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Course/Subject: Social Studies
Topic: Geography of Europe
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Key Learning:
Location, climate, and natural resources affects were people live and how they trade.
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Unit Essential Question:
How does location, climate, and natural resources affects
were people live and how they trade?
Concept:
Types of Maps
Concept:
Countries and Bodies of Water
Concept:
Climate and Natural Resources
Lesson Essential Questions:
 What do maps show us?
 How can I identify various
types of maps? (Physical,
Political, and Thematic –
climate, natural resources)
Lesson Essential Questions:
 How can I locate and label
selected political features in
Europe?
 What are the major physical
features of Europe and
where are they located on a
map?
Lesson Essential Questions:
 How can I locate and label
various climates in Europe
 How can I locate and label
the natural resources found
in Europe?
 How do the factors of
climate, access to water, and
natural resources affect
where Europeans choose to
live and work?
Vocabulary:
 Physical Map
 Political Map
 Thematic Map
Vocabulary:
 Danube River
 Rhine River
 English Channel
 Mediterranean Sea
 European Plains
 Alps
 Pyrenees
 Ural Mountains
 Iberian Peninsula
 Scandinavian Peninsula
Vocabulary:
 Belgium
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 Poland
 Russia
 Spain
 Ukraine
 United Kingdom
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Additional Information/Resources: Teacher created powerpoints, outline map s of Europe, graphic
organizers, Student Atlas, Mastering the Georgia 6th grade CRCT in Social Studies (American Book
Company), Georgia Standards.org, Georgia CRCT Test Prep in Social Studies (Clairmont Press), McDougal
Littel World Cultures and Geography, Georgia CRCT Coach 6th Grade, McDougal Littel World Cultures and
Geography Reading Study Guide, McDougal Littel World Cultures and Geography Workout, Organizing
Thinking Book 2.
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Concept:
Environmental Issues
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Lesson Essential
Questions:
 What environmental
concerns do countries
in Europe face?
 How are specific
European countries
addressing specific
environmental
concerns (acid rain in
Germany, and air
pollution in England)?
 How has the nuclear
disaster that occurred
in Chernobyl, Ukraine
affected the region
and other surrounding
areas?
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Vocabulary:
 Environmental
issues
 Air pollution
 Acid rain
 Nuclear disaster
 Chernobyl
 Water pollution
 Global warming
 Soil quality
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