8/29 & 8/30___1.2 Cultures Meet in America

  • DO NOW: In your composition book/notebook, briefly describe how you think humans first arrived in the Americas. (2-5 sentences)
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    • Objective: SWBAT analyze and compare contemporary and historical regions of the United States on the basis of physical characteristics and human characteristics.
    • Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
    • Objective: SWBAT describe the traditions of  Native Americans, Europeans, and West Africans in the time leading up to their convergence in the Americas.
    • Essential Question: In what ways were the cultural traditions of Native Americans, Europeans, and West Africans alike and different?
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      Agenda

      • Pair-Share: DO NOW responses

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        All of the following assignments should be completed by the end of class (they should be completed in the following order):

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          • read: EARTH ARTISTS
          • complete: (pg 16) GRAPHIC ORGANIZER: MAIN IDEA WEB
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          • read: THE SOUTHWEST
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            • read: THREE LATIN AMERICAN EMPIRES
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            EXIT TICKET: 

            Which of the Ancestral Pueblo innovations do you think was most important in allowing for the creation of citites? Explain why your choice is more significant than the others mentioned in section 3.




            1. complete GREASES CHART (pg 18)
            2. mark the page with a post it note

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            8/28_Geography of the United States (Day 3)

            • Do Now: on the back of your CNN 10 handout, briefly describe a recent event (1-3 sentences)
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            • Objective: SWBAT analyze and compare contemporary and historical regions of the United States on the basis of physical characteristics and human characteristics.
            • Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
            • Objective: SWBAT analyze and compare contemporary and historical regions of the United States on the basis of physical characteristics and human characteristics.
            • Essential Question: What are the most important geographic characteristics of the United States?
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              Agenda

              All of the following assignments should be completed by the end of class on Wednesday (they should be completed in the following order):

              1. Explore: Focus Questions (ISR pg 6-7)
                1. CREATING BIOMES: How do ecosystems help define regions in the United States?
                2. EXAMPLES OF BIOMES: What are some examples of biomes in the United States?
                3. ECONOMIC REGIONS: How can the United States be divided into economic regions?
                4. CULTURAL REGIONS: What are some cultural regions in the United States?


              BIOME VS. BIODOME



              1. Graphic Organizer: Climate and Landform Regions of the United States (ISR pg 3-4)
              2. Graphic Organizer: Types of Regions (ISR pg. 5)

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              Advisory Survey - 9/27

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              8/26 - 8/27_Geography of the United States (Day 2)

              • Do Now: (ISR pg. 6) respond to the questions for each of the following topics:
                • Climate Regions: What climate regions are found in the United States? 
                • Landform Regions--Eastern and Central United States: What landform regions are in the eastern United States? 
                • Landform Regions--Western United States: What landform regions are in the western United States? 
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              • Objective: SWBAT analyze and compare contemporary and historical regions of the United States on the basis of physical characteristics and human characteristics.
              • Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
              • Objective: SWBAT analyze and compare contemporary and historical regions of the United States on the basis of physical characteristics and human characteristics.
              • Essential Question: What are the most important geographic characteristics of the United States?
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                Agenda
                • WHOLE CLASS: Guided Reading & Discussion

                • INDEPENDENT / PARTNERS - read the following passages and complete Types of Regions graphic organizer (ISR pg.5)
                  • PART 1


              • WHOLE CLASS:


                    • read aloud: introduction paragraph 







                  • PART 3






                • EXIT TICKET - (Independent)










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                8/22 - 8/23_1.1 Geography of the United States

                Objective: SWBAT analyze and compare contemporary and historical regions of the United States on the basis of physical characteristics and human characteristics.

                Essential Question: What are the most important geographic characteristics of the United States?


                Do Now (5 min)

                1. Turn to p.6 in your ISR (Interactive Student Resource) book
                2. Under the subheading The Characteristics of Place, respond to the question "What is a region?" by summarizing the passage below:

                Agenda:

                Whole Class


                • Think-Pair-Share

                  • How would you describe the region where you live?

                • Activity Instructions

                  1. (ISR - pg. 4) after reading each of the climate/landform region descriptions, write a brief summary of the region in the "Definition/Description" column of the graphic organizer
                  2. Example: 

                • Independent / Pairs 

                  • CLIMATE REGIONS

                  • LANDFORM REGIONS


                ********* turn to the map on ISR pg. 3 and draw the regions included on the map below *********



                  • LANDFORM REGIONS - WESTERN UNITED STATES





                ********* complete the Map Symbol/Color column of your graphic organizer *********


                EXIT TICKET

                How would you describe the region where you live?
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