1. Intro to North America
Add and Geographic Setting, Geographic Themes, & Read to Discover.
List landforms found in the USA.
List states and capitals.
Label a regional map of the USA in an expert group.

2. Agenda, November 3rd, 2010 1. Political Cartoon Analysis.
2. Stamp Geographic Setting, Geographic Themes, & Read to Discover from 92-93,
3. Quick-write #1, on a famous North American landmark.
4. Intro to North America notes.
5. Quick-write #2, the landforms.
6. Think-Pair-Share, states and state capitals.
7. Expert groups, label a regional map of the USA. Add state & its capital.

3. Objectives, November 3rd, 2010
All Students Shall;
Compose notes and add them to their Interactive Notebooks. The notes will refer to introductory facts about North America.
Using Quick-writes all students will:
List all the facts that they know about a famous American landmark.
List at least 5 landforms found in the United States.
Label a regional map (New England states, Pacific & Rocky Mountain states, etc.) of the United States, with the states and capital cities.

4. Political Cartoon Analysis, Randy Bish

5. Quick-write #1, what is the landmark?
Take 3 minutes and write down everything that you know about this famous American landmark.
You have seen this landmark before.
Some of you will be called upon to share.

6. Agenda, November 4th, 2010 1. Sit in your group from yesterday!!
2. Remember you are expected to learn all 50 States.
3. Think-Pair-Share. Work with an assigned partner. Complete this in your Notebook.
4. Add Cornell Notes to your Notebook. “Facts About North America.”
5.Quick-write. How many landforms can you list? Complete this in your Notebook.
6.Correctly label a map of the USA in your original groups.
Homework; Study the maps on pages Answer the questions 86 & 88 on a separate paper. Read w/reading notes in your Notebook.

7. Objectives, November 4th, 2010
All Students Shall;
Add Cornell to the Interactive Notebooks. The notes will serve as an to introduction to North America.
Using a Think-Pair-Share and a Quick-write all students will:
List as many states and their capitals as possible.
List at least 5 American landforms (i.e., lakes rivers, mountain ranges, etc.)

8. How many States and State Capitals can you name?
Think-Pair-Share
With a partner list as many of the contiguous states as you can.
Also include the state capitals and…
Explain why Alaska and Hawaii cannot be on this list.

9. Facts About North America
How many nations make up North America?
The continent of North America is made up of 23 independent nations. Several areas are territories which belong to another nation.
What are the 3 nations usually recognized with North America?
The United States, Canada, & Mexico.
What are N. America’s demographics?
North America’s population is just under 530 million people.
The most commonly spoken languages are; English, French, & Spanish. The three largest ethnic groups are; Whites (descendants of European settlers), Mestizos (mix of Europeans & Native Americans), and Blacks.
Most populous metropolitan (city) areas.
The metropolitan areas with the most people include; Mexico City, New York, Los Angeles, Houston, & Toronto (Canada)

10. Agenda, November 5th, 2010
1. Anyone pay attention and finish your homework?
Turn it in. Map and text assignments.
Turn in your Current Event News Article.
2. Political Cartoon Analysis, last one of the week.
3. Quick-write, ‘How many landforms in the USA can you list?’
4. Cornell Notes on North America’s landforms.
5. Sentence fragments. You will need to read and answer the questions.
6. In case you didn’t finish yesterday’s homework check your agenda and finish it. No excuses.
By Tuesday, bring me at least 5 photos of North American landforms.

11. Political Cartoon by Petar Pismestrovic

12. Quick-write #1, Nov. 5th , 2010 Expectations;
In a moment I will show you a photo of a famous American landmark.
When you see it you will 2 minutes to write down as much as you about this landmark.
We will then review your work.

13. Quick-write #2, ‘How many Landforms of the USA can you list?’
Studying this Physical (sometimes called a Topographical) map of the USA, list as many landforms as you can think of.
Your goal is to list at least 5.
Mountains ranges, rivers, lakes, forests, deserts, etc.
Example, “What is the name of the river that is between the USA & Mexico?”

14. Key Terms and landforms review
Plateau
High level surfaces. Examples include the Columbia in the state of Washington and the Colorado Plateau in the 4 corners region.
Mesas
Created by erosion and weathering. Natural formations which are high in elevation with a flat top.
Continental Divide
A line which separates the flow of rivers , which flow to opposite ends of the continent. In North America the Rocky Mountains are the continental divide.
Headwaters
The source of a river.
Tributaries
Small rivers and streams that join into a larger river.
Mountain Ranges
Taller than hills and much more steep and have peak.
Great Plains
Is a flat elevated area with no major change in landforms. It begins just east of the Rocky Mountains & continues to the east of North America, covering much of the middle of the continent.

15. Some of North America’s landforms
Mountain ranges
The Appalachian mountains are found in the eastern USA.
The Rocky mountains are found in the west. The Rockies extend from Alaska thru Canada to New Mexico.
Mexico has the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental.
Bodies of water
Oceans, the Pacific ocean is on the west coast & Atlantic ocean is on the east.
Rivers, some of the world’s largest and most important rivers are found in N. America; The Mississippi, the Rio Grande for example.
Lakes include; The Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Erie, Michigan, & Superior).
Other landforms
Peninsulas; Florida, Baja California, Yucatan
Valleys; Great Central, Rio Grande, Missouri, & Ohio.
Deserts; Sonoran, Mojave, Chihuahuan.

16. Reading questions. Answer in complete sentences
Reading questions. Answer in complete sentences. Turn it in on a separate paper.
1. What are the names of the different mountain ranges that compose the Pacific Ranges and what event created them?
2. What landform begins east of the Rocky Mountains? What are several of this landforms characteristics?
3. What are 4 characteristics of North America’s oldest mountains?
4. How does the continental divide affect the flow of rivers?
5. What are examples of lakes created by glaciers?
6. What are at least 5 mineral resources found in the USA & Canada (make sure you include where exactly they are found)?

17. Agenda, Nov. 10, 2010
1. Cornell Notes on ‘Some of America’s Landforms’.
2. What is the Bering Strait Theory? Add some Bullet points in your Notebook.
3.Bullet point notes, “The People of North America”.
4. Quick-write.
5. Video, “The States” and questions to complete.

18. Some of North America’s landforms
Mountain ranges
The Appalachian mountains are found in the eastern USA.
The Rocky mountains are found in the west. The Rockies extend from Alaska thru Canada to New Mexico.
Mexico has the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental.
Bodies of water
Oceans, the Pacific ocean is on the west coast & Atlantic ocean is on the east.
Rivers, some of the world’s largest and most important rivers are found in N. America; The Mississippi, the Rio Grande for example.
Lakes include; The Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Erie, Michigan, & Superior).
Other landforms
Peninsulas; Florida, Baja California, Yucatan
Valleys; Great Central, Rio Grande, Missouri, & Ohio.
Deserts; Sonoran, Mojave, Chihuahuan.

19. Quick-write, November 10th
We are beginning to examine the people of North America and where they live.
What I expect you to do, is to write down at least 5 things that you know about the history, exploration, and population of California…
I will make a deal with all of you, if you are stuck with California, I will let you write about other States (except Hawaii, it is not found on N. America).
Now meet my expectations, write down 5 things that you know about California or the other 48 states in your notebook now.

20. “The States”, California Questions
1.The name California means what ? It describes what?
2.How many people live in California?
3.What percentage of Californians were born in another country?
4.How diverse is California’s ethnic population?
5.What city was special for hippies?
6.What is California’s rank in emission of greenhouse gases?
7.What is the percentage of fruits & vegetables that California produces?.
8.How much money does the film and TV industry provide to the state economy ?
9.What was the magnitude of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?

21. Agenda, November 12th, 2010 Hope you thanked a veteran yesterday.
Map practice because you’ll need it for Tuesday. You will be quizzed.
State Project. You will get the details, select your partner, & state.
Finish with the States episode on California.
Quick-write, complete it in your Notebook.
Bullet point Notes (in your Notebook).
Reading Questions, pages

22. “The States”, California Questions
1.The name California means what ? It describes what?
2.How many people live in California?
3.What percentage of Californians were born in another country?
4.How diverse is California’s ethnic population?
5.What city was special for hippies?
6.What is California’s rank in emission of greenhouse gases?
7.What is the percentage of fruits & vegetables that California produces?.
8.How much money does the film and TV industry provide to the state economy ?
9.What was the magnitude of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?

23. Quick-write, ‘What is the Bering Strait Theory?’
The Bering Strait Theory is the scientific and archaeological explanation for the early settlement and population of the Americas.
The early idea was that 12,000 years ago, during the Ice Age, the sea level connected Asia & N. America so hunters followed animals across.
New evidence suggests that instead of 1 migration, they’re at least 4 migrations that reached the Americas.

24. Agenda, Nov. 15, 2010 1.Political Cartoon Analysis
2.Review of progress you should have made on your State Project.
3. Bullet Point Notes on the People of the USA.
4. Cornell Notes on Early Inhabitants and Early European Exploration.
5. Reading Notes based on pages
6. Closure.

25. The People of the USA & Canada
North America’s first inhabitants were thought to have been ancestors of the Native Americans.
These immigrants were thought to have crossed from Asia to North America using the Bering Strait.
In recent centuries immigrants have come to North America for different reasons; political, educational, economic, or religious.

26. Modern Reasons to Immigrate
Religious
Many groups of people have arrived in North America to freely practice their religion.
The Pilgrims did so in 1620.
A modern example would be Jewish immigrants who escaped Europe in the early 20th century.
Economic
Many immigrants arrive here, because in their homeland they do not have the economic opportunities to make a living.
Political
Many immigrants arrive in the USA because in their country they are trying to escape a civil war. Examples include Mexico (1910), Vietnam, & Laos (1970s), and Central America in the 1980s.
Some immigrants try to escape a cruel government in search of freedom here. Examples include escaping Chile or the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
Educational
Many other immigrants wish for the opportunity to educate themselves or their families and they immigrate to either the United States and Canada.