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Many People, One Country: Regions of the US

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area
History and Social Science
Grade
4

In small groups, students choose a region of the U.S. to research and identify its features, including physical features, climate, natural resources, wildlife, important cities, historical landmarks, and national parks in order to answer the questions of what makes your region unique and how does your region contribute to the greater good of the country. Students then create a regional seal and a written and/or multi-media piece to persuade people to visit the region, and present to the larger community.

MA Standards

HSS.4.T1.01
On a physical map of North America, use cardinal directions, map scales, key/legend (symbols for mountains, rivers, deserts, lakes, cities), and title to locate and identify important physical features (e.g., Mississippi and Rio Grande Rivers, Great Lakes, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Hudson's Bay, Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Madre, the Great Basin, Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts, the Yucatan Peninsula, the Caribbean Sea).
HSS.4.T4a.05
Describe the diverse cultural nature of the region, including contributions of Native Peoples (e.g., Wampanoag, Iroquois, Abenaki), Africans, Europeans (e.g., the early settlements of the Dutch in New York, French near Canada, Germans in Pennsylvania, the English in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire, subsequent 19th and early 20th century immigration by groups such as Irish, Italian, Portuguese, and Eastern Europeans) and various other immigrant groups from other regions of the world in the later 20th and 21st centuries (e.g., Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Salvadorans, Colombians, Guatemalans, Brazilians, Haitians, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Chinese, Indians, and Somalis).
SL.4.4
Report on a topic, text, procedure, or solution to a mathematical problem, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace and use appropriate vocabulary (See grade 4 Language Standards 4-6 for specific expectations regarding vocabulary.)
W.4.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
W.4.7
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

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