Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Southeast: A Region of Cultural Diversity

This lesson plan was created by Deloris Ryan (South Tama Elementary School) for students in fourth grade and was supported by the Mid-Iowa School Improvement Consortium (MISIC). This lesson plan introduces students to the culture of the Southeast region of the United States.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

American History

Theme

Environmental

Cultural/Social

Region

United States

North America

Five Themes of Geography

Human-Environment Interaction

Common Core Standards

Reading Standards for Informational Text (RI)

Writing Standards (W)

National Geographic Standards

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

6. How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 2. Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions