Grade 5 Social Studies lesson plan: U.S. regions & physical features

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Prerequisite skills to check: reading a map key, compass rose and scale; the difference between a city, a state and a country; landform words such as mountain, plain, river and lake.

Key vocabulary: region, landform, climate, natural resource, mountain range, plain, river basin.

Warm-up idea: Show four photos (mountains, desert, farmland, coastline) and ask students where in the U.S. each was taken and what clues they used.

Exit ticket idea: Students label three regions on a blank U.S. map and name one physical feature and one way people earn a living in each.

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