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Essential Questions:
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Why study the geography and cultures of regions
that are very different and far away from our own?
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What are the skills and attitudes necessary to
understand and appreciate the world?
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What are the Five Fundamental Themes of Geography
and how do they provide the perspectives, information, concepts and skills
which help us understand ourselves, our relationship to the earth, and our
interdependence with other people of the world?
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What are Earth’s basic physical systems, and
how do they affect human ways of life?
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Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the role that movement of
people, products and ideas from other cultures has played in the
development of our own culture.
- Analyze statistics to make generalizations
about the world community and one’s relationship to that community.
- Give examples of how perceptions and
cultural differences can cause misunderstanding and judgment rather than
curiosity and openness.
- Brainstorm rules for an open-minded classroom
where students listen and speak skillfully, respecting human
differences.
- Conclude that five basic components
of a developed country are: transportation, education, economy,
technology, and health/housing (T.E.E.T.H.).
- Identify the Five Fundamental Themes
of Geographic Education as: Location, Place, Human-Environment
Interaction, Movement, and Regions.
- Recognize the ways in which the Five
Fundamental Themes of Geography Education provide the perspectives,
information, concepts and skills for understanding ourselves, our
relationship to the earth, and our interdependence with other people of
the world.
- Explain
how internal and external forces create and change landforms
- Identify
the main factors that influence climate, and explain how climate affects
vegetation and human culture.
- Give
examples of the relationship between physical geography and human
geography (settlement patterns, natural resources, land use)
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Skills:
- Writing
generalizations
- Brainstorming/problem-solving
in a group
- Thinking
globally, practicing openmindedness
- Researching,
summarizing and presenting information (orally and in writing)
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Instructional Strategies and
Activities:
- 5 Themes magazine assignment
- “Learning with Style” activity on multiple
intelligences
- “Creating a Comfortable Classroom”
activity
- Climate poster project
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Materials Utilized:
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Textbook: World
Geography
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National Geographic
Video: “The 5 Themes of Geography”
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Many other ancillary
resources
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Assessment Strategies:
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Daily homework, writing assignments, poster
project, group work, oral
participation, quizzes, tests
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