Lesson Plan: 6th Grade, Georgia Social Studies Prepared by Gayla S. Keesee Standards: SS6G7 Locate selected features of Europe. a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, and Iberian Peninsula. b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom. SS6G10 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, natural resources, and population distribution on Europe. a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of the United Kingdom and Russia affect where people live and how they trade. b. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Germany and Italy affect where people live and how they trade. Essential Questions: What are the major countries of Europe, and where are they located on a map? How do the location, climate, and natural resources affect where people live and how they trade? MONDAY: Warm-up: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego - Germany Activity: Students will color code and label a political-physical map of Europe. Students will be given a list of countries and places to label on the political-physical map. Using their atlases, they will identify each country and color according to instructions using colored pencils. Using magic markers, they will delineate each physical feature outlined in the standards. Materials needed: Copies of a blank political-physical map of Europe, atlases, colored pencils, magic markers, Carmen Sandiego PowerPoint, Europe Interactive Notebooks Assessment: Completion of map TUESDAY: Warm-up: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego - Italy Activity: Modified Escape Room activity using Newsela articles on Germany, Russia, Italy, United Kingdom, and France - each article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com. Students will work in pairs to complete this activity. Each pair will start with a different country envelope. They must answer the four questions at the end of each article correctly to crack the letter code. The Group Leader will submit the letter code to the teacher to unlock the next country article. Graphic Organizer - Location, Climate, Natural Resources, Trade Students will record information about the climate, natural resources, and trade for each country on the graphic organizers as they complete the activity. Materials needed: Newsela articles, blank Country Graphic Organizers, Manila Envelopes, Carmen Sandiego PowerPoint, Europe Interactive Notebooks Assessment: Correctly answer the questions following each article. Homework: Begin learning European countries and physical features - Create Index Cards for each country WEDNESDAY: Warm-up: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego - Russia/Ukraine Activity: Finish Escape Room Articles & Graphic Organizer Students will continue to work on the graphic organizer that details the location, description and physical features of European countries. Students will only get 30 minutes to complete their charts. Give One-Take One activity to complete their charts. Materials needed: Newsela articles, Country Graphic Organizers, Manila Envelopes, Carmen Sandiego PowerPoint, Europe Interactive Notebooks Assessment: Complete all 5 articles. Correctly complete the graphic organizer. Check chart for completeness and accuracy. Homework: Continue learning European countries and physical features - Study Index Cards for each country THURSDAY: Warm-up: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego - United Kingdom Activity: Full group discussion: Compare and contrast countries' location, climate, natural resources. Complete Venn Diagram using information from the Country Graphic Organizer Discuss the impact on population and trade - Use the map of the United Kingdom to model the process. “Where People Live” ➢ Project a population density map of the United Kingdom. ➢ Explain to students that they are going to determine why people choose to live where they do in the United Kingdom. ➢ Place a natural resource map and the population density map beside each other. Discuss with students if there is any connection between highly populated areas and natural resources. As a class create and record a connection statement. For example: People may live near these areas for job opportunities such as mining and manufacturing. ➢ Continue this process with the following maps determining the impact the information may have on where people live – Germany, Italy, Russia. Types of maps: climate, precipitation, land use, physical maps, economic activity. ➢ After all maps have been analyzed, review all connection statements with students. Using the maps provided, students will answer the following questions. Using the maps introduced in the “Where People Live” section and The World Factbook, students work in pairs to answer the following questions Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, and Russia: Guiding Questions: What features may help or hinder trade? What do you think the country might export? How do you think climate will impact trade in this country? What are possible trade routes? Who might be their trading partners? Materials needed: Completed Graphic Organizer, PowerPoint highlighting each country, Venn Diagram handout, Carmen Sandiego PowerPoint, Europe Interactive Notebooks, computers, The World Factbook — (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/) Assessment: Completed Venn Diagrams - United Kingdom & Russia, Italy & Germany Homework: Study for quiz on the map. Need to be able to label the following: France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom - Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, and Iberian Peninsula. FRIDAY: Warm-up: Review Maps (10 minutes study time) Assessment: Map Quiz Follow-up Activity: Students will write two descriptive paragraphs comparing the location, climate, and natural resources and their effect on where people live and how they trade.
