Coastal Plains Region

Social Studies 9Mr. Schofield

Lesson 5Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014

Today’s pathway• Check-in, attendance• Current Events• Earth Day Activity (Ecological Footprint)• Collect Regional Profile for Appalachian• What do you already know about this region?• Overview of Coastal Plains Region• Historical Details: Slavery & Civil Rights• Independent class time to complete diary• Closing: Check for understanding• Next Class: Great Lakes & St. L Region

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Ecological Footprint

Take a few minutes to fill-out the survey• What activities have a big impact on Earth?• What are some things that you/we can do

to lessen the impact on the Earth?

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.

~Cree Indian Proverb

Coastal Plains Region

Textbook Pg. 166-167• Description• Provinces / States• Cities• Topography• Climate• Vegetation• Bodies of water• Historical Details

What Do You Already Know …

… about this region?• Think-Pair-Share with a neighbour

• Write down your ideas (single words)

Geographic Features

Description –• Lowland area• 3,200 km along Atlantic Coast & Gulf of Mexico• 50 – 100 km inland• Rapid water flowing from Appalachian Mtns• Heavily populated region• Vulnerable to stormy weather

Geographic Features

Provinces: n/aStates: Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,

Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, OklahomaTexas

Other: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala

Geographic Features

Cities: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Orlando, Miami, Montgomery, Columbus, New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio, Birmingham, Cancun, Belize City

Geographic Features

Topography –Avg. elevation of < 200 m above sea level • Swamps – wet, spongy land• Marshes – low land that is flooded in wet

weather and almost always wet• Deltas – areas of soil or silt deposits built up at

the mouth of a river

Geographic Features

Climate – Cold, snowy winters; hot, humid summers in NorthMild to warm winters; hot, stormy summers in South

• Hurricanes• Storms• Floods

Celsius Fahrenheit: °C x 9/5 + 32 = °FFahrenheit Celsius: (°F - 32) x 5/9 = °C

Geographic Features

Vegetation –Mostly sandy, some tropical (jungle) in SouthPreviously pine forests

Geographic Features

Bodies of Water:• Atlantic Ocean • Gulf of Mexico• Mississippi River• Hudson River

Historical Details

• Slavery• Civil Rights• BP Oil Spill• Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida• Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

• Total fatalities: 1,833• Highest winds: 280 km/h• Lowest pressure: 902 mb• Date: August 23, 2005 – August 30, 2005• Category: Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS)

Closing

• Do you have any questions?– Write down 1 thing you learned– Write down 1 thing you found confusing

• Homework: Complete Journal Side of Form• Next Class:– We will move on to the Great Lakes Region– Remember to sign-up for the current events