Touring the Northeast Region

							Touring the Northeast Region
                     4th Grade
Maine
 West Quoddy Head is in the northeast corner of
  Maine.
 Indians living here say that they “live at the
  sunrise.”
 Fishing is a very important industry.
 Maine’s coast was once smooth, and then
  glaciers moved across carving deep grooves
  into the coast line.
 Vocabulary
 Ice Age – long cold period
 Glaciers – mile-thick sheets of ice
NEW HAMPSHIRE
 Mt. Washington – 6,288 feet tall and is the
  highest peak in the Northeast.
  Has some of the world’s most severe weather.
  This peak is also one of the windiest places on Earth.
   The highest wind speed ever recorded was 231 miles
   per hour in 1934.
 Mount Washington Cog Railway – goes to the
  top of the mountain and is the 2nd steepest
  railway in the world.
 Mt. Washington is in the White Mountains of
  New Hampshire which are a part of the
  Appalachians.
MASSACHUSETTS
  Plymouth and Boston
Plymouth
 Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, MA almost 400 years ago.
 In Plymouth Harbor, you can see a recreation of the Mayflower.
 In 1620, the Mayflower left England with 101 passengers. Half were
  Pilgrims going to America in search of religious freedom. The other half
  were settlers bound for Virginia. The Pilgrims called these settlers
  “strangers.”
 Storms blew the Mayflower off course. It ended up reaching New England.
  The Pilgrims and the “strangers” decided they had enough of the stormy
  seas and decided to stop here. The Pilgrims knew that there was no
  government where they landed. They had to think very quickly because
  they believed the “strangers” could be trouble-makers. They quickly drew
  up an agreement called the Mayflower Compact. It said they would set up a
  government and make laws for the good of everyone. Each man signed the
  compact. Then the passengers elected a governor.
 Today Americans believe that people should make their own laws and elect
  their own leaders. We call this form of government a democracy.
 Boston is one of America’s oldest
  cities.
 Boston is also where the fight for
  freedom began. In 1775, the people
  of the 13 colonies did not want to live
  under British rule anymore. Fighting
  broke out between colonists and
  British troops. This was the beginning
  of a long war call the American
  Revolution. The revolution led to the
  overthrow of British rule.
 Boston Common – America’s first
  public park                               Boston
 Two historic trails begin at the Boston
  Commons – The Freedom Trail and
  the Black Heritage Trail.
 The Freedom Trail is a walking tour
  that takes your to places where the
  fight for freedom began. The trail
  ends at Bunker Hill – where the first
  battle of the American Revolution was
  fought.
 Black Heritage Trail is also a walking
  tour where you learn about the long
  history of African Americans in
  Boston. The trail ends at the African
  Meeting House. This meeting house
  is the oldest African American church
  building in the United States.
PENNSYLVANIA
 The Erie Canal is a 363-mile-long ditch that connects the Hudson
  River with the Great Lakes.
 At this time there was no good way to move goods from the
  northeast to the Midwest because moving goods by horse and
  wagon was very slow and costly. There was a big problem, the
  Appalachian Mountains lay between the Midwest and the Northeast,
  no river crossed the mountains.
 Work on the canal began in 1817. The men who built the canal dug
  a 40-foot-wide ditch from the Hudson River to Lake Erie. Along the
  way they built 83 locks to help carry boats over the mountains.
 The Erie Canal finally opened in 1825.
 Two main reasons American’s first factories were built in the
  Northeast. Factories were built alongside rivers. The rivers rushed
  down out of the mountains. This rushing water turned big
  waterwheels that made machines in the factories run. The second
  reason is people power.
Hershey, PA

Over 100 years ago, Milton Hershey
 started a candy business in PA. He used
 a system called mass production.
The Hershey bar was America’s first
 mass-produced candy bar.
Hershey is the largest chocolate factory in
 the world.
Philadelphia, PA
 Is where the United States was born.
  July 4, 1776, the leaders from the 13
  colonies gather to sign the Declaration of
  Independence. This statement told the
  world that Americans had formed their
  own nation – The United States of
  America.
 In 1787, the nation’s best thinkers met in
  Independence Hall to create a
  government. They wrote a brand new
  constitution. It was based on the ideas
  of democracy.
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Vocabulary - PA

Canal – a ditch dug across land to connect
 one waterway with another.
Lock – a water elevator used to raise and
 lower boats.
Mass production – a way of making large
 quantities of the same product.
Washington, D.C.
 Capital of the United States. Our countries
  government is located here.
 The national government has 3 branches, each
  having a different role.
 Legislative – Makes the laws for our country.
  Otherwise known as Congress. Voters in each
  state elect lawmakers to represent them in
  Congress.
 Executive – The president is the head of this
  branch. The president’s main job is to make
  sure that the laws passed by Congress are
  carried out. Voters in each of the 50 states elect
  a president.
 Judicial – Made up of the courts. This branch
  guarantees that the laws passed by Congress
  are obeyed. The Supreme Court is the nation’s
  highest court. One of its jobs is to make sure
  that laws passed by Congress follow the
  Constitution.
New York City
 Population – Over 8 million
 Largest city in America
 City of Immigrants
 Dutch were the first people to settle here
 People from other parts of Europe and Africa followed
 City of many cultures and languages
 Since there are so many people that live in such a small
  area, they began building skyscrapers.
 The most famous skyscraper in NY is the Empire State
  Building. 102 Floors. 1,472 feet tall. 1,860 stairs.