4th Grade Social Studies Curriculum United States Geography Google Slides

The second unit in my 4th grade Social Studies is themed in United States Geography and includes lesson plans, reading passages, assessments, activities, and more. Each activity is also linked and downloadable to Google Drive for use in Google Classroom or other platforms. This unit correlates to concepts in the MC3 curriculum and meets Michigan Social Studies standards. Lessons are typically taught over a two day span.

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Lesson Plan Titles:

Lesson 1 – Location & the USA

Lesson 2 – Landforms of the USA

Lesson 3 – Human Characteristics of the USA (Landmarks)

Lesson 4 – Using Special Purpose Maps

Lesson 5 – Regions in the USA

Lesson 6 – Great Lakes Region & More

This Unit Includes:

6 Lesson Plans

6 Reading Comprehension Pages

6 Exit Tickets

37 Vocabulary Word Cards

37 Cut-Out Vocabulary Cards

Poster Printables

- What is a Geographer?

- North America

- 5 Themes of Geography

- World Map

- Hemispheres

- Landforms (desert, plain, canyon, valley, basin, plateau, gulf, mountain range, coastal plain, river system, tributary)

- Landmarks (MLK Memorial, Cloud Gate, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, space needle, Mount Rushmore, Golden Gate Bridge, Lincoln Memorial, Hoover Dam, Gateway Arch)

- Special Purpose Maps

- United States Regions

- Great Lakes Regions

- Great Lakes Facts

US Geography Project Outline

Activities for each lesson

End of unit assessment

Vocabulary Cards Include

5 Themes of Geography

Location

Relative Location

Continent

Political Boundaries

Hemisphere

Equator

Prime Meridian

Absolute Location

Place

Physical Characteristics

Landforms

Mountain Range

Plain

Coastal Plain

Plateau

Basin

Valley

Canyon

Desert

Vegetation

Gulf

River System

Tributary

Human Characteristics

Transportation Network

Special Purpose Map

Elevation

Climate

Precipitation

Temperature

Population

Population Density

Metropolitan Area

Region

Movement

Economic Activities

4th Grade Social Studies

Unit One - Social Science Foundations

Unit Three - Human Geography

Unit Four - Economics

Unit Five - Government

Unit Six - Civics

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