Social Studies
This year's focus: World Geography
Curricular resource : Geography Alive - Regions & People by TCI. Students can access the digital version below or via their Clever account.
We begin our study by exploring maps. From there we travel the world by region. Stops include ... Canada/U.S., Latin America, Europe/Russia, Africa, Central/SW Asia. Monsoon Asia, and Oceania/Antarctica.
Mapping labs will orient students to each region, followed by an in-depth study of some aspect of the human or physical geography that makes each region unique.
Student exploration is active and collaborative. As we move through each unit's learning targets, students will log their progress toward proficiency on the unit learning target sheet.
Tools of Geography
Essential Question: How do geographers show information on maps?
Key topics include:
absolute vs. relative location
major parallels and meridians
latitude and longitude
map scale
continents and oceans
hemispheres
Earth-sun relationships and effects
map projections
characteristics of a good map
Access the digital TCI textbook - via Clever.