Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

United States Landforms

This lesson plan was created by Lara Earnest (Lou Henry Elementary, Waterloo CSD) for students in the 4th grade. In this lesson, students will learn how to correctly locate and define U.S. landforms using geographic resources.

Discipline/Subject

Physical Geography

Theme

Landforms

Cartography/Maps

Region

United States

North America

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Region

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface

8. The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments