Grade 4: Southeast Region of the U.S.
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Explore the Southeast Region – A Journey Through History, Culture, and Landforms! 🌿🌊
What makes the Southeast region of the United States so unique? How did tobacco, rice, and cotton shape its history? Why is this region home to some of the most iconic landmarks, industries, and musical traditions in America? Now, your 4th-grade students can take a captivating journey through the Southeast’s rich history, breathtaking landscapes, and thriving cities!
📽️ “The Southeast Region” is a visually engaging, curriculum-aligned educational video that brings the economy, geography, and cultural heritage of the Southeast to life. From the Appalachian Mountains to the Everglades, from the cotton plantations to bustling modern industries, students will see how this region has evolved over time.
💡 What Your Students Will Learn:
✅ The 12 states that make up the Southeast region and their key features
✅ How fertile land and warm climate made farming tobacco, rice, and cotton a booming industry
✅ The impact of the Cotton Gin and how it transformed agriculture
✅ How the Southeast shifted from an agricultural economy to coal mining, lumber, and textile mills
✅ Why the Appalachian Mountains, Everglades, and Mississippi River Delta are crucial to the region’s environment
✅ The significance of civil rights history in cities like Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama
✅ How Nashville became the capital of country music and how tourism fuels Florida’s economy
🌟 Why Teachers Love This Video:
🕒 No-Prep, Standards-Aligned Content – Just press play and start teaching!
🎥 Visually Captivating & Engaging – Keeps 4th graders focused and excited.
🎯 Brings Geography & History to Life – Helps students connect the past to the present.
📚 Supports Classroom Discussions – Perfect for lessons on economics, geography, and U.S. history.
💡 Make Learning About the Southeast Fun, Interactive, and Easy!
Let your students explore the landscapes, industries, and cultural heritage of the Southeast—without extra prep work! Subscribe today and bring this vibrant region to life in your classroom! 🚀
Video length: 15:22 minutes.
Learning Resources with this Video*
Quizzes – PDF & Online
Mapping the Southeast Region of the U.S.
Southeast State Study
Land Exploration in the Southeast U.S.
Draw a Scene: Southeast Region of the U.S.
Southeast Region City Spotlight
Say It
Universal Resources
National Standards
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Classroom Ideas
Southeast Region of the U.S.
Landforms and Bodies of Water
Print out or look at a map of the Southeast.
Identify landforms and bodies of water in the Southeast Region.
Cloze Practice
A cloze piece has full sentences used in the virtual field trip with blanks where students can write in the information that is missing. This task requires close listening to the trip in order to complete it.
Art and Social Studies
Draw a scene from the video you just watched.
Create Quizzes
Students create a quiz based on the information presented for their peers. This can be used as a review for a test, or jigsaw class activity where students are responsible for teaching other students assigned topics.
Visual Learning
Offer videos to struggling learners as another form of creating knowledge and accessing information.
Classroom Ideas for ALL Videos
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Topics Covered In This Video
Facts About the Southeast Region
Cash crops – tobacco, rice, cotton
Rise of the textile industry
Rise of the coal mining industry
Kentucky’s horse racing industry
Florida’s tourism industry
Geography and landforms of the SE
