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Oh the Places We Will Go !!!! SS5G1 The student will locate important places in the United States. a. Locate important physical features; include the Grand Canyon, Salton Sea, Great Salt Lake, and Mojave Desert. b. Locate important man-made places; include the Chisholm Trail; Pittsburgh, PA; Gettysburg, PA; Kitty Hawk, NC; Pearl Harbor, HI; and Montgomery, AL.

United States has many physical features, from East to West. Rolling Hills Jagged Mountains Canyons Lakes Seas Deserts Physical Features

The Grand Canyon is a deep gorge in Northwest Arizona. 1 mile deep 277 miles long Formed by the Colorado River The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon

Salton Sea Salton Sea Largest lake in the state of California Large depression 240 feet below sea level. Colorado River overflow made the Salton Sea Very Salty Salton Sea

Salton Sea

Great Salt Lake Great Salt Lake Bigger than the Salton Sea Located in Utah Largest Lake in the Western United States Salty enough to float Great Salt Lake

Great Salt Lake

Mojave Desert Mojave Desert Covers 25,000 square miles in southeastern California Flat areas Mountain ranges Hot- temperature in the summer is 120 degrees!!!! Mojave Desert

Mojave Desert

Chisholm Trail-Trail from Texas to Kansas, taking cattle to market.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh is a Pennsylvania city that is one of the world’s largest steel manufacturing centers. Pittsburgh grew as a manufacturing center because important raw materials under its soil-the iron ore and coal needed to make iron and steel.

Gettysburg- Pennsylvania town where Civil War battle was fought Gettysburg- Pennsylvania town where Civil War battle was fought. It was the turning point in the war.

Kitty Hawk North Carolina-on the coast where the Wright Brothers made their first airplane flight.

Pearl Harbor-Hawaii Navy base attacked by Japanese planes on December 7, 1941.

Montgomery Alabama- City where Martin Luther King, Jr Montgomery Alabama- City where Martin Luther King, Jr. led a famous bus boycott along with Rosa Parks.