US Region Landmarks and Mystery Clues

4th Grade Social StudiesUS Regions4 pages

About this worksheet

Four landmarks and two riddles make up this 4th grade US regions sheet. A small block map at the top labels the West, Southwest, Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast. Students use it and a word bank to place the Grand Canyon, the Statue of Liberty, Iowa cornfields, and the Florida Everglades. The Region Mystery Clues then describe a region by its features, such as maple syrup and American Revolution sites, and students name it. The work matches C3 Framework D2.Geo.2.3-5. An answer page gives all six: Southwest, Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast for the landmarks, then West and Northeast.

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Curriculum objectives covered

D2.Geo.2.3-5

โ€œUse maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.โ€

Students use the region map and word bank to place each landmark, then match features such as the Pacific coast and cold winters to a region in the mystery clues.

What's inside this worksheet

Sort the States & Landmarks

Students write a region beside four pictured landmarks: Grand Canyon, Arizona; Statue of Liberty, New York; Cornfields in Iowa; and The Everglades, Florida.

Region Mystery Clues

Clue 1 describes a region on the Pacific Ocean with mountains, volcanoes, and Hollywood. Clue 2 describes cold winters, maple syrup, and famous sites from the American Revolution.

How teachers use it

Map warm-up

The answer page puts the Grand Canyon in the Southwest, but the map on the page is a rough block drawing with no state lines. Keep a US map with state borders up so students can find Arizona themselves.

Write a third clue

After the two riddles, students write one clue in the same style for the Midwest or Southeast and trade with a partner.

Small group support

Students who miss the Everglades often cannot find Florida. Have them trace the Southeast on the map with a finger before they write.

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