3/18 Climate, Physical Features, Natural Resources --> South America

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 South America.
• analyze maps.

Why?

• To notice patterns in the world.
• To better understand why cities developed where they are.
• 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.  Review your settlement document.  5 minutes

3.  Use the assigned map ONLY to complete the initial directions on the sheet you get from Mr.d'E to determine the best place for a settlement.  12 minutes

4.  With your group, determine the best place for a settlement - make sure what you are saying is there is actually there, not hundreds of miles away.  10 minutes

4.  Share with the class when asked to. (You may start your paragraph if you are done and waiting.)  15 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 what you did with your map today.
• Explain what your group did with the three different maps today.
• What was the most important or interesting thing you learned?

3/17 Pi / Review

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 

• compare and analyze the continents' population

Why?

• To notice patterns in the world.
• 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.  Finish following the directions on the population sheets that you were given Monday. Help each other out.  Materials are on the front table.  15 minutes

3.  Carefully draw and color a scene that shows the influence of climate, physical features, and natural resource on the development of a settlement.  Label items in your scene to show how they relate to the topic.  20 minutes

see Mr. d'E if finished

4.  Share with the class.  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: 

• What surprised you most about the population in the world?
• How did seeing the population circles help you better understand the world?

3/16 Settlement Review

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.
• write about how climate, physical features, and natural resources influence settlement and economics.

Why?

• To notice patterns in the world.
• To better understand why cities developed where they are.
• To better understand the connection between geography and people.
• Writing is thinking

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

2.  Take the sheet from the front table.  Complete it by yourself and turn it in face down) in the appropriate drawer on the counter.  5 minutes

3. Take 7 minutes to finish revising your write around from yesterday - even if you had turned it in.  7 minutes

4.  By yourself and without using ANY resources, complete the check-in (it should look familiar) linked here.  http://goo.gl/forms/vyQ9Gj0bLV    10 minutes

5.  Read this news article.  In writing, identify where physical features, climate, and/or natural resources are mentioned.  How does the context of the article relate to what you have been learning?  7 minutes

6.  Read this news article.  In writing, identify where physical features, climate, and/or natural resources are mentioned.  How does the context of the article relate to what you have been learning?  7 minutes

7.  Share your learning.   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: 

• What is the impact of climate physical features and natural resources on where cities/population centers have developed?
• Show me your writing from class.
• How does the news you read relate to what you've been learning?