Geographers use regions to give order to the earth's surface.
We organize space into regions every day. This lesson is designed to help students understand what regions are and how to define regional boundaries. All social studies curricula use the concept of regions to organize and analyze space. The process of defining regions, called regionalization, is essential when teaching students the characteristics of places in world geography and world history. In United States history this activity could help students define a region and determine that region's historical significance.