.

11. Coastal Plain North Carolina coast Plymouth Plantation Statue of Liberty

12. Coastal Plain 12 LocationFeaturesExtra Info __________Ocean ______________ Coast Wide ____________ Good ___________ Washington D.C.

16. Canadian Shield Lake with glacier deposited rock Netsilik Inuit Wisconsin Dells

17. Canadian Shield 17 LocationFeaturesExtra Info Circles the __________ ___________ Hundreds of lakes carved by __________ _________ rocks in North America

21. Interior Lowlands Rolling land with large river Early settler’s cabin in Ohio Chicago

22. Interior Lowlands 22 LocationFeaturesExtra Info West of the Appalachians East of the _______ ______ Rolling __________ with many _________ Broad river ___________ Many rivers make __________ soil for farming

26. GREAT PLAINS Buffalo on the Great Plains Early settlers Mount Rushmore

27. Great Plains 27 LocationFeaturesExtra Info East of the ________ Mountains Grasslands with few _________ Increases in elevation westward

31. Basin and Range Death Valley Anasazi cliff homes Las Vegas

32. Basin and Range 32 LocationFeaturesExtra Info East of the __________ ______________ Strange rock _____________ ______ ______ - lowest point in U.S.

36. Coastal Range Sierra Nevada Mountains Native Americans’ with Totem Poles Hollywood

37. Coastal Range 37 LocationFeaturesExtra Info ________ Coast Rugged _________ and fertile _______ Sierra Nevada Mountains in California

38. What do you think? 1.How are the regions similar? How are they different? 2.Would being an early settler in any of the regions be easier than another?

40. Map Game! 1.2 teams 2.1 person from each team will come to the front 3.I will count to 3 and say a continent or ocean 4.The first person to GENTLY POINT to the correct location stays up, the other person sits down. The next person from their team takes their place.

42. Map Game!

43. Title Page: Create a title page for your Interactive Notebook. A title page is like the cover of a book—it should show the reader what the book will be about and spark their interest in the topic. Create a title page about AMERICAN HISTORY. Draw pictures, symbols, etc. to demonstrate what YOU know about American History. Take your time, be thorough, detailed, and creative. Include: A Title Pictures to demonstrate what YOU know about American History (anything!)