Students will launch the U.S. regions investigation by rotating through hands-on region stations, gathering map and artifact evidence, using cardinal and relative location language, and recording early claims about how land, climate, and resources shape daily life. They will sort and defend regional evidence, then capture changing thinking in a class reflection mural that sets up the next phase’s investigation question and evidence plan.

Students will turn Passport Day observations into a focused investigation plan by choosing a regional comparison question, drafting a hypothesis, and building a peer-reviewed evidence collection plan for their U.S. Regions Evidence Gallery and Interactive Map Presentation.

Students will present their U.S. Regions Evidence Gallery and interactive map to an authentic audience, defend claims with map and artifact evidence, respond to peer and visitor feedback, and complete a final reflection mural showing how their thinking about life across U.S. regions changed.