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4th grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 6

Regions of the United States

Land, resources and work in the five US regions

What your child practices

The five regions of the United States (Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest and West) and how their land, climate and resources shape the work people do, with natural resources, human capital and physical capital, and why regions trade.

Alaska content standards learning standard: SS.4.1.11.1; SS.4.2.14.1; SS.4.1.16.1 · human capital, physical capital and natural resources in US regions, how regional economies connect, and how people adapt to each region's environment

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. The United States has five regions: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest and West.
  2. Land and climate shape work, like cotton and oranges in the warm Southeast and corn in the Midwest.
  3. Natural resources are things from nature that people use.

Example: Which region has a warm, wet climate where cotton and oranges grow? The region is in the south and east. It is the Southeast. Answer: the Southeast

Regions of the United States in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 5 of 6 in 4th grade Social Studies, after Earning & Saving and before Alaska and the Nation.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    A skilled nurse's training is an example of…

    • a natural resource
    • human capital
    • physical capital

  2. Question 2

    Which region has deserts, canyons and mesas?

    • the Northeast
    • the Midwest
    • the Southwest

  3. Question 3

    Oil and cattle ranching are important in Texas, in which region?

    • the Southwest
    • the Midwest
    • the Northeast

  4. Question 4

    A fishing boat in Alaska is an example of…

    • a natural resource
    • physical capital
    • human capital

  5. Question 5

    Why does the Midwest grow so much corn?

    • it is always snowy
    • it has rich soil and flat land
    • it has deserts

  6. Question 6

    Why do many people move to a region?

    • because it is far from everyone
    • to find jobs, family or a climate they like
    • because it has no stores

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