Monday and Tuesday Day 9, 10

Today's Objectives and Outcomes:

* Geography Standards addressed:

The World in Spatial Terms:

• How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places and environments in a spatial context
• How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places and environments on the Earth's surface Places and Regions:
• The physical and human characteristics of places Human Systems:
• The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface
• The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface Environment and Society:
• How human actions modify the physical environment

Warm-Up Activity

 Are the following questions about geography? Why or why not?

- Why is Texas among the fastest-growing states?
- How many professional sports teams does San Francisco have?
- Is Michigan part of the Rust Belt?
- How did the invention of the refrigerated train car affect farmers?

SWBAT (know & do)
Objectives:

Students will be able to:
1) Assign relative and absolute location
2) Determine the significant characteristics of "place"
3) Describe a region in terms of culture, physical features, trade, industry
4) List reasons why migrations and trade are key events
5) Explain two significant human-environment interactions



The first part of the 5 Themes of Geography will be to view and take notes on a PowerPoint presentation. ( presentation ) Students will be required to take notes using the 3-column Cornell notes technique ( 3 column notes ). Once the presentation has been finished, students will be assigned one of the 5 themes and an assignment to use their newly acquired skills from Google Drive Presentations to make a single slide informational "poster" of their theme. Each student will be assigned to a group and each group will work collaboratively to develop a consistent theme for their project including type face style, size, color schemes, etc. The assignment sheet for the project can be found here  ( 5 themes assignment sheet ). Once each group is finished with their project, they will present their poster page to the class (each student presenting their own poster) demonstrating their newly acquired presentation skills they developed last week in their 8 slide assignment.

Homework: Read Chapter 1.1 (pages 35-42) Define key terms and answer all questions on page 42 (#1-6)