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DAILY LESSON PLANS AND ACTIVITIES
 
PROJECT DUE DATE CHANGE:
THURSDAY 11/19
 
CHECK THE PAGES TO THE LEFT FOR HELPFUL INFORMATION!
 
Monday 11/09  ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  How do climate and landforms affect African ways of life, such as agriculture and trade?
WARM-UP:  Homework check--Political and Physical Puzzles/Maps
LESSON:   Review Political and Physical Puzzles; 'Africa: Land and Resources' video; desertification
HW:  Study Political/Physical features for map quiz Thursday
 
Tuesday 11/10 ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  How do climate and landforms affect African ways of life, such as agriculture and trade? 
LESSON: Deforestation and Desertification video clips; Climates questions and chart; Introduction to project (attached below), region assignment
HW:  Signed Pink Project Sheet (attached as African Regions Project Assignment Sheet.doc below), Climates worksheet DUE WEDNESDAY!
 
Wednesday 11/11
WARM-UP: Homework Check-Signed pink sheet and climates worksheet
LESSON: Project research in Media Center
HW:  Project due Tuesday 11/17
 
Thursday 11/12 Essential Question: 
WARM-UP: Fact Check!
LESSON:   Africa Map Quiz; Project research in Media Center
HW: Project due Tuesday 11/17
 
Friday 11/13 Essential Question: 
WARM-UP: Fact Check!
LESSON:   Project research in Media Center
HW: Project due Tuesday 11/17
 
Monday 11/16
WARM-UP: Fact Check!
LESSON:   Project research in Media Center
HW: Project due Tuesday 11/17
 
Tuesday 11/17
WARM-UP: Fact Check
LESSON:  Work on project in room  
 
Wednesday 11/18
EARLY RELEASE DAY  Second-Hand Clothing article (attached below); Inspire Respect music video
 
Thursday 11/19  Project DUE!
WARM-UP:  Project DUE!
LESSON:  
Project Museum Walk Through with questions
Friday 11/20
WARM-UP: Desertification of the Sahel
LESSON:  Sanitation articles;  Listen to the Poo Song to learn the importance of sanitation and clean drinking water.
Fun Pipes - Build a working sanitation plant for your village. Complete the pipeline to carry waste to the sewage tank.
Pani the Handpump - In this game you will help villagers in Nepal, Ghana and Ethiopia to gain access to a clean water supply by reading the text carefully and answering the questions correctly.
 
HW: Study for the Africa Map Quiz Monday, then relax and enjoy your weekend! :)
 
 

 
 


 

 

 
 
 
 
On-line textbook:  my.hrw.com
STEP 1:  click on the link above
STEP 2: Log in using the following information:
USER NAME: ppceast2005
PASSWORD: ppceast2005
STEP 3: Click “Go to the Online Textbook”
STEP 4:  Select the Chapter number from the drop down box.  Select the Section number from the drop down box and CLICK GO.  From here, you can type in page numbers.  
 
 
 
 
                                         
 

Attachments (4)

  • 2nd hand clothes.doc - on Nov 18, 2009 7:23 AM by Dana Bennett (version 3 / earlier versions)
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  • African Regions Project Assignment Sheet.doc - on Nov 10, 2009 6:05 PM by Dana Bennett (version 1)
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  • African Regions Tri-Fold Project.doc - on Nov 10, 2009 6:05 PM by Dana Bennett (version 3 / earlier versions)
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  • African Regions Tri-Fold Rubric.xls - on Nov 10, 2009 6:05 PM by Dana Bennett (version 3 / earlier versions)
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