The Northeast

Essential Question: What are different parts of the Northeast like?

Overview: Take a video tour of the Northeast and write fun questions for each stop.

Objectives

• Categorize key elements of the economy, geography, government, history, and people of the Northeast.

• Use a map of the region to trace the route of a tour through the Northeast.

Essential Question:

Overview: Experience the population density of the Northeast and compare it to other locations in the United States. Create a comic strip that highlights life in the heavily populated areas of the Northeast.

Objectives

• • Simulate the population density of the Northeast and compare it with that of other regions of the United States.

  • Evaluate the effect of population density on the lives of urban- and rural-dwelling northeasterners.