Geography Ladder · Middle school · Grade 3–8

U.S. Geography

The fifty states and their capitals, region by region; mountains, rivers and the Great Lakes; national parks; time zones and climates; cities and people; and how the country grew.

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Unit 1 The United States on the Map

5 topics

Where the country is, its 50 states and capital, its territories, its regions and the two-letter postal codes.

  1. Where Is the United States?
  2. Fifty States and a Capital
  3. U.S. Territories
  4. Regions of the United States
  5. State Postal Codes

Unit 2 States and Capitals by Region

15 topics

Every state and its capital, region by region, then all fifty together, and which states share a border.

  1. States of the Northeast
  2. Capitals of the Northeast
  3. States of the Midwest
  4. Capitals of the Midwest
  5. States of the South Atlantic
  6. Capitals of the South Atlantic
  7. States of the South Central
  8. Capitals of the South Central
  9. States of the Mountain West
  10. Capitals of the Mountain West
  11. States of the Pacific
  12. Capitals of the Pacific
  13. All Fifty States
  14. All Fifty Capitals
  15. Neighboring States

Unit 3 Land and Water

10 topics

The physical regions, mountain ranges, high and low points, rivers, the Great Lakes, coasts, deserts, Alaska and Hawaii.

  1. Landform Regions
  2. Mountain Ranges
  3. Highest and Lowest Places
  4. The Continental Divide
  5. Major Rivers
  6. The Mississippi River System
  7. The Great Lakes
  8. Coasts, Bays and Peninsulas
  9. Deserts of the United States
  10. Alaska and Hawaii

Unit 4 National Parks and Landmarks

4 topics

What a national park is, famous parks of the West and the East, and landmarks you can find on the map.

  1. What Is a National Park?
  2. National Parks of the West
  3. National Parks of the Middle and East
  4. Famous Landmarks

Unit 5 Time Zones and Climate

5 topics

Why clocks differ across the country, how to figure the time somewhere else, and the main climate regions.

  1. U.S. Time Zones
  2. What Time Is It There?
  3. Daylight Saving Time
  4. Climate Regions
  5. Where Storms Strike

Unit 6 People and Places

4 topics

Where Americans live, the largest cities, the most and least populous states, and what grows and is made where.

  1. The Largest Cities
  2. Most and Fewest People
  3. Crowded and Uncrowded
  4. What Grows Where

Unit 7 How the Country Grew

3 topics

The first thirteen states, the lands the country added, and the order in which states joined, as dated facts.

  1. The First Thirteen States
  2. Land Added to the Country
  3. When the States Joined
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