This is a globe that was in a house that George Washington stayed at for a few weeks in Barbados. Photo taken in 2011.
Hi everyone,
Welcome to another week of Global Studies! Today, we learned about the Five Themes of Geography and did some more map work with the atlases in class. Here's what happened:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 7: I can demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of locations and regions.
Knowledge LT 10: I can demonstrate an understanding of the connection between the physical and human systems.
Soundtrack: "Maps" by Maroon 5. Get it? Because we are learning about Geography and maps? Ha, ha. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 9/21/15:
News Brief – CC
Self-Assessment
Themes of Geography
Atlas/Map Work
Homework: Read the blog. Bring a photo for the wall if you have not already. Study for South America map quiz next class (need completed and colored map of South America done in order to use). Next news brief: Naki.
As a reward for reading the blog (and doing your homework), one of the questions on the quiz is: This country shares its longest border with Argentina.
News Brief: CC had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to bring in: CNN.com - Russia sends fighter jets to Syria after talks with U.S. This is a particularly interesting news story, given that the United States is currently engaged in a bombing campaign in Syria, against ISIS. The Syrian government may one day become a more primary target, which would then lead us into conflict with the Russian fighter jets that are there to protect them. Lots of political and military considerations here! Thanks, CC.
Naki was randomly selected for the next news brief.
We also watched VICE News for the day (Friday's edition, because Monday's was not up yet):
Self-Assessment: For this section of class, I talked about how important it is to be able to assess your own work as a student. Do you know what a "4" looks like? How about 3, 2, and 1 on the proficiency scale? I had the class assess their work on the "Draw Your Own Map" activity we did last class, now that we could look at the atlas in class. Here's the activity again if you missed it either day:
As I said in class, I expect that most students would be in the 1 or 2 grade range for the proficiency scores. That's totally fine! I haven't taught you anything about it, yet! You should be at that level, unless you have lots of prior knowledge!
Five Themes of Geography: Basically, this was a PowerPoint presentation in combination with a handout for notes on each of the themes and an activity using the atlases. The Five Themes of Geography are:
Movement
Regions
Human Environment interactions
Location
Place
Or: MR. HELP!
For those that were not in class or wanted to see the presentation again for additional review, here it is:
I asked students to take notes in the upper boxes of the handout, on each of the five themes. This is one way in which you will be able to demonstrate proficiency with LT 10 in class. Thanks for your focus and participation in taking notes! I appreciate it!
Atlas/Map Work: The rest of class was dedicated to working on the handout, by finding maps in the atlas that relate to each of the themes of Geography and the subsections. For instance, the map of refugees in the world would be an excellent example of Movement - Human Movement.
Again, a heads up that you need your completed South American map, with the countries labeled and colored to use next class on the quiz. Please use a website like Google Maps, or ask questions if you need help! Here are the maps again:
Sound good? See you next class!
My mom still has not gotten the picture
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