Geography Lapbook/Interactive Notebook for Upper Elementary

Students color, cut, and glue pieces onto a file folder to create this lapbook that can be used for a variety of reasons - review, assessment, or as a study guide.

Included:

Five pages of assembly instructions with pictures

Nine pages of masters for the students (each student will need all nine pages)

Color copy for teacher example

Possible answer keys

Skills and Terms Addressed:

Compass Rose - Cardinal and Intermediate Directions

Important Terms - geography, absolute location, geographic term, landform, physical feature

Continents and Oceans - self-checking map (7 continents, 5 oceans)

Hemispheres - Northern/Southern, Western/Eastern, latitude, longitude, Equator, Prime Meridian

Landforms and Water Features (matching and sorting) - mouth, river, valley, source, mountain range, isthmus, cape, bay, peninsula, lake, delta, island, sea, tributary, gulf, mountain

Physical Features of the United States (short research) - Sierra Nevada, Great Basin, Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Gulf Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Rio Grande

UPDATED 11/4/18 - Now includes a Southern Ocean option.

I used Social Studies Alive! America's Past Chapter 1 - Geography of the United States (for fifth grade) as a guide for the concepts and terms I included.

This product is included in this bundle:

Lapbook/INB Bundle (Set of 5)

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