Globe Project

Materials: Ballon, markers, continent handout, scissors, glue stick.

Correlation to State Content Standards

Understanding Geography.

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Students will be able to:

1. Create a world globe and label the continents and lines of latitude and longitude.

Literacy Standard

RH 6-8.7: Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

SL 7.1D: Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views.

SL 7.1B: Follow rules for collegial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.

Anticipatory Set (4 min.)

Daily Journal: FreeWrite.

Direct Instruction (5 min.) I Do…

SDAIE: Model: Globe Instructions: Teacher will explain the directions in creating their balloon globe.

Guided Practice (X min.) We Do…

SDAIE: Monitor: Teacher will monitor students throughout the class.

Independent Practice (45 min.) You Do…

SDAIE: Group: World Globe: Students will begin to construct a world globe using a balloon and a handout of the continents. Students will paste them in the appropriate places and label the equator and prime meridian.

Homework.

N/A

Closure (3 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Dismiss Class.