3/23 Andes Mountains

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

• begin to understand how climate, physical features, and natural resources influence settlement and economics in  the Andes Mountains.

Why?

• To notice patterns in the world.
• To better understand how people adapt to living in a mountainous region.
• To better understand the connection between geography and people.

1.  With another near you, discuss - in your own words - why you are in social studies today (see above). 2 minutes

2.  When you go up in elevation, the higher you go, the colder it gets.  Draw a mountain, divide it vertically - with horizontal lines - into four sections, and, without any resources, in each section list what life might be like there (think food, clothing, shelter, economic activity). 5 minutes

3.  Make a copy of the South America overview.  Read through it.  Ask questions.  10 minutes

4.  Make a copy of the South America vocab.  Read through it.  Ask questions.   10 minutes

5.  Share your mountain with the class.   5 minutes

6.  Based on the overview, vocab, and insights from the mountain share, discuss how people would adapt to living in the Andes.   10 minutes

7.  Describe where the Andes are in at least 7 different ways (relative location)   10 minutes

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Parents: Don't Ask Your Child, "What Did You Do in School Today?"

Instead, you could ask your child the following: 

• Explain why people would have to adapt to living in the Andes differently at different elevations.
• What was the most important or interesting thing you learned?