Lesson Plans: World Geography Teacher: Coach Smith Week of: 4/23-27/12
Objective(s): Students will identify the countries of Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, etc.).
Activity: 1. Map of Oceania.
Materials: Textbook, Atlas, United Streaming, Internet, PowerPoint(s), handouts, etc.
Evaluation: Observation.
TEKS: 3.43.WG.3.
P.O.E.: * The region of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica is one of the most diverse in the world.
Objective(s): Students will study the physical geography of Oceania.
Activity: 1. Students will by answering questions from the text - Chapter 32 Review . 2. Notes and discussion.
Materials: Textbook, Atlas, United Streaming, Internet, PowerPoint(s), handouts, etc.
Evaluation: Observation.
TEKS: 3.43.WG.3.
P.O.E.: * Oceania includes the tropical islands of the Pacific, the deserts and reefs of Australia, the mountains, lush valleys, and beaches of New Zealand, and the ice and snow of Antarctica.
Objective(s): Students will examine the climate and vegetation of Oceania.
Activity: 1. Students will make generalizations from viewing climate and vegetation maps from the text/on-line. 2. US – “Geography of the World: Australia, etc. – Land and Resources”.
Materials: Textbook, Atlas, United Streaming, Internet, PowerPoint(s), handouts, etc.
Evaluation: Observation.
TEKS: 3.43.WG.3.
P.O.E.: * Australia is a land of vast differences in climate and vegetation.
Objective(s): Students will look at the history of Oceania.
Activity: 1. Map Quiz - Oceania. 2. Notes and discussion.
3. US – “Geography of the World: Australia, etc. – People”.
Materials: Textbook, Atlas, United Streaming, Internet, PowerPoint(s), handouts, etc.
Evaluation: Daily grade and Observation.
TEKS: 113.43.WG.15.
P.O.E.: * The region of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica is a blend of indigenous peoples that arrived from Asia as early as 60,000 years ago, European colonists, and later Asian immigrants.
Objective(s): Students will look at the history of Oceania.
Activity: 1. P. Pt. on Oceania. 2. Notes and discussion.
Materials: Textbook, Atlas, United Streaming, Internet, PowerPoint(s), handouts, etc.
Evaluation: Daily grade and Observation.
TEKS: 113.43.WG.15.
P.O.E.: * New Zealand's indigenous peoples are known as the Maori.