https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a Add to each column as they are assigned. Write 3-5 complete sentences about what you read. en-us 2021-03-08 21:03:39 UTC 2026-02-22 19:45:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f2.png 10067614 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289272079 1. The Southwest is covered in deserts. It is very warm and there are many reptiles that live in the desert.
2.  A lot of New Mexico and Arizona is mountains and plateaus.  Mountain Ranges are separated by basins which are slightly hollowed areas of land.
3. The Grand Canyons is vast and at a point it can be 18 miles wide! At its deepest point the Grand Canyon is 6,00 feet deep. Below on the Grand Canyon there is a desert and the Colorado River. It is said that the Colorado River may have eroded the Grand Canyon and made it the Grand Canyon.]]> 2021-03-09 18:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289272079 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289343164 In Texas and Oklahoma, farms and cities are everywhere with the plains, on plateaus you see cattle and forest cover some mountains. Much of New Mexico and Arizona is plateaus and mountains. Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico are great plains.]]> 2021-03-09 18:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289343164 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289349944 1.) The Rio Grande]]> 2021-03-09 18:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289349944 10187171 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289362031 1.Much of Texas  and Oklahoma is flat.
2.The Colorado river is a major river
3.There is oil under more thane two thirds of the state 
4.People in the southwest also farm. Though there are many mountains and desserts, the southwest also has a productive farmland. ]]> 2021-03-09 18:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289362031 10073822 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289372627 - In some places the Grand Canyon is more than 6,000 feet deep!
- Every year, about 5 million people visit the Grand Canyon!
- Texas and Arizona are are among the nation's largest producers of cotton!]]> 2021-03-09 18:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289372627 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289387143 the rio grande river is one of the largest rivers in North America it flows over 1,900 miles
in Texas and Oklahoma is it there's a lot of farmland and a bunch of cities
the Grand Canyon is 18 miles wide and 6000 ft deep and more than 5 million people visit each year]]> 2021-03-09 18:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289387143 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289390620 1. The Rio Grande River forms most  of the southern borders of the U.S.A..
2. The Rio Grande River is one of the largest rivers in the U.S. It flows over 1,900 miles long, in Texas and Oklahoma 
3. Every year, about around 5 MILLION, people visit the Grand Canyon 
4. Most of Texas and Oklahoma is flat
5. In some places of the Grand Canyon it can get more than 6,000 feet deep!]]> 2021-03-09 18:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289390620 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289430363 1 some of the grand canyon was caused by erosion.


2   The region has gold and silver



3 There is a lot of fossil fuels]]> 2021-03-09 19:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289430363 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289453334 1. over 5 million people visit the grand canyon
2. The grand canyon is 16,000 feet deep.
3. Alot of Oklahoma and Texas is flat]]> 2021-03-09 19:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1289453334 10187171 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294607293 1.Some parts of the southwest region, such as southern Arizona and New Mexico, have an arid, or very dry climate 
2.The weather in the Southwest can change quickly. Large storms can develop. Then you might see a Tornado come out of the sky.
3.Both Texas and Oklahoma are apart of the tornado alley. The strong winds of a tornado can rip roofs of houses and overturn cars.
4.Texas holds the record for most rain in one day. It rained 43 inches.
5. In one year. Oklahoma suffered more than $1 billion in property damage as a result of tornados.]]> 2021-03-10 18:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294607293 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294607565 1 In phoenix the land is dryer and lower
2      Oklahoma suffered more than 1 billion dollars in tornado damage    
3. Arizona is home to petrified forest.]]> 2021-03-10 18:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294607565 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294611486 ~Arizona's Summers are very hot and dry, it's very dry(arid) or a little dry(semiarid).
~Texas is hot in the Summer but there is some precipitation. The western half is semiarid the east is a little wet and humid.
~Oklahoma is like Texas semiarid in the west and wetter in the east.
~New Mexico is also arid some parts are semiarid]]> 2021-03-10 18:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294611486 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294627176 1. Texas and Oklahoma are in the tornado alley
2. One year in Oklahoma a cluster of tornadoes and suffered 1 billion dollar property damage
3. People climb the large boulders in the the southwest region. Fun fact there are more national parks in the southwest that in any other region. ]]> 2021-03-10 18:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294627176 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294627947 1. Texas holds a record for the most rain in one day. It rained 43 inches
2. In the east of Oklahoma it rained 57 inches
3. Oklahoma suffered more than $1 billion in property damage 
4. Suppose you visit one of the Southwest deserts,. You could easily see the Golden Eagle in the sky but where are the other animals? Elf Owls and Lizards find shelter in the saguaro cactus. While Gila monsters hide in holes in the ground.]]> 2021-03-10 18:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294627947 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294629146 1. Some parts of the region such as southern Arizona and New Mexico have an arid or ver very dry climate
2. The weather in the Southwest can change quickly large storms can develop. 
3. SInce the climate changes from the western part of the region to the eastern part, the types of vegetation change too.

]]> 2021-03-10 18:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294629146 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294634856 1Arizona and Mexico have arid a very dry climate
2the storm damage in the Southwest is estimated to be750 Million by federal officials in 20,000 homes
3a little bit of Texas is also in Tornado Alley
4Phoenix is 1000 ft above sea level]]> 2021-03-10 18:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294634856 10067614 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294640780 1. Arizona and New Mexico and dry and arid places. They receive little rain and the climate is very hot especially in the Summer. Not all of Arizona and New Mexico is like this, but most of it is.
2. Texas and Oklahoma are more humid states. Texas even hold the record for most rain in one day; 43 inches. Texas and Oklahoma's climate is also very hot but not as dry as New Mexico and Arizona.
3. The Southwest is also part of something called a tornado alley. This means in these places tornadoes are more common than other places in the US. Tornadoes are destructive wind storms that are categorized as EF 1, EF, 2 EF 3, EF 4, and EF 5.]]> 2021-03-10 18:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294640780 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294641231 Arizona and Parts of Mexico have really dry or arid hot, weather

Oklahoma and Texas is some of the states in tornado alley

There can be a lot of natural disasters in the Southwest states and some other states in different regions]]> 2021-03-10 18:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1294641231 10187171 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1297765448 More than 3,000 years ago, many different groups lived in what is now the Southwest. The Mogollon people lived along rivers in Arizona and New Mexico. There, they farmed and hunted. In Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, many people speak both English and Spanish. Some Spanish explorers would not give up the dream of finding gold in the Southwest. ]]> 2021-03-11 13:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1297765448 10113811 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299321592 1. George McJunkin, an African American ranch manager made an amazing discovery. He found bones from long ago near Folsom, New Mexico.
2. Some American Indians, such as the Apache and Comanche, came to the Southwest from the north. Both the Apache and the Comanche were nomads. Nomads are people who move place to place.
3. Every year, millions of people visit the Southwest. Many of these people came to experience the mix of cultures.]]> 2021-03-11 17:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299321592 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299367690 -In the southwest there are reservations that american indians live on.
-In 1687, Father Eusebio Kino started the first three missions in Arizona. Here he taught the Pima and Yuma groups for 25 years
-An african american named George McJunkin found bones from long ago near Folsom, New Mexico ]]> 2021-03-11 17:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299367690 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299444603 a african found bones near folsom new mexico

spanish called the villages pueblos

many people still speak english and spanish]]> 2021-03-11 18:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299444603 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299472276 -the Hohokam built canals the canals brought water from the Salt River and the Gila River to their Farms
- the Hopi and the Zoli built large villages and when the spanish arrived they called these villages pueblos
- the Pima used the canals that the Hohokam people built so that they could irrigate their crops]]> 2021-03-11 18:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299472276 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299477354 1 cinco de mayo means military victory
2  The southeast is still home to american indians.

3. In 1539 Esteven and father Marcos de Niza set out to find cities]]> 2021-03-11 18:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299477354 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299487232 ~Ancient Puebloans would build cliff dwellings, which are homes in cliffs.
The Hohokam built canals that brought water from the Salt and Gila River to the peoples farms.
~ The Mogollon lived along rivers there they farmed and hunted.

]]> 2021-03-11 18:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299487232 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299594575 an african american found bones and a spear point about 10,00 years old.

21 years later more bones and a spear point where found that where even older

more than 3,000 years ago many different groups of people lived]]> 2021-03-11 18:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299594575 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299638245 Arizona and New Mexico are hot and dry
 Oklahoma and Texas are part of the tornado alley
There's a lot of natural disasters in the southwest]]> 2021-03-11 18:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299638245 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299642964 I had no idea that texas and arizona used to be part of mexico and that why there s close also i did not know that some mexicans were here when the amerasin indians were .]]> 2021-03-11 18:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1299642964 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303743475 By the 1830's people  in Texas wanted to leave Mexico, during the "Texas Revolution". In 1836 7,000 Mexican soldiers attacked Almono, Almono was a Spanish mission in what is now San Antonio, Texas, Almost 200 Texan soldiers died. Texas ended up winning Texas claimed itself as a country, in 1845, Texas became a state in the United States.]]> 2021-03-12 18:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303743475 10187171 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303747078 1. A man named Philip Amour started the largest meat-packing plant in Chicago, Illinois. High-tech industries and medical centers draw people to cities like Dallas and Houston. By the 1830's many Texans wanted to break away from Mexico. Soon a war started between Mexico and Texas. During the Texas Resolution, Several thousand Mexican soldiers attacked the Alamo in 1836. ]]> 2021-03-12 18:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303747078 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303878169 1. In the 1830 many people who moved to Texas which used to be a part of Mexico wanted Texas to separate from Mexico and a war started between the two.
2. In the early 1900 when the Industrial age began, Anthony Lucas a mining engineer started to drill for oil in Texas.
3. Dallas, Texas is considered one of the fastest growing cities & fastest growing economies in the US.  ]]> 2021-03-12 18:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303878169 10113811 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303887098 1. In 1821 an American named Stephen F. Austin led a group of American settlers into Texas. At this time Texas was part of new Mexico. Over the next 15 years, more settlers from the United States moves to Texas.
2. By the 1830s many Texans wanted to break a way from New Mexico, a war started between New mexico and Texas!
3. People are moving to the South West because there is more high tech in Dallas and Houston which is part of the Southwest obviously.]]> 2021-03-12 18:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303887098 10067614 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303912089 1.  Texas was originally part of Mexico. By the 1830s Texas wanted to leave Mexico. Texas won the war and became a new country called the Republic Of Texas. In 1845 Texas became a state of the USA.
2. Anthony Lucas, began to start drilling the Southwest land for Oil. Today the Oil Industry is still very important to the Southwest.
3. People are moving to the Southwest because of the high-tech. This interests people and more people are coming to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma!]]> 2021-03-12 18:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303912089 10073822 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303925305 - Many people go to Phoenix to work in the service industry.
- The largest industry in New Mexico is tourism.
- One notable ranch owner drove cattle over 1,500 miles from Texas to Kansas!]]> 2021-03-12 19:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1303925305 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1321959088 mexican won the battle of alamo

settlers from other states came into texas

people come to phenix to work in industry. ]]> 2021-03-17 17:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1321959088 10187171 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1322029292 1.Surface water is water found in lakes, streams, and rivers. Of course, the oceans are also surface water, but salt is not useful for most human needs. 
2.The warm climate has drawn people to the southwest for many years. As more people moved to the southwest, cities grew in areas without water.
3. However, for the past decade there has been a water shortage. Parts of Arizona and New Mexico have experienced a drought. ]]> 2021-03-17 17:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1322029292 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1322080017 The American Indians were forced to live at a reservation.

Cattle drives were dangerous one notable ranch owner drove over 1,500 miles from Texas to Kansas on the Chisholm Trail.

The discovery of oil at Spindeltop Amazed people, soon lander at Spindeltop went from 150 dollars to 50,000 dollars.]]> 2021-03-17 18:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1322080017 10113811 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1322087458 1. There are 2 main sources of water. Groundwater and surface water. Groundwater is found underground and surface water is found in lakes, rivers, streams, oceans etc.
2. Most of New Mexico use their water for agriculture the most and they use power the least. 
3. This past decade there has been a water shortage also known as droughts. A drought is a period of time where this is little or no rain. 
4. Continuing from 3, the people in the Southwest are meeting the challenge of the water shortage.]]> 2021-03-17 18:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1322087458 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1322098074 The southwest has large cities.



Settlers in texas raised cattle to sell.



People in texas raise cattle on their ranches to supply beef. ]]> 2021-03-17 18:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1322098074 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1322117099 in the southwest region cattle was very important and then came oil and then oil became very important for the industry Cattle drives were ranch owner drove over 1,500 miles from Texas to Kansas ]]> 2021-03-17 18:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1322117099 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330782588 ⚫ There are 2 main sources of water in the entire world
⚫ In Arizona and New Mexico most of the water is used for agriculture
⚫ Farmers use aqueducts to water their crops
⚫ The southwest is one of the fastest growing regions in the country. Arizona is one example.]]> 2021-03-19 17:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330782588 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330815512 The Colorado River and the Hoover Dam are the worlds most used water supplies.
There is 2 main sources of water, groundwater and surface water.
Surface water is water from rivers, lakes, stream, and reservoirs.
Ground water is well, water found underground. ]]> 2021-03-19 17:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330815512 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330826696 Groundwater is found underground and surface water can be found in lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans.
There have been water shortages for a long time.]]> 2021-03-19 17:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330826696 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330840097 Surface water is found in streams lakes and rivers but groundwater is found underground]]> 2021-03-19 17:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330840097 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330843330 1. there are two main water sources groundwater and Rainwater
2. surface water is found in lakes, rivers, streams, and of course so is the ocean
3.in Arizona and New Mexico the water is mostly used for agriculture]]> 2021-03-19 17:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330843330 https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330845451 Grey water is recycled water but they can not drink it but use it in different ways.

2     People in the southwest are trying to save water by watering their plants  at night or early morning.

3 They used the most amount of water in 1995.]]> 2021-03-19 17:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alysaruminski/bqj96jt75tk9q62a/wish/1330845451