Dear Cultural Historians,

Today we’ll continue to think about how the United States is broken up into physical regions. Through reading closely and widely about these regions, we’ll begin to learn about how people in different places in the United States live. These are called human or cultural regions.

Why do geographers create regions? To better understand a place, and there is a lot to understand. What people do, how people act, what people believe, what people eat, how people behave–these are all influenced by where people live and in turn, impact the places themselves.

To show how much you know about the culture and geography of the United States, you’ll create your own regions, based on cultural and physical characteristics. As geographers, you’ll do this to understand how the United States works.

Sincerely,

Mr. H