Transcript Where in the world is Alabama?

4th grade
Alabama History
Chapter 1 Lesson 1
Social Studies
1. Identify historical and current economic, political,
and geographic information about Alabama on
thematic maps.
4. Describe the relationship of five geographical
regions of Alabama to the movement of Alabama
settlers during the early nineteenth century.
●Describe natural resources of Alabama
Use different maps to locate the state of Alabama
and name its border states. Identify the five major
geographic provinces of Alabama and list
characteristics of each.
*****Students should complete the left side of
the anticipation guide before this lesson.
Think about how cameras can be far away from an
area but can zoom in and appear to be close to an
object. Imagine a camera form outer space
zooming in to take a picture of you right now.
Think about the different levels the camera would
have to zoom past…Planet, hemisphere,
continent, country, region, state, county, city,
street. Can you specifically name each? You have
1min. to think.
TURN and Talk to your partner and share your
thinking
Alabama
States that
border
Alabama:
Florida (FL)
Georgia(GA)
Tennessee
(TN)
Mississippi
(MS)
www.http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/geography/hemispheres.htm
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Click on the link above to learn about hemispheres.
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Alabama is located in the Northern and Western
Hemispheres
Highland Rim
 Cumberland Plateau
 Ridge and Valley
 Piedmont
 Coastal Plain
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After discussing the last map of Alabama and its 5
provinces, which province do you think Alabama is
located in? You have 1min. to think.
TURN and Talk to your partner and share your
thinking.
•northwestern corner of Alabama
•this land is in the Tennessee
River valley
•farms grow corn, cotton, and
hay in this area.
•level plains of fertile soil and
gently rolling hills.
•The states first inhabitants
(people living in a particular
place) probably came into north
Alabama along the Tennessee
River in this area. Charcoal from
ancient campsites found in the
region has been carbon dated
back to more than 10,000 years
ago.
•Steep canyons that are home to some coolweather plants and trees that do not grow
anywhere else in the state.
•Cumberland Plateau lies to the northwest of
the Appalachian Ridge and Valley region.
Compass Rose
•Lies below Cumberland and includes
Birmingham and Red Mountain.
•This region is comprised of
sandstone ridges and fertile limestone
valleys
•three ingredients for steel
manufacture, coal, iron ore, and
limestone are found in abundance in
this area and exposed from years of
erosion (the wearing away of land by
weather over a period of time)
•Birmingham is one of the steel
industry capitals of the world.
•Piedmont means “foot of
the mountains” in French
•located in the eastern
central section of
Alabama(east of
Birmingham)
• consists of low hills, ridges,
and sandy valleys
•Coal, iron ore, limestone,
and marble are found in this
area of Alabama along with
Cheaha Mountain,
Alabama's highest point
•Coastal Plain covers more than half
the state.
•Border between the Piedmont and
the Coastal Plain is called the fall
line.
•Divided into the Upper and Lower
Coastal Plain Provinces.
•Upper Coastal Plains has a band of
rich, dark soil known as the Black
Belt. (one of the best places in the
state to grow cotton.
•Lower Coastal Plain reaches from
the Black Belt to the Gulf of Mexico.
•Lower Coastal Plains covered with
longleaf pine, the state tree. Timber
is one of the main crops of this area
The border between the
Piedmont and the Coastal
Plains is called the fall
line. Rivers and streams
cross from higher land
onto the flatter plains,
creating the waterfalls and
rapids that give the fall line
its name.
A band of rich, dark soil that runs
across Alabama is known as the
Black Belt.
Use different maps to locate the state of Alabama
and name its border states. Identify the five major
geographic provinces of Alabama and list
characteristics of each.
*****Students should complete the right side of
the anticipation guide before this lesson. If your
thinking has changed, briefly explain your
thinking out to the side.
How many geographic regions are there in
Alabama? Name the regions.
2. What does the word Piedmont mean?
3. In what geographic province is the Black
Belt?
4. What is the fall line?
5. Saraland is located in which geographic
province?
 Name the states that border Alabama.
 What hemisphere do we live in?
1.
You will receive a blank map of Alabama. The state will be
divided into the 5 different regions. Along with what you
have learned in this presentation, you may also use your
textbook (ch1lesson1) to do the following:
Draw and label the Fall line
Shade each land region in the following colors:
coastal plain, piedmont, ridge and valley,
cumberland plateau, highland rim
3. On the back, list all 5 provinces and give one
important fact you learned about each province.
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