Tennessee
GEOGRAPHY
Tennessee
GEOGRAPHY
Geography enables the student to see, understand and appreciate the web of relationships between people, places, and environments. The student will use the knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts within the six essential elements of geography: world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, and the use of geography.
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5.3.6 |
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Locate the 50 states using a map with each state outlined. |
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5.3.1 |
G |
Locate continents and significant bodies of water (i.e., the Great Lakes, Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific Oceans, Columbia, Missouri, Colorado, Rio Grande, Ohio, Tennessee, St. Lawrence and Mississippi Rivers). |
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5.3.3 |
G |
Locate information from an atlas entry. |
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5.3.4 |
G |
Locate a major United States city using latitude and longitude. |
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5.3.7 |
G |
Recognize and compare landforms, climate, and natural resources of the three grand divisions of Tennessee. |
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5.3.8 |
G |
Interpret a climograph. |
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5.3.5 |
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Identify the physical and political boundaries of Tennessee. |
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5.3.2 |
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Determine America's population shifts by interpreting a population map. |
Lesson Plans
Day 1 - Landforms of Tennessee - Physical Boundaries
Salt dough map of Tennessee showing Appalachian Mountains, Cumberland Plateau, Fertile Basin Region, and Mississippi River http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/tnland.htm & http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/maps1/tn.gif
Geography and Landforms http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/states/detail-land.cfm?state=tn
Internet Activity - Locate Johnson County using Tennessee Landforms by County http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/landforms/county.html
waterfalls
Backbone Rock
Day 2 - Climate of Tennessee
Tennessee Climate Map http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?content_spotlight/climates/north_american_climate_tennessee
http://www.ocs.orst.edu/pub/maps/Precipitation/Total/States/TN/tn.gifRead information in Britannica Article http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-208771
Label a map of Tennessee using the Britannica Article and Tennessee Climate Maps with the following:
average summer and winter temperatures
rainfall
growing season
Day 3 - Natural Resources
Britannica Article - Natural Resources of Tennessee http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-208772
Natural Resources http://www.nashvillefossils.com/resources/tnresources.html
Day 4 - Political Boundaries
- Counties and Landforms - Regions of Tennessee http://web.utk.edu/%7Etga/atlas/1997%20Perspective/landregions.pdf
Rivers http://www.factmonster.com/tv/printables/kt_maps/kt_map_tn_geog.pdf
- Britannica Article - Natural Regions of Tennessee http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-208770
