LENGTH
OF UNIT
Weeks 2 –5
AugustSeptember
Chapter 1:
Welcome to
the World
Chapter 2:
Five Themes
of Geography
CONCEPTS/SKILLS/
VOCABULARY
CONNECTION TO CORE
CONTENT/ POS
Government
SS-06-1.1.1
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Cultures and Societies
SS-06-2.1.1
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Economics
SS-06-3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.4.3
Geography
SS-M-4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.2.1,
4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.2.2, 4.4.1, 4.4.2,
Historical Perspective
SS-06-5.1.1
Reading and Writing Standards
KEY DETAILS AND
STRUCTURE
1. Use article of the week.
Provide statement/question,
have students provide textual
evidence from provided
literature.
2. Article of the Week/primary
sources
3. Bill of
Basic geography
Analysis of geographic
factors
Five geographic themes for
interpretation and
organization
Geography Terms
Archipelago, basin, bay,
canyon, continent, delta, desert,
forest, glacier, grassland, gulf,
hill, island, isthmus, lake,
mountain, ocean, peninsula,
plain, plateau, rainforest, river,
sea, valley, volcano
Vocabulary Chapter 1
History, geography,
government, citizen,
economics, scarcity, culture,
culture traits, culture traits,
interdependence
Vocabulary Chapter 2
Continent, absolute location,
relative location, latitude,
longitude, migrate, place,
region, movement, HumanEnvironment Interaction,
ACTIVITIES/ ASSESSMENTS/
RESOURCES
ASSESSMENTS
McDougal Littell: World Cultures and
Geography
*Learning Targets*
Basic Geography Skills
 I can identify methods for
determining location. This means I
can describe absolute and relative
location.
 I can identify different elements of a
map. This means I can recognize
important parts of a map and their
meaning.
 I can demonstrate finding absolute
location. This means I can show how
to find absolute location using
latitude and longitude lines.
 I can identify different types of map
projections. This means I can
recognize different ways of showing
Earth on a flat map (Robinson and/or
Mercator).
 I can interpret/identify the different
types of maps. This means I can
explain and recognize the purpose of
individual maps.
Chapter 1
Rights/Economics/Scarcity/Su
pply and Demand
CRAFT AND STRUCTORE
4. Text vocabulary/article
vocabulary/implementing the
use of dictionaries
5. Use of articles
6. Use articles
cartographer, thematic maps,
map projections, Mercator
projection, Robinson
projection.
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INTEGRATION OF
KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS
7. Implementing videos, graphs,
and/or maps
8. Use articles
PRODUCTION &
DISTRIBUTION OF WRITING
4. Five themes of geography open
response
5. Peer editing of five themes OR
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I can define social studies, and
identify the five fields of learning that
it draws from. This means I can tell
the meaning of social studies, and list
the five fields of learning that relate
to social studies.
I can list and define the five themes
of geography. This means I can
describe each theme individually.
I can identify the impact of
geography and government on
people. This means I can recognize
the effect geography and government
has on society.
I can define basic geographic terms.
I can describe economics. This
means I can list the three types of
resources and three types of
economies.
Chapter 2
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I can identify the relationship
between place and region.
I can describe the movement of
people in the world. This means I can
recognize reasons why humans move.
I can describe human environment
interaction. I can recognize how
people interact with their
environment (good and bad).
I can identify the globe and its
characteristics.
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I can explain the differences between
maps and globes.
I can describe how geographers use
charts and graphs to display and
compare information.
Ch.2 United Streaming videos
Geography basics, Maps, Globes, and graphs
(quiz)
Latitude and Longitude
Five Themes of Geography
*Activities*
-Globes from the library- Locating cities on
the globes using Latitude and Longitude
-Crack the Code Activity