Module 4: Regions of the United States- Social Studies 3 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to identify the five regions of the United States, label the states within each of the five regions of the United States, identify the defining physical features of each of the five regions of the US, and identify landmarks in each of the five regions of the United States. They will determine the physical and human characteristics that make each region of the United States distinct.

Module Materials:

Lesson # Lesson Title Material(s)
1 Regions of the United States colored pencils;
2 Physical Features of the 5 Regions None
3 Regional Landmarks None
4 Regional Characteristics None
5 Areas of North America Outside of the U.S. None

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Regions of the United States
  1. Identify the five regions of the United States.
  2. Label the states within each of the five regions of the United States.
2 Physical Features of the 5 Regions
  1. Identify the defining physical features of each of the five regions of the US.
3 Regional Landmarks
  1. Identify landmarks in each of the five regions of the United States.
4 Regional Characteristics
  1. Determine the physical and human characteristics that make each region of the United States distinct.
5 Areas of North America Outside of the U.S.
  1. Label the countries and commonwealths in North America (Canada, United States, Mexico) and in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica).

Module Key Words:

Key Words
region
Northeast
Southwest
West
Southeast
Midwest
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Canadian Shield
Appalachian Mountains
Atlantic Coastal Plain
landmark
monument
natural
man-made
physical characteristics
human characteristics
North America
Caribbean

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Regions of the United States 5 Label the Regions Assignment
3 Regional Landmarks 6 Landmark Scavenger Hunt Assignment
5 Areas of North America Outside of the U.S. 5 Areas of North America Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Regions of the United States After completing this lesson, ask your student to name the 5 regions of the United States, explain where they are located in the United States, and what states are in each region.
2 Physical Features of the 5 Regions After completing this lesson, ask your student to describe the physical features of each of the five regions of the United States.
3 Regional Landmarks After completing this lesson, ask your student to describe natural and man-made landmarks that exist in each of the five regions.
4 Regional Characteristics After completing this lesson, ask your student to describe the physical and human characteristics of each of the five regions of the United States.
5 Areas of North America Outside of the U.S. After completing this lesson, ask your student to describe other countries and commonwealths that are a part of North America that are not the United States.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Regions of the United States
  1. What are the five regions of the United States?
Physical Features of the 5 Regions
  1. What are the defining physical features of each of the five regions of the United States?
Regional Landmarks
  1. What notable landmarks (natural and man-made) exist in each of the five regions of the United States?
Regional Characteristics
  1. What makes each region of the U.
  2. S.
  3. distinct?
Areas of North America Outside of the U.S.
  1. Besides the United States, what other countries and commonwealths are in North America?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 The Midwest (A True Book: The U.S. Regions) Dana Meachen Rau
2 The Southwest (A True Book: The U.S. Regions) Dana Meachen Rau
3 People and Places of the West (United States by Region) Danielle Smith-Llera
4 People and Places of the Northeast (United States by Region) John Joseph Micklos Jr.
5 People and Places of the Southeast (United States by Region) John Joseph Micklos Jr.

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing