1. Unit 3: The United States and Canada

2. Warm-up 10/13- What physical features do you think are important in Canada?

3. Create a KWL chart in your notebooks on page 33.
K-Know
W-Want to know
L- What we learned

4. The United States and Canada
What do the words “the United States” bring to mind??

5. The United States and Canada
The images are endless for the land that offers so many opportunities.
The United States is a land of many cultures and peoples.
The country is also known for its varied landscape of big, cities, rugged mountains, wide plains, and forests that cover vast stretches of land.

6. The United States and Canada
The U.S. is a mix of bustling urban areas and rural agriculture.
Megalopolis- a term used to describe the eastern coast of the United States
Megalopolis- a very large, heavily populated city or urban complex.

7. The United States and Canada
Begin labeling your United States and Canada maps!!!!

8. Exit Ticket
Write down what you know about various cultures that contribute to the larger American culture.
Which culture do you believe has had the most influence on the United States.

9. Homework
Pages , #1-4 on page 122

11. Warm-up 10/14
“I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.”
Answer the questions on your warm-up paper based on this quote.

12. Label your United States and Canada maps.

14. Warm-up 10/16- answer the questions from Wednesday based on this picture… we will come back to Thursday later today.

15. Warm-up What landmark is this? Where is it located?
The CN Tower, originally known as the Canadian National
Where is it located?
Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Which culture created it?
Canadians
Why/when was this landmark created?
Completed in 1976
What defining characteristics standout to you?
Tallest freestanding structure in the western hemisphere

16. Various landforms Landforms Eastern Lowlands
Flat coastal plain- runs along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
One section- Atlantic Coastal Plain
The Gulf Coastal Plan stretches along the Gulf of Mexico
The Appalachian Highlands
Appalachian Mts. found here
Green and Catskill Mts. in the North
Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mts. in the South
Interior Lowlands
Flattened by huge glaciers
Terrain includes lowlands, rolling hills, thousands of lakes and rivers, and fertile soil
3 sub regions: interior plains, great plains, and the Canadian shield
Canadian shield- rocky, mainly flat area that covers the area around the Hudson Bay
Western Mountains, Plateaus, and Basins
Rocky Mts.
Continental divide- the line of highest points in the Rockies
Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges
Mt. McKinley- the highest point in North America
Major earthquakes near the Pacific ranges
Deep canyons, steep cliffs, and lowland desert areas called basins between the ranges
Islands
Canada- icy islands near the Arctic Circle- Ellesmere, Victoria, and Baffin
Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska and Hawaiian islands created by volcanic activity
Various landforms

17. Minerals and Fossil Fuels
Resources
Oceans and Waterways
Land and Forests
Minerals and Fossil Fuels
Ample water resources
Shipping and fishing industries
Inland rivers and lakes also serve as transportation, hydroelectric power, irrigation, freshwater, and fisheries
The great lakes: HOMES
Mississippi River
Mackenzie River in Canada
US and Canada both have fertile soil
North America is the worlds leading food exporter (most from the plains)
Huge forests (app. ½ of Canada is covered by woodlands and 1/3 of the U.S.)
Both countries are major producers of lumber and forest products.
Minerals and fossil fuels provide means to industrialize rapidly
Canadian Shield- iron ore, nickel, copper, gold, and uranium
Western Mts. Have gold, silver, copper, and uranium
Both countries also have coal, natural gas, and oil

18. Warm-up 10/16
Why do we care about natural resources?

19. homework
Page 126 #1-4
We will have a homework quiz tomorrow!

21. Warm-up 10/17
What is the cartoon trying to portray?

22. Homework Quiz
Why are the United States and Canada leading industrial nations?
How do the prevailing westerlies change the climate of parts of the U.S. and Canada?
What climate regions are found in BOTH the U.S. and Canada?

24. Warm-up 10/20- According to the map below what type of climate region do we live in?

25. activity
On the blank piece of paper draw an outline of the U.S. and Canada. You may use an atlas or your textbook, but you are NOT allowed to trace.
Color the map by climate regions.
In your key include characteristics about each climate region.

26. Homework
Page 130 #1-4

27. Warm-up 10/21
Answer the questions on your warm-up paper based on the quote below.
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. ~Theodore Roosevelt

28. Migration Historically 3 waves of immigration: Europe Asia
Latin America

29. Historical Migration Europe- (17th-18th Centuries)
From northwestern Europe- U.K. Ireland, Scandinavian, Germany
From southern and eastern Europe- Italy, Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech.)
Push/pull factors economic opportunities, political freedom

30. migration Asia (19th-20th C.) 19th Century.- Chinese, Japanese
Push and pull factors- economic opportunity
Late 20th C.- Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos (push and pull factors: political asylum, escaping wars.)

31. migration Latin America Late 20th C, early 21st C.
From Mexico, Central America (push/pull factors: escaping war, seeking economic opportunities, political asylum- Cubans 1960’s-1970’s.)

32. MODERN MIGRATION
The majority of immigrants come from Latin America, Asia, and Africa
California- Asians
Southeast- Africa (Great Migration)
East- Irish (moved towards the Midwest)
Southwest- Hispanic (spreading north)
Native Americans moved onto reservations

33. Modern migration
Environmental conditions: why did people settle where they did?
Settling in familiar climate regions (similar to country of origin)
Settled close to other recent immigrants with similar backgrounds
Settled at or near port of entry (ex. Ellis Island, Miami for Cubans, Angel Island San Francisco, etc.)

34. Columbian Exchange:
The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas. New crops led to better diets, increased demands for foods, leads to more exploring, colonization, and trade.

35. Impact on the Americas?
Write about how migration has impacted the Americas.
Talking points…
How has it affected our country as a whole?
Has it led to any effect on our lives today?
Any impact on globalization?
Economic activities?

36. Impact on Europe
New foods and plants, including maize (corn), tomatoes, chocolate, tobacco, and potatoes resulting in population increase; the Americas became a valuable source of cotton and sugar, resulting in plantation systems where forced labor was a necessity.

38. Warm-up 10/22

39. Warm-up 10/22 What landmark is this? Where is it located?
Niagara Falls
Where is it located?
Border of Ontario, Canada and New York, U.S.
Which culture created it?
Nature
Why/when was this landmark created?
The falls were created by glaciers about 10,000 years ago
What defining characteristics standout to you?

40. Event #1
In 1848, a carpenter named James W. Marshal discovered gold under the mill he was building in California. The news of this event prompted what is referred to as the California Gold Rush. Many people from the United States and around the world migrated to California in hopes of striking it rich. As a result, population and economic activity in California boomed.

41. Event #2
The Mexican Revolution of 1910 was a violent and chaotic time for many of its citizens including the border region with the U.S. As many different political factions fought against the forces of President Porfirio Diaz, many Mexicans from along the border regions fled the violence by crossing into the United States.

42. Event #3
In order to help the U.S. grow westward, the U.S. government passed the Homestead Act of The act offered 160 acres of land to anyone who would promise to improve the land by cultivating it and living on it for five years. The Act helped bring new settlers but also encouraged both American and foreign investors to promote infrastructure on undeveloped land. One of the most important investments included railroad companies.

43. Event #4
On May 10, 1869, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroad companies connected their tracks at Promontory Point, Utah with the tracks that extend from Sacramento, California. This created the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. In the following years, after the 1872 foreign and domestic laborers, merchants, and financial investments that forever changed these regions. The change included the creation of new towns and the expansion of old ones into small cities that would later grow into the region’s most important urban centers.

44. Event #5
A category 5 hurricane hit the states of Louisiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi in August of Cities flooded and close to 2,000 people died. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced from their homes.

45. Event #6
The Midwest experienced severe droughts and dust storms during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Many farmers depleted the soil of its minerals by not rotating crops. Pretty soon, nothing could be grown and cultivated.

46. activity Use this format: I am… I wonder… I hear… I see… I say…
Write an “I am” poem from the perspective of a person who lived through one of these 6 events. Include the push/pull factor in each poem.
Use this format:
I am…
I wonder…
I hear…
I see…
I say…
I feel…

47. Homework
Page 149 #1-4

49. Warm-up 10/23
What are some sub regions in the U.S.?

50. Homework quiz Why is the St. Lawrence Seaway important?
How has air conditioning changed the economic activities of the subregions of the United States?

51. Regional division
World regions are further divided internally to help study and understand the way they work
Regions are divided up by proximity, climate, economy, agriculture, and cultural concentration.

52. Regions of the united states

53. Regions of Canada Northern Canada Prairies East Coast
Mountains and the West
Central Canada/ Canadian Shield

54. Belt regions
Often times the regions are referred to as ‘Belt Regions’ since they follow lines of latitude
Belt regions are mostly perceptual- based off of ideas that people have about an area

55. Sun belt
Southern, hot weather states that stretch from coast to coast.
Falls between the 37th and 38th parallels.
Most of economy is based off of agriculture that requires dry land. The economy is also based off of tourism.

56. Bible belt
Southeastern and mid-western states where strict religious beliefs are followed
Protestant, Evangelical, Baptist
Due to the colonial spread of state religions in the region.

57. Grain Belt/ America’s Breadbasket
Produces much of the world's grain and soybeans.
A family of four could live for 10 years off the bread produced by one acre of wheat.
In 1997, Kansas's wheat farmers produced enough wheat to make 36.5 billion loaves of bread.

58. Corn belt Majority of the nation’s corn produced here. Corn used for
Corn and popcorn
Sweeteners
Ethanol gas

59. Cotton belt The Cotton Belt, reaching from Virginia to the midwest.
Cotton crops are also found in California
Texas is the top cotton-producing state, harvesting about one-third of the crop each year

60. Rust belt
The Rust Belt, also known as the Manufacturing Belt has an economy based largely on heavy industry, manufacturing, and associated industries.

61. Bilingual belt
Area of Canada where most people speak both English and French

62. Canadian shield
Large geographic shield of land
Continental plate

63. French Canada The part of Canada that still aligns with France
Originally founded as French colonies
Struggles with their identity
Continuously trying to separate from British Canada

65. Warm-up 10/24 What is the political cartoon trying to portray?
How do you feel about it?

67. Warm-up 10/27- What does this map show us?

69. Warm-up 10/28 What types of belt regions did we talk about last week?
What economic activities take place in those belt regions?
How has air conditioning affected these belt regions?

70. Warm-up 10/29

71. Which culture create it?
What landmark is this?
Mount Rushmore
Where is it located?
South Dakota
Which culture create it?
American
Why/when was this landmark created? Why is it happening?
1927
What defining characteristics standout to you?

73. Warm-up 10/30
What helps determine where a company should be located?

74. Homework Quiz Where are the industrial centers in the United States?
What invention made life possible in the suburbs?
What are the geographic origins of some American musical styles?
How is the economy of the United States different from its economy 50 years ago?
Define: Parliamentary Government.
Define: Service industry.
Define: Postindustrial economy.
What mineral discoveries spurred development in Canada?
How did the French and Indian War change Canada?
How is Canada’s federal government different from the federal government of the United States?

75. Exit ticket
Do most U.S. companies manufacture products or do many more U.S. companies transfer information, money, services and knowledge? Is the U.S. an industrial nation or a postindustrial nation? Does it rely heavily on manufacturing or on service and information as an economy? Which companies rely heavily on technology and innovation?