United States Geography Lesson Plans

Students think about how the regions of the United States are defined and characterized. They map the regions from memory and compare maps to see that regions are human constructions that do not generally have clearly-defined boundaries.

Fifth graders collaborate with another 5th grade classroom while learning about various locations in the United States. This is a telecollaborative video conferencing project that is designed for students studying United States History and Geography.

Learners in an ESL classroom are introduced to the contributions of the Filipinos to the United States. In groups, they research the history of the Phillipines including its culture, climate, and economy. They discuss the varoius waves of immigration from the country to the United States and state the reasons why they would leave the Phillipines. To end the lesson, they compare and contrast the Filipino immigration experience to those of Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Students locate and extract census data. They produce population density maps of the United States in different scales and analyze population density maps by observing patterns and drawing conclusions.

Students engage in a lesson plan that is about the geography of the United States and Canada. They conduct research and participate in a review of the literature in order to prepare for a formal assessment. The lesson plan includes questions that can be used by the teacher.

Fifth graders research the different regions of the United States focusing on the geography, natural resources, populations, and weather. They label region maps and develop a bar graph of comparing the average temperature in one city from each region on a given day.

Young scholars compare maps of the Middle East using National Geographic's Hot Spot: Iraq, and a map of their own region, looking for similar features. They fill in and label their own blank outline maps of the Middle East and the United States.

Sixth graders research one of the 50 United States using the Internet and print resources. They design a travel brochure that highlights one of the states geography, official state information and travel destinations. They combine the individual slide presentation into one large presentation.

Students work together to research the culture and history of the United States. They develop a mock family plan and itinerary to hightlight interesting sites in the different regions. They show their family plan to the class.

Students engage in a lesson plan that focuses on some of the historical events leading to the formation of Canada and the United States. They conduct an information search and use it to work in small groups and examine democratic government.