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Grade 3 Social Studies · World 2: Rivers and Ranges · Level 10
The Mississippi and the Ohio
Locate the Mississippi River and the Ohio River, which joins it.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 10
- The Mississippi River is one of the longest rivers in North America. It begins at a small lake in Minnesota and flows south through the middle of the country.
- It ends at the Gulf of Mexico, below New Orleans. For hundreds of years, boats have carried people and goods up and down the Mississippi.
- The Ohio River begins at Pittsburgh, where two rivers meet. It flows southwest, past Cincinnati and Louisville, and joins the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
- So a boat could float from Pittsburgh down the Ohio, then down the Mississippi, all the way to the Gulf of Mexico!
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS3G1.a — Locate major rivers of the United States of America: Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson, and St. Lawrence.