Latin America Day 2, Location/Place

Bell Ringer: 1. Name a country and its capitol from Latin America that is located North of the Equator.
2. Knowing where the Andes Mountains are located, what type of climate do you think Chile has?
3. What do you know of Latin America's history already?

Vocabulary from Sect 2 on T-notes.
Slides/notes
Tsunami video
Last 10 minutes were used as study time.

Latin America Day 1, Location

Bell ringer: Current Event- Who is it about? What is happening? Where does it take place? Why is it important?

New seating chart!
Hand back tests
Latin America Intro video
2 Maps given, 1-label countries and capitols, on 2nd one label the following geographic features: Plateau of Mexico, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre del Sur, Yucatan Peninsula, Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Amazon Basin, Andes Mountains, Brazilian Highlands, Amazon River, Lesser Antilles, Cape Horn

Section 1 Vocabulary- T-note chart (pg. 202)

HW: Finish maps if done during class time

Day 10, TEST DAY!

Bell Ringer: Choose 1 of the 5 themes of Geography, why is it important to study it? What can we learn about cities or countries from that theme? (Be sure to write 3 sentences)

Went over questions from Study Guide
Time to review
TEST!
Turned in study guide at the end of class.

Day 9, Governments and Economics

Bell Ringer: Current Event, Who does it concern? What is it about? Where does it take place? Why is it important?

Review Movement
Government and Economies slides, students have guided notes
Time to work on Study Guide

Homework: Finish Study Guide

Day 8, Regions

Bell Ringer: 1. Why is the movement of ideas important? (3 sentences)
2. Review for states and capitols test

Finished Movement Slide
Region Notes
Map Test

*Because there was no time for Government and Economics, the Unit 1 Test has been rescheduled for Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Day 7, Movement

Bellringer: 1. How do you adapt to the environment?
2. In what way has your environment been modified?
3. How do you depend on the environment?

Movement Slides
"What's your Story?"
Citizenship Test

Homework: Finish "Your Story"
Prepare for US States and Capitols Test 9/14
Prepare for Unit 1 Test 9/16

Day 6, Human-Environment Interaction

Bellringer: Watch current event and answer the following questions: Who? What? Where? Why?

Turn in Countries that was assigned as homework. Review Location and Place. Slides and take notes on Human-Environment Interaction.
National Geogrpahic Activity, cut out pictures from magazines that show people adapting to the environment, modifying the environment, and depending on the environment.

Day 5, Place

Bell Ringer: "What city are you in?" -Imagine that you don’t know where you are. You ask the first person you see, who replies, ‘You are 600 miles from Phoenix, Arizona.’ You find this odd, but look at your map, and come up with a number of possible locations. You decide to ask another person, who replies ‘You are 710 miles from St. Paul, Minnesota.’ Again, this is strange, but you add this bit of information to your map. Finally, you decide you need to ask one more person. The last gentleman adds, ‘You are 640 miles from Boise, Idaho.’ Aha! Finally, you know where you are! What city are you in?

Place slides and take notes.

Landforms Slides and take notes on chart.

Create your own country

Homework: Finish creating your own country, as outlined on provided worksheet.

Day 4, Location!

Bell ringer: Answer these 3 questions. 1) What is Latitude?
2)What is Longitude?
3)How do you get to your house from Timpview? Draw a map or write out directions.

Students were given a guided notes sheet as we discussed location and map projections.

Day 3, Latitude & Longitude

Bell Ringer: Label US States and Capitols on Map Worksheet

Today we reviewed latitude and longitude and then had a worksheet where they worked with a partner to find the latitude and longitude of places around the world.  They also worked on locating towns according to latitude and longitude.

Homework: Finish labeling US Map
Finish Latitude & Longitude Worksheet if not finished

Day 2, 5 Themes of Geography

Bell Ringer: Current Events, answer the questions Who? Where? What? and Why?

Went over Disclosure Documents, BRING THEM BACK SIGNED!
We got to know each other a little bit more by playing a game, and then moved on to learning the 5 themes of Geography.

Day 1, Welcome to Geography!

It was a joy and a pleasure to meet all of the students today.  They each filled out surveys to help me get to know each and every one of them better.  The rest of the time was then spent working on KWL sheets about a country. The purpose was to help them get to thinking about different cultures and things they would be interested in learning.
Ask your student which country/culture they are most interested in learning about.