Today's plan...Mapping/Current Event Monday's
OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet, students will search current event topics to understand the various events occurring in the world around them, bu writing a summary of the events as well as plotting the location of the event onto a physical continent map, identifying its latitude and longitude coordinates.
RATIONALE: Students need to understand the world around them beyond their immediate surroundings. These events around the world are important and having a geographical awareness of where they are occurring is vital to developing a truly global citizen.
EVIDENCE: By summarizing and plotting the various current event stories on maps, students will begin to develop a better global awareness of events effecting them directly or effecting the world around them.
Resources:
Current Event Assignment sheet -Current Events
SOAPST Form -SOAPST
HOW TO LABEL MAPS DIRECTIONS - Map Labeling Directions
USA Political and Physical Maps - USA Maps
USA Political and Physical Lists - USA Maps List
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