Tri-Fold Display Boards
All students should have in their tri-fold display boards so we may begin working on our World Geography Fair Day projects.
All students should have in their tri-fold display boards so we may begin working on our World Geography Fair Day projects.
Please visit www.classzone.com to complete homework assignment. Students will need to select from the list: social studies, high school, Georgia and then their geography textbook. Students will then click on current events and read one article in that section. The assignments asks you to write a summary of one article within this section. They should explain the article and how it is related to geography as well. This will need to be 3/4 page long.
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT DUE FRIDAY SEPT. 12: Current Events Paper, 3/4 page summary on current events article found at classzone.com. Be sure to cite where you obtained your information, the author, and title of the article.
Warm-up: Rewind on the 3 ways to determine distance on a map.
Class Activity: Georgia Road Map Project. Students are working in groups on a pretend road trip where they have to select 5 places to visit with a $500 stipend. Students have to make estimations on what it will cost in fuel, food, and shelter based on provided rubric. This is worth a project grade.
Here is a copy of the Georgia Performance Standards in which all instruction in World Geography is based.
Here is a copy of the link for the standards in Social Studies on the GA Dept. of Edu. website:
http://www.gadoe.org/DMGetDocument.aspx/Grades%209-12%20Precision%20Review%208-14-08%20FINAL.doc?p=6CC6799F8C1371F6B1C45C1AEDE127E0EEBE91C95429860F047C99C452599C2A&Type=D
This is the information I handed out at Open House. The most important things for right now are that students are bringing all their materials to class everyday such as coloring pencils, markers, a pencil sharpener, their textbook, and their notebook with paper. I need every student to bring in a tri-fold display board by the end of next week as well. This will be used here shortly and will make our World Geography Fair Day successful. Please join us, if possible, for Open House on Thursday, Aug. 28 at 6pm for an opportunity for parents and teachers to meet. Thanks!
Monday- Labor Day
Tuesday- Unit 1 Exam. Topographical or Contour Map Presentation. Students will construct their own landforms out of clay and then create a contour map of that landform. Basic Map related concepts will be discussed as well.
Wednesday- Warm-up: Map Skills, Review of GA Road Map. Road Map Activities.
Thursday- Road Map Activities.
Friday- Road Map Test. Begin assigning groups for our World Geography Fair Day being held Oct. 31. More information to come later. We will discuss expectations at this point. I need everyone to have a tri-fold display board in by this time.
Monday- Today, students will take a look at the Earth's climate systems in depth. Students will analyze a climograph, work in groups to create illustrations of particular climates, and then create a database of the various climates based on student posters. Information can be found in Ch. 3.3. Click the link below for a copy of the databse to be completed.
Tuesday- Today students will begin to wrap up the section of Unit 1 on Basic Physical Geography. Being that today students came to school under a Tornado Warning, students will create a map of the United States illustrating where various weather extremes frequently occur. Students will finish going around to each climate group poster in class and compiling their information into their database as well. We will begin discussing culture in class with a discussion, discussion questions, a visual of some transparencies illustrating the various layers of culture, a brief video on culture with guided questions, an analysis of an article about American culture and how we have borrowed from so many cultures, and lastly a brief look at the information on "If the World Were a 100".
Students will be given a copy of the study guide as well which can also be found in this blog. Students can expect an exam on Friday.
Wednesday- Continuation of Culture with a Coat of Arms and a Graphic Organizer on the 3 Major Monotheistic Religions of the World. This will count as as project grade. Students were given a packet of information to use in class on the Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Students referrenced to their book, online, and this packet to create a graphic organizer summing up the basic tenants of each religion. The students were provided some guided questions to follow in completing the assignment. This will be due no later than Friday.
Thursday- Warm-up: Religions of the World. Quick video on the Monotheistic Religions. Notes/Powerpoint over the rest of the contents of chapter 4 with a review game at the end for a chance to earn Starbucks. Starbucks can be earned in class for various things as a way of earning extra credit points at the end of the semester. Students should be working on their Unit 1 test study guide at home for their test that has been extended to next Monday.
Friday- Students will participate in a Political and Economic Activity which will help them to be able to accurately identify specific political and economic systems throughout the world.
Dear Students and Parents,
The World Geography textbook offers valuable resources to go along with our studies. There you can find the online textbook by creating a student login with the passcode MCDSWTRPZZQ3U. The website contains related materials to the information in the textbook, demographic data updates, self-scoring quizzes, interactive games, links to current events, test practice, and a web research guide. I hope this helps!
Thanks!
Please visit www.classzone.com to complete homework assignment. Students will need to select from the list: social studies, high school, Georgia and then their geography textbook. Students will then click on current events and read one article in that section. The assignments asks you to write a summary of one article within this section. They should explain the article and how it is related to geography as well. This will need to be 3/4 page long.
Hello everyone! Last week was a great start to the semester. I look forward to getting to know everyone! I will be placing many different things on the blog this week so keep a look out. Last week we studied the 5 Themes of Geography, Latitude and Longitude, obtained textbooks, reviewed various things about the globe, and discussed the syllabus.
Monday- Latitude Longitude Review of Quizzes from Friday. Extra practice if needed. (based on quiz grades). Set up notebooks. Scavenger hunt if time permits.
Tuesday- 5 Themes of Geography and Latitude Longitude Official Quiz. (Open Note). We will take a look at the relationship between the earth and the Sun using a video, the textbook, and open discussion. Graphic Organizer on Ch. 3 Sections 1 and 2.
Wednesday-, Time Zones Warm-up, Bill Nye the Science Guy Video on Plate Tectonics, Periodic Glaciation, Radiometric Dating, Global Warming, and Cosmic Radiation. Video Guided Questions.
Thursday- Ch. 2 Reading Study Guide Ch. 2 Review Game. Playing for StarBucks. Go over the Video Questions from Wednesday.
Friday- Landforms, Landforms, Landforms...Discussion. Illustration by Interactive Powerpoint. Students will create mini-landforms out of clay.
Homework: Be familiar with the contents of Ch.1-3. I will give you a study guide to start working on because we will be having a test over this part of Unit 1 next week. Have a good weekend.
Monday- Teacher Introductions. Ice Breaker Activities. Student Information Sheets. Letter home to parents. Pre-test
Tuesday- Diagnostic Test and Review. Workbook Distribution. Seating Chart.
Wednesday- The World Warm-up over continents and oceans. Latitude and Longitude Review and Quiz us. ing desk maps.
Thursday- Cardin al Directions Warm-up. The 5 Themes of Geography Review and Quiz. Obtain textbooks. Absolute and Relative Location. What is relative location? Maps to home.
Friday- Reason for the Seasons video quiz. Climate short group activity and presentations.