- Social Studies - Qtr 3
(All Lessons are found online in the TCI Platform.) Click on the google slides to see the information for each week.
Lesson 6: Characteristics of Regions
Section 3: Arctic (Lucas and Thalia and Xioel)
Section 4: Northwest Coast (Murray and Iker)
Section 5: California (Melanie and Mila)
Section 6: Great Basin (Cayo and Adrian)
Section 7: Plateau (Javier and Deron)
Section 8: Southwest (Viviana and Aaliyah and Anahira)
Section 9: Great Plains (Logan and Fabian)
Section 10: Eastern Woodlands (Pedro and Jonniel)
Section 11: Southeast (Kaylen and Thiago)
Group Project:
Students create a R.A.F.T. product informing how American Indians in one cultural region adapted to their environment.
Students will research information using MacinVia for each region on:
Main geographical features
Main sources of food
Types of homes
Types of, and materials for crafts and clothing
Types of tools
Team-created Symbol representing the region
** Must cite evidence from at least 3 sources.
Choose an "R", "A", "F", and "T" to present your information.
Role of the presenter: Who are you as the presenter? A pilgrim? Tourist? The President?
Audience: To whom are you writing? tourists? New Immigrants? Readers of a newspaper?
Format: In what format are you presenting? A Poster? An Advertisement? A Speech? Tourist Brochure? A Documentary?
Topic: What cultural region are you presenting?
students: 6,8,9,14,19,22,23
students: 2,3,5,7,15,17,20
students: 1,4,10,12,13,16,21
Lesson 26 in textbook (Lesson 10 in TCI)
Native Amazonians: Pedro, Mila, Murray, Melanie
Rubber Tappers: Fabian, Jonniel, Cayo, Anahira
Loggers: Lucas, Adrian, Thalia, Iker
Settlers: Deron, Thiago, Kaylen, Aaliyah
Cattle Ranchers: Xioel, Ahri, Viviana
Environmental Groups: Logan, Jonathan, Javier