Teacher __________________________________________________
Date _____________________________
Lesson Plan
East Africa
Section 1
MISSOURI GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS:
5.C.a; 7.B.b
Objectives Students will learn that . . .
1. East Africa’s physical features range from rift valleys to plains.
2. East Africa’s climate is influenced by its location and elevation, and the region’s vegetation includes
savannas and forests.
Vocabulary rift valley, Great Rift Valley, Mount Kilimanjaro, Serengeti Plain, Lake Victoria, drought
PRETEACH
RESOURCES
___ What You Will Learn . . . (SE) Preview Main Ideas, Big Idea,
and Key Terms.
___ Daily Bellringer
Transparency: Section 1
___ Key Terms and Places (TE) Preteach or review the key terms
from this section with students.
___ RF: Vocabulary Builder:
Section 1
___ If YOU lived there . . . (SE) Have students read and discuss the
section introduction and question.
___ Differentiated Instruction
Modified Worksheets and
Tests CD-ROM
DIRECT TEACH
RESOURCES
___ Teach the Big Idea Activity (TE) Students discuss the Main Idea
questions and then create an itinerary for a visit to East Africa.
___ Interactive Reader and Study
Guide: Section 1
___ Main Idea Questions (TE) Discussion questions
___ Map Zone Transparency:
East Africa: Physical
___ Map: East Africa: Physical (SE)
___ Differentiating Instruction: Struggling Readers (TE) Identify
Map Elements
___ Differentiating Instruction: Advanced/Gifted and Talented
(TE) East African Board Game
___ Satellite View: Great Rift Valley (SE)
___ RF: Geography for Life: The
Disturbed Ecosystem of Lake
Victoria
___ Map Zone Transparency:
Great Rift Valley Satellite
View
___ Critical Thinking: Analyzing Information (TE) Creating a
Chronology
REVIEW & ASSESS
RESOURCES
___ Close (TE) Use the section’s vocabulary to review important
information about the physical geography of East Africa.
___ Online Quiz Section 1
(keyword: SGE7 HP6)
___ Section 1 Assessment (SE)
___ PASS: Section 1 Quiz
Key: SE = Student Edition TE = Teacher’s Edition RF = Resource File PASS = Progress Assessment Support System
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