1. Unit 2 Menu Choices
Landform Cube: Fill the 6 sides with information about your landform. Write your answers in complete sentences. Use textbook pages and encyclopedias. Questions to answer:
What region of the United States is this landform located in?
What states can this landform be found in?
Give measurements. How long (miles) is the river or mountain range?
How many lakes make up the Great Lakes? What are the names of the lakes?
Why is this physical feature important to the United States?
What are some of the tallest peaks in the mountain range? What are their names?
Draw, outline, and color a picture of your landform on one side of the cube.
Regions Poster: Use a sheet of white paper to list 10 pieces of information about a region of the United States. Write your information in complete sentences. Use textbook pages
Title your poster with the name of your region.
Put a colorful border about your poster.
Draw, outline, and color at least 2 pictures that show something about your region.
Tell what kind of physical features are found there (rivers, lakes, mountains, plains, etc.)
Tell what kind of climate the region has.
Tell what kind of natural resources this region has to offer (coal, rich soil, etc.)
Tell about the economy. What kind of industries do they have (dairy, steel, fishing, etc.)
List some of the major cities located here.
How many people live in this region?