Transcript Social Studies Map Skills

Social Studies
Map Skills
SS4G1 The student will be able to locate important
physical and man-made features in the
United States.
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Locate major physical features of the United States;
include the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Great Plains,
Continental Divide, the Great Basin, Death Valley, Gulf
of Mexico, St. Lawrence River, and the Great Lakes.
Essential Question(s): What are physical features? What
are the major physical features of the U.S.?
When you finish this lesson, you
should be able to…
• Label a map with the physical
features of the United States.
Physical Features of the United
States of America
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Atlantic Coastal Plain
Great Plains
Continental Divide
The Great Basin
Death Valley
Gulf of Mexico
St. Lawrence River
The Great Lakes.
Atlantic Coastal Plain
The flat stretch of land that borders the
Atlantic Ocean in the eastern US.
Great Plains
The great expanse of prairie and steppes
east of the Rocky Mountains in the
United States and Canada.
Continental Divide
Who has the north-south line of elevated
land that separates the two watersheds
of the US.
The Great Basin
A large, arid plateau in the western
United States.
Let’s label your map!
Label your map like the one below.
The
Great
Basin
The Great
Plains
Death Valley
The lowest, driest and hottest valley in
the United States.
Gulf of Mexico
The oval shaped body of water
west of Florida.
St. Lawrence River
The large waterway connecting the Great
Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Great Lakes
The large freshwater bodies of water on
the Canada – United Stated border.
Let’s finish labeling your map!
Label your map like the one below.
Death
Valley
The Gulf of Mexico