The Southeast
Region of the
United States
West Virginia,
Virginia,
Kentucky,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Arkansas,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
Alabama,
Georgia,
Florida
Everglades National Park, Florida
• A vast covers the
southern tip of Florida.
It is known as the
Everglades.
• A swamp is a low area
of land that is covered
by water at least part of
the year.
Click to start the ride
• More than 300 kinds of
birds live in the
Everglades.
• Alligators, crocodiles,
turtles, snakes, and
otters live in the park as
well.
• Manatees also live in
the Everglades
Everglades National Park, Florida
Swamp: Low area of land that
is covered by water at least
part of the year
Hurricane: A dangerous storm
with heavy rains and high
winds
Click the swamp to see a video
of the beautiful Everglades
• Florida is in a part of
the United States call
the Sun Belt. The Sun
Belt stretches across
the country from
Florida to California.
States in the Sun Belt
have a mild climate all
year long. A mild
climate means that it
is usually warm and
sunny there.
Florida’s
climate
• Florida’s sunny climate makes
it a popular place to visit.
People from all over the world
travel to Florida for vacations.
• People who travel for fun are
called tourists.
• About 40 million tourists visit
Florida every year. Some come
to enjoy the sunshine and
beach. Others come to visit
places like Disney World.
John F. Kennedy Space Center
at Cape Canaveral, Florida
Home of the space shuttle
Alan Shepard was
launched into space from
Cape Canaveral. He was
the first American in
space.
Click the space shuttle to see the launch
Virginia
West Virginia
Map of the Southeast region
Jamestown was the
first permanent
English settlement in
America.
In 1607, 13 years
before the pilgrims
landed in
Massachusetts, a
group of 104 English
men and boys began
a settlement of the
banks of Virginia's
James River.
Jamestown, Virginia:
England’s First American
Colony
Jamestown, Virginia: England’s First
American Colony
They chose this
spot because they
could get the
boast right up to
land.
John Smith thought
that this would be a
good place to start a
colony.
He was WRONG!
Land was swampy.
Too many mosquitos.
Colonists did not
know how to find
food in the forests.
Every winter people
died.
Jamestown, Virginia
Tobacco helped the
colony make money.
Other items in their
economy –
Copper, glass beads,
timber.
Jamestown, Virginia:
England’s First American
Colony
Click on the tobacco to view a
video on the Economy of
Jamestown
Dutch trading ship
came from Africa
with 20 Africans, they
were sold to the
colonists as servants
and slaves. This was
the beginning of
slavery.
Ancestor: a relative
who lived long ago
Jamestown, Virginia:
England’s First American
Colony
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Map of the Southeast region
Map of the Southeast region
A Coal Mine in Appalachia
• Minerals: Natural substances found in rocks
• Strip mines: Places where minerals are
scraped from the surface of the ground.
Bluegrass Music Festival
• It is the traditional music
of Appalachia. It is
played on banjos,
guitars, and fiddles.
Click the
instruments to
hear some
bluegrass music
Mississippi River
• Mississippi River longest river in North America
Tennessee
• Nashville is the
Capital of
Tennessee
• Nashville is a
great musical
place.
Mississippi River Boats
• Memphis is the center of the Mississippi
Musical Memphis, Tennessee
• Memphis is the center of the Mississippi Delta
region
• Stretches from Kentucky and Arkansas to the
mouth of the Mississippi River
Musical Memphis, Tennessee
• The soil is very fertile and good for farming.
Slaves worked the farms and much of the land
was used for cotton farming.
• Slave led a hard life and they would sing about
their sorrows. These songs are known as the
blues.
Click the music to
hear the song.
Louisiana
• New Orleans is the largest
city in Louisiana
Louisiana
• Hurricane Katrina
The French Quarter in
New Orleans,
Louisiana
• It is an important port,
where ships load and
unload their goods.
• Birthplace of jazz and
cajun food.
• Bayou: a stream that flows
through a swamp.
Click to
hear a
Brass
Band
Jazz
Dixieland Jazz
• Dixieland Jazz has brass
instruments like the
trumpet and trombone.
• Louis Armstrong is
probably one of the best
known trumpet players of
Jazz.
Click to
hear a
Dixieland
Jazz
The French Quarter in
New Orleans,
Louisiana
• Louisiana’s nickname is
the Bayou State
• Cajun food is hot and spicy
• Cajun Music is very
popular too.
Click to
hear
Cajun
Music
Mississippi River
• The Mississippi river
effects our
economy
• Delta: a triangleshaped area of land
at the end of a river.
Mississippi River
• The
Mississippi
river flows
from north
western
Minnesota
to the Gulf
of Mexico.
An Oil Rig in the
Gulf of Mexico
• Petroleum: A thick, black,
oily liquid found
underground
• Petrochemicals:
Chemicals made from oil,
used to make plastics and
medicines.
• Oil spills can be very
serious to our earth
An Oil Rig in the
Gulf of Mexico
• Maps of oil rigs in
the Gulf of
Mexico
A Cotton Plantation in Natchez,
Mississippi
• Plantation: A
large farm
• Slaves worked the
the land, and had
no rights.
• President
Abraham Lincoln
believed slavery
was wrong.
Civil War
• More than
600,000 people
died in the Civil
War.
• Many plantations
were burned and
many lost their
lives, yet Slavery
was ended
forever.
Montgomery, Alabama: Birthplace
of the Civil Rights Movement
• Segregation:
Separation of people
because of race.
• Civil Rights Memorial
honors 40 American
soldiers who were
killed during the civil
rights movement
Civil Rights Movement
• The civil rights movement began as a struggle
to end segregation.
• It started in Montgomery in 1955.
• That year, a preacher named Martin Luther
King, Jr. led a protest against segregation on
buses, and blacks refused to ride buses until
they were treated the same as whites.
Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.
• Was an important
American who
fought with is words
and ideas against
segregation. He
wanted equal rights
for all people.
Click the picture to hear “I have a dream speech”