Geography

Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations

1/2: Mayan Websearch

1/3: Mayan Colapse Investigation

1/6: Reading & Q's on "The Aztec: Empire Builders"

1/7: Reading pages 257-262 in the textbook. Take notes in the graphic organizer on the board, and then answer questions 1-4 (all) on page 262.

1/8: Packet on what happened between Moctezuma and Cortes

1/9: Letter to the king: Write a letter describing Aztec culture (Religion, clothing, food, art, architecture) to the King of Spain. Should be at least two paragraphs that cover at least two parts of culture.

1/10: Time Traveling Tourist Flyer

1/13: "Inca: Lord of the Mountains" Reading and Q's

1/14: "Inca Engineering" Reading and Q's

1/15: Reading and notes on Inca in textbook pages 263-270. Answer Section Review Q's.

1/16: SNOW DAY

1/17: Comparison Matrix of three civilizations. Tour of Machu Picchu. Make-up work day, and receive study guide for quiz.

1/22: Study day for quiz. Kahoot.

1/23: Quiz on the Maya, Inca, and Aztec. Make up work if finished early.

1/24: Make-up work. Year-end Jeopardy.

Ancient Civilizations of China

12/2: Lesson on Confucianism vs. Daoism and discussion. If you are absent, see me for the packet.

12/4: 3x Vocab for unit. Go over at the end of class.

12/5: Read pages 901-908 with a partner. While reading 901-905, create a timeline of key events in ancient Chinese history. While reading 906-908, take notes on culture using the 2-column note-taking method. When done, answer questions 1-4 (all) on 908. This is homework if not completed in class.

12/6: We will start class by going down to see the living wax museum presentations. We will follow that by finishing and then going over the questions from yesterday's reading.

12/9: Jigsaw activity for pages 909-915. Answer Q's 1-3 & 5 (all) on page 915.

12/10: Reading on inventions & notes. Reading on silk and ordering activity. Invention matching activity (if time).

12/11: . Geography of China: Reading & map activity

12/12: Reading activity for section 3.

12/13: Vocab quiz (will also include Confucianism & Daoism). Begin background work on final project.

12/16: Lesson on using iMovie. Work on project will continue until it is due on 12/19. We will share these with the class that day if we have time.

If you finish your work early, play the ancient Chinese game of "Go" here or try your hand at making a Magic Square here.

Africa Unit

For this unit, you will be choosing a region of Africa to learn about. You will map the area, learn about it by reading the chapter in the text, taking notes, and answering questions, and study data about your countries. Then, you will create a presentation to the class about what you learned from the data.

Regions:

• North Africa (Chapter 20)
• West Africa (Chapter 21)
• East Africa (Chapter 22)
• Central Africa (Chapter 23)
• Southern Africa (Chapter 24)

Textbook sections. You will need to be logged into your school email. Just know this version is slightly different than the one we have in class.

Goal: Learn how to evaluate an important geographic issue using data.

10/28: Choose a region of Africa. Watch the video below and fill in the notetaker. Complete a map of your region (outline the region), including all countries, oceans, and 5 physical features from within the region.

10/29: 3x Vocab on Geographic Data.

10/30: Complete a web for Section 1 for your chapter. When done, on the back answer the section review questions "Reviewing Ideas, Terms, and People".

10/31: Complete a web for Section 2 for your chapter. When done, on the back answer the section review questions "Reviewing Ideas, Terms, and People".

11/1: Complete a web for Section 3 for your chapter. When done, on the back answer the section review questions "Reviewing Ideas, Terms, and People".

11/4: Working either alone or with your group, complete the questions at the end of your chapter entitled, "Chapter Review". You should complete all of the questions (there are multiple pages of questions). DO NOT complete the questions on "Using the Internet" or "Social Studies Skills." Stop when you get to the section on Standardized Test Prep.

11/5: Finish Chapter Review questions. Begin filling in Data Collection Spreadsheet for your region as part of the Final Project.

11/19: Present slideshows.

Unit: Middle East & World Religion

Goals: How are

10/8: Physical Geography of the Middle East Notes

10/9: Religion Vocab

10/10: Judaism Questions

10/15: Christianity Questions

10/16: Islam Questions

10/17: Holidays Research & Quiz Review

10/18: Vocab Quiz & Finish Holidays Research

10/21: Read Chapter 17, Section 3 (Israel) in the World Geography textbook. As you read, take notes in a web format. Then, answers questions 1-3 (all) at the end of the section.

10/22: World Religion Essay Due date: 10/25. This will be your first grade in Q2.

Unit: Geography Skills and the 5 Themes of Geography

Goals: -Understand what it means to be a geographer and study an area.

-Gain an awareness of the geography of Europe

9/3: Go over laptop expectations. Powerschool/Email logins. Geo Review Games.

9/4: Longitude and Latitude practice. Temperatures theories based on latitude. Check answers here: https://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org/#/

-Click "add layer" and then "climate temperature". Choose "surface air temperature: summer"

9/5: Climate zones notes. Homework: Write 1 paragraph explaining which zone you would want to live in and why.

9/6: Climate, Environment, and Resources Websearch: Go to "File->Make a copy" to add it to your drive and be able to type your answers out.

9/9: Finish Websearch and go over it. Discussion on Hurricane Dorian.

9/10: Working in a small group, answer these questions on movement and region.

9/11: Label and color map of North America

9/12: Directions and start of 5 Themes Book project

9/13: More work on project.

9/16: Finish projects (Homework if not done)