Day 5 Mr Harris

8th Grade Discuss Last Class 9 Weeks Pre Test Geography of Us Do You Know Blank Map Quiz

Last Session Review What did we do? What was the purpose? What did we learn?

Pre Test Work on Pre Test Spend time wisely, use basic test taking strategies, educated guess When finished pull out a book or work quietly until most are finished

Historical Geography of Us American history is the story of migration Native Americans, European explorers, and settlers, worldwide immigration, migration between states… We are going to visualize a bit of this story by using illustrating a bulletin board with your birth places Even though we all live in Seminole County now, that has not always been the case

Directions You will cut a small paper into the shape of your birth state Use books/planners and find a map Label your state sign with Your birth city’s name A dot identifying the city’s location (or star if the city is the capital) Your name Turn in to Mr. Harris

Finish Tools of Geography Spend time finishing/reviewing some of the tools of geography

6th Grade Finish Geographer Tools’ Anchor Lesson (Special Purpose Maps) Maps PPT Document Questions Building Academic Vocabulary (BAV) Half Sheet per word Six Elements PPT

Anchor Lesson Display Document 1 Ask questions from Document 2 Students work in pairs to discuss what the map might be What purpose? For all 3 What does the map show? Ask questions from Document 2 For Each Display Document 3 for Higher Order

Anchor Lesson Display Maps PPT Discuss the different types of maps What do they show Who uses them Why are they important?

Building Academic Vocabulary (BAV) Using Half sheet for each vocabulary word 2 per page Write down the following 5 items per vocab word The Vocab word (in the middle) Definition in your own words (Top Left) Give one example of either synonym, antonym, example of, or word related (Top Right) Use vocab word in a sentence (Bottom Left) Illustration (Bottom Right) Words appear on pg 28 and 29

Six Essential Elements Show Elements PPT http://tools.fcit.usf.edu/lplannerFiles/195/Six_E ssential_Elements_of_Geography.pdf Discuss the 6 Elements Which do you think is the most useful? Which is the least useful? Enrichment: Act it Out!