Chalie Henderson EDU 290 T and TH 11:00-12:15 Dr. Merrill

1. A LOOK AT OUR COUNTRY
By: Chalie Henderson

2. THE GEOGRAPHY OF OUR LAND
 Geography
Seacoasts Mountains
Grasslands
Deserts

3. WHY DOES THE UNITED STATES HAVE
VARIETY?
 Covers a Large Area
 Large Population
 Melting Pot of Cultures

4. HOW THE UNITED STATES STARTED
 Immigrants
 People came From:
 Asia and Europe
 Mexico
 Philippines
 Cuba, Vietnam, China, Korea, and
Russia

5. FROM FARMING TO INDUSTRIES
Before the 1800s
Farming, Hunting, and Fishing
1800s
Moved to Cities
As Industries Grew
Metropolitan Areas

6. LAND USAGE
 Natural Resources:
 Farmable Land and Large Supply of
Water
 Coal, Petroleum, Iron Ore, Gold, Silver,
and Uranium

7. OTHER USES OF NATURAL RESOURCES
 Outdoor Activities

8. RESOURCES
 Renewable
 Non-renewable Resources

9. IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVING
 Conserving
 Non-renewable Resource
 Fossil Fuels
 Renewable Resource
 Forests

10. HOW TO PRESERVE
 Recycle, Reuse, and Reduce
 Examples:
 Recycle Plastic, Paper, and Glass
 Limit Usage of Water
 Planting Plants

11. WHAT IS A REGION?
 Region
 Ways to Divide a Region:
 Northeast, South, Midwest, and West
 Land Usage
 Natural Resources

12. CLIMATE
 Climate
Florida
 Defines Regions
 Dividing a Region:
 Temperature
 Rainfall
Michigan

13. UNITED STATES REGIONS
 Coastal Plain
 Appalachian Highlands
 Interior Lowlands
 Great Plains
 Rocky Mountains
 Intermontane and Pacific West

14. POPULATED REGIONS
 Located Near Natural Resources
 Water
 Industries

15. ADDITIONAL REGIONS
 Alaska
 Hawaii

16. CONNECTING OUR STATES
 Interstate Highways

17. INFORMATION CREDIT
 Garcia, Juan R. et al. Our United States:
Teaching Guide 5: Part 1. Parsippany: Silver
Burdett Ginn Inc, 1997. Print.

18.  Slide 1:
PICTURE CREDITS
 http://www.juneteenth.us/images/usMap.gif
 Slide 2:
 http://bna-art.s3.amazonaws.com/www.bootsnall.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1-black-
sea-coast.jpg
 http://www.zakopane-life.com/media/pics/tatra-mountains-zakopane.jpg
 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Shawangunk_Grasslands_NWR.jpg
 http://www.buzzle.com/images/geography/desert.jpg
 Slide 3:
 http://ows.edb.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/users/asr585/cultural%20diversity_0.jpeg
 Slide 7:
 http://blogs.courierpostonline.com/fishhead/files/2009/05/boating.jpg
 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Camping_by_Barriere_Lake,_British_
Columbia_-_20040801.jpg/300px-Camping_by_Barriere_Lake,_British_Columbia_-_20040801.jpg
 http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/fishing-report-1.jpg
 http://www.woodspur.com/images/skiers1.jpg
 Slide 8:
 http://www.eco-pros.com/images/Planets/EarthsResources.jpg
 Slide 10
 http://www.atrecycle.com/images/crystal_earth_recycle_svg_med.png
 Slide 12:
 http://trampabaytimes.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/sandman.jpg
 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-88F_c6iyjE0/UD-
FPCCQ6OI/AAAAAAAABrY/H3EBTfXCCNA/s1600/Snowman03.jpg
 Slide 14:
 http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/galleries/2011/technology/1107/gallery.twitter_flickr_world_map/ima
ges/flickr-twitter.jpg
 Slide 15:
 http://www.hawaii.islands-travel.com/maps/Hawaii-Travel.gif
 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Alaska_in_United_States_(US50).svg/
270px-Alaska_in_United_States_(US50).svg.png
 Slide 16:
 http://www.indianatrails.com/sites/default/files/miecose/for_articles/USA_Interstate-40.jpg