Warm Up• Complete the Coordinate

Practice #10

• Content Objective: –Compare the physical and

political regions.• Language Objectives: – SWBAT define region.– SWBAT locate and list the

states in each region

Geography - Regions

Region Definition

• Region- A specified grouping of states with common characteristics

Physical vs. Political Regions• Last year you learned about

physical regions, and this year you are learning about political regions–What are some characteristics that

make up a physical region? (Write them down)

Physical Regions• A physical region (6th grade)

describes the climate and landforms, which are the natural characteristics of the land.

Political Regions• A political region (7th grade) can be

defined as a state or group of states, depending on the criteria used. For example, geography is often used to determine political regions, so states in the same parts of the country are grouped together.

Political Regions:• Northeast–Maine, Vermont, New

Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

• Southeast–Maryland, Delaware, West

Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas

Regions cont:• Midwest –Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,

Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota

• Southwest–Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona

Regions cont:• Rocky Mountains

(Western) –Colorado, Utah, Nevada,

Montana, Wyoming, Idaho

• Pacific–Washington, Oregon,

California

• Noncontiguous –Alaska Hawaii

Think Pair Share• How else can states be grouped

politically if not just by their physical geography? –Hint: Think back to topics you

learned about last year.

Regions Stations• Read about each region• Work together to fill in the chart

for each region.

Objectives

• Content:– SWBAT categorize states into the correct 7 U.S.

regions.• Language:– SWBAT list a significant fact about each of the 19

important cities.