1. Bell ringer:
Answer the following questions in your composition journal. If you don’t know, guess..
What is the longest river in North America?
What is the highest point in North America?
What is the largest volcano in North America?

2. Missouri (2,341 miles), Mississippi (2,320 miles), Yukon (1,980 miles), Rio Grande (1,885 miles)
2. Denali (formerly Mount Mckinley - 20,310 ft
3. Yellowstone

3. Write in your composition journal:
List all the major landforms or waterways in North America that you can think of. (For example, Mississippi River, ….)

4. Intro: Most beautiful places in North America Video
You don’t have to write anything. Just enjoy the video.

5. North America Physical Geography
North America stretches from the northern arctic of northern Canada to the warm tropics of Mexico.
At the center lie the 48 contiguous United States (together in one block).
The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent.
The islands of the state of Hawaii are in the Pacific Ocean.

6. Non-inland bodies of water: Label:
Bering Sea
Gulf of Alaska
Beaufort Sea
Hudson Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea

8. Let’s read..
Highlands, Plans, and Plateaus
Pg. 79
2-3 sentences each

9. Complete Graphic Organizer on Highlands, Plains, and Plateau

10. Label the Following Landforms:
Sierra Madres
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Appalachian Mountains
Coastal Plain
Baja Peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula

12. Rivers and Lakes
Major cities developed along the region’s numerous rivers, such as New Orleans on the Mississippi River.
The Great Lakes, combined, form the largest body of fresh water in the world.
Four of the lakes form a natural border between the U.S. and Canada, much like the Rio Grande is a natural border between the U.S. and Mexico.

13. Label the following on the Maps of U.S. and Canada
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Winnipeg
Way to Remember Great Lakes:
Super Man Helps Every One

15. Label the Following on maps of North America, Canada, and Mexico:
Rio Grande
St. Lawrence River
Yukon River
Mississippi River
Colorado River
Missouri River
Ohio River

17. Climate Zones North America

18. Video Quick Write: Physical Geography North America

19. Great Plains The Great Plains run through the center of the continent.
The crops there feed the population of North America with enough left to export.

20. Great Plains Video
Write down 2 things that you learn…

21. Label the following on the map of the U.S. and Mexico
Capital: Washington D.C.
Capital: Mexico City
Capital: Ottowa

23. Let’s popcorn read.. Farming on the Great Plains First 2 paragraphs
2-3 sentences each
Pg. 80

24. Complete Graphic Organizer on Farming on the Great Plains

25. Shipping/Transportation
Rivers such as the Missouri and the Mississippi transport goods from the Great Plains to lowland areas.
Grain from the Canadian plains is moved by rail to the Atlantic Ocean and by ship on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.

26. Energy Sources

27. Video Quick Write
Write down 2 things that you learn