Geography

A look at our home planet, Earth

Sampson G. Smith School1649 Amwell Road

Somerset, NJ 08873

Our school address is our location. It’s an exact point on this planet. Location changes often for each of us.

OUR SCHOOL AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS

HELP MAKE UP OUR TOWN OF FRANKLIN

Franklin Township is one of many towns which make up make up Somerset County.

Somerset County is one of 21 counties which make

up the state of New Jersey.

New Jersey is one of 50

states which make up the

United States of America

New Jersey is one of many states which make up the region known as the northeast.

Regions are

places which have many

features in

common.

For us in the northeast, there

are the four seasons

The northeast is also home to the Appalachian Mountains

In the northeast,

the Atlantic Ocean

borders most of the

states.

There are other regions in the United States. For instance there is the great northwest.

The great northwest is known for its large mountains and oft time rainy weather.

Another region in

America is the

Midwest, with its flat lands, corn, wheat and other grain

fields

The Midwest

America’s Breadbasket

Another region in America is the

scenic southwest

Population continues to grow in the Sun Belt due to its year round warm

weather.

The Southwest is part of the South’s Sun

Belt. It stretches from the southern Atlantic coast to the coast of

California.”

America’s Historical South

Jamestown,Virginia

Yorktown Battlefield State Park The Alamo

AppomattoxCourt House

The South’s sunny skies and warm weather attracts

tourists

There are other regions in America,but we’ll stop here.

America is a country located on the continent of North America

Canada is another country found on the continent of

North America. It is to the north of the

United States.

Mexico is another country located on the

continent of North America. It is to the south of the United

States.

North and South America make up half the world, a hemisphere.

It is known as the Western Hemisphere.

North America is also part of the

Northern Hemisphere. This

is true of any country north of

the equator.

In a while

Crocodile!