Grade 4 Fall History - State History as a Framework Unit: Indigenous Homelands, Contact and Sovereignty, Statehood, Geography, Government, Economy, Symbols, and the State Archive (Concrete Example: California; Localizable to Any State or Province)

Identify and describe the state's physical regions, watersheds, climate zones, and natural resources

Locate the state on a North American map using lat/long; identify the state's 3-6 physical regions, major watersheds, climate zones, and natural resources. Apply the Five Themes of Geography (NCGE) - LOCATION / PLACE / HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION / MOVEMENT / REGIONS - to the state. Vocabulary: latitude, longitude, region, watershed, climate zone, natural resource, primary industry.