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Geography Lab
Spatial thinking activities for Tennessee U.S. History EOC
Five Themes of Geography in U.S. History
Location
Absolute and relative position of places and events
Place
Physical and human characteristics that define a location
Human-Environment
How people adapt to and modify their geographic environment
Movement
Migration of people, diffusion of ideas, and flow of goods
Region
Areas defined by shared physical or human characteristics
30 activitiesacross all 10 units of U.S. History
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Unit 1Map AnalysisStandard
Mapping Reconstruction Military Districts
Reconstruction (1865–1877)
Political boundary formationMilitary occupation zonesRegional governance
US.01US.02
Unit 1Movement PatternsAdvanced
Freedmen’s Bureau: Locations & Migration Patterns
Reconstruction (1865–1877)
Migration push and pull factorsGeographic constraints on freedom of movementSettlement patterns
US.01US.02
Unit 1Region StudyStandard
Sharecropping Regions and the Agricultural South
Reconstruction (1865–1877)
Agricultural land use patternsResource distribution and inequalityRegional economic systems
US.02US.03
Unit 2Map AnalysisStandard
Transcontinental Railroad Routes & Western Settlement
Gilded Age (1877–1900)
Transportation corridors and economic developmentGeographic barriers to infrastructureSettlement patterns along transportation routes
US.04US.05
Unit 2Movement PatternsStandard
Immigration Patterns: Ellis Island, Angel Island & Ethnic Neighborhoods
Gilded Age (1877–1900)
Chain migration and ethnic clusteringUrban neighborhood formationGeographic barriers and ethnic segregation
US.05US.06
Unit 2Region StudyStandard
Urbanization: Rise of Industrial Cities
Gilded Age (1877–1900)
Urbanization and industrial geographyNatural resource geographyTransportation network effects on city growth
US.05US.06
Unit 2Spatial ThinkingAdvanced
Native American Reservation System & the Dawes Act
Gilded Age (1877–1900)
Territorial confinement and land dispossessionForced migration and geographic displacementLand allotment and spatial fragmentation
US.04US.05
Unit 3Map AnalysisStandard
U.S. Territorial Acquisitions 1898–1903
Imperialism & Progressivism (1890–1920)
Strategic geographic positioningNaval coaling stations and maritime powerIsland geography and imperial control
US.09US.10
Unit 3Place ComparisonStandard
Progressive Era Reform Geography: Settlement Houses & Industrial Zones
Imperialism & Progressivism (1890–1920)
Urban poverty geographySpatial concentration of reform activityIndustrial zone geography
US.08US.11
Unit 4Map AnalysisAdvanced
WWI Western Front: Trench Warfare Geography
WWI & the 1920s (1914–1929)
Strategic military geographyGeographic stalemate and defensive terrainTerritorial objectives and human cost
US.14US.15
Unit 4Movement PatternsStandard
Great Migration: Routes from South to North and West
WWI & the 1920s (1914–1929)
Migration corridors and chain migrationPush and pull geographic factorsRacial geography of Northern cities
US.17US.18
Unit 5Movement PatternsStandard
Dust Bowl Region & Migration Routes to California
Great Depression & New Deal (1929–1941)
Environmental geography and land useDrought cycles and soil vulnerabilityRefugee migration geography
US.27US.28
Unit 5Region StudyStandard
Tennessee Valley Authority & New Deal Regional Development
Great Depression & New Deal (1929–1941)
River watershed geographyRegional economic development planningGeographic transformation through infrastructure
US.28US.29
Unit 5Place ComparisonStandard
Hoovervilles and Shantytown Geography
Great Depression & New Deal (1929–1941)
Urban geography of povertyMarginal land use in citiesGeographic visibility and political power
US.27US.28
Unit 6Map AnalysisAdvanced
WWII European & Pacific Theaters of War
WWII (1939–1945)
Two-theater military geographyIsland-hopping strategic geographySupply line geography across oceans
US.32US.33
Unit 6Spatial ThinkingAdvanced
Japanese American Internment Camp Locations
WWII (1939–1945)
Forced geographic removal and racial geographyGeographic isolation as social controlExclusion zone spatial logic
US.34US.35
Unit 7Map AnalysisStandard
Iron Curtain: NATO vs. Warsaw Pact Geography
Cold War (1945–1975)
Political boundary formation in EuropeBuffer zone geographyMilitary alliance spatial logic
US.38US.39
Unit 7Map AnalysisStandard
Korean War: The 38th Parallel & Cold War Geography
Cold War (1945–1975)
Arbitrary boundary lines and their consequencesAmphibious geography and strategic flankingBorder proximity and great power intervention
US.40US.41
Unit 7Spatial ThinkingAdvanced
Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Trail, DMZ & Regional Geography
Cold War (1945–1975)
Jungle and mountain warfare geographySupply line geography and counter-geographyPolitical geography of neutral nations
US.43US.44
Unit 8Map AnalysisStandard
Mapping Key Civil Rights Events: Montgomery to Washington
Civil Rights Era (1945–1975)
Strategic geography of protestGeographic symbolism and moral authorityMedia geography of civil rights
US.78US.79US.80
Unit 8Movement PatternsAdvanced
Freedom Rides: Routes Through the Jim Crow South
Civil Rights Era (1945–1975)
Transportation geography as civil rights strategyGeographic pattern of racial violenceFederal vs. local geographic authority
US.78US.79
Unit 9Region StudyStandard
Middle East Geography: Camp David, Iran & the Gulf War
1970s–1990s (1970–2001)
Strategic waterway geographyOil resource geography and geopoliticsRegional alliance geography
US.56US.57
Unit 9Movement PatternsStandard
Sunbelt Migration: Geographic Shift of American Population
1970s–1990s (1970–2001)
Internal migration and population geographyGeographic drivers of deindustrializationSunbelt vs. Rust Belt regional economics
US.48US.49
Unit 10Map AnalysisStandard
9/11 Attack Sites & War on Terror Geography
Modern Era (2001–Present)
Symbolic geography of terrorist targetingMountain terrain and counterterrorism geographyUrban warfare geography
US.60US.61
Unit 10Spatial ThinkingAdvanced
Hurricane Katrina: Geography of a Disaster
Modern Era (2001–Present)
Physical geography and urban vulnerabilityGeography of poverty and disaster impactDisaster response geography
US.63US.64
Unit 10Region StudyStandard
Immigration: Border Geography & Policy
Modern Era (2001–Present)
Border geography and permeabilityGeographic deterrence and migration routingDemographic geography of immigration
US.66US.67
Unit 4Place ComparisonStandard
Harlem Renaissance: Cultural Geography of Black New York
WWI & the 1920s (1914–1929)
Cultural geography of urban neighborhoodsGeographic concentration of cultural movementsMigration geography and cultural production
US.17US.18US.19
Unit 6Region StudyStandard
WWII Home Front: Industrial Centers & Military Bases
WWII (1939–1945)
Industrial geography transformationMilitary base location geographyWartime economic geography
US.32US.36
Unit 7Spatial ThinkingAdvanced
Cuban Missile Crisis: 90 Miles from Florida
Cold War (1945–1975)
Geographic proximity and strategic threatNaval blockade geographyMissile range geography
US.41US.42
Unit 9Map AnalysisStandard
Fall of the Berlin Wall & Eastern European Geographic Transformation
1970s–1990s (1970–2001)
Political boundary dissolution and reformationGeographic transformation of post-Cold War EuropeDomino effect of geographic political change
US.55US.56