Lesson Plans
Teacher: Jennifer Leist
Course: Intro to Geography
Dates: 2/18-3/2
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
(2/18-2/19)
(2/22-2/23)
(2/24-2/25)
(2/26-2/29)
(3/1-3/2)
Learning
Target
I Can…
-use maps, graphs, and
charts to answer questions.
-label physical features of
Latin America.
-identify key features of
Latin America’s physical
geography, climate and
vegetation, and humanenvironment interaction.
I Can…
-identify the cultural mosaic of
South America
-explain economic resources
and trade of South America.
-describe future prospects in
South America.
-explain the two major
divisions in South America
-describe the culture of Brazil
-describe Brazilian life today.
I Can…
-discuss the serious issues
facing Latin America and
how they are actively seeking
solutions.
-summarize the information
learned about Latin America.
I Can…
-discuss current events
-review Latin America’s
physical geography
-describe the human geography
of Latin America.
Bell ringer
BA #60 – Study the photo
on p. 200. Compare the
size of the plane to the size
of the waterfall. Do you
think people live near here?
If so, what might there
people be like? How has
the environment affected
their lives?
Turn in Bell Activities #5160
I Can…
-enumerate Mexican
history.
-understand the blending
of the native and Spanish
influences in Mexico.
-understand the
economics of Mexico,
Central America, and the
Caribbean.
-explore Mexican, Central
American, and the
Caribbean life today.
-identify the cultural
blends in the region of
Central America and the
Caribbean.
BA #61 – p. 215
Geographic Skills #1-3
BA #62 – Is it possible for one
country to conquer another?
Explain.
BA #63 – p. 243 Geographic
Skills #1-3
BA #64 – Current Event –
Geography related
Map Quiz – Physical
Latin America
Map Quiz – Mexico, Central
America and the Caribbean
Map Quiz – South America
Discuss Current Events
Political Map – South America
Mexican Timeline –
1325-2006 (16) pp. 217218
South America
-Discuss
Region Table – History,
Culture, Economics, and
Education for each region
studied
Review for Test #3 – Ch. 9-11
Political Map – Mexico
Mexico
-Discuss
Brazil
-Discuss
-Group maps – climate, natural
resources, land use, political,
Lesson
(procedures,
activities,
materials)
Physical Map of Latin
America
-Label
-Quiz next class
Unit Atlas Questions
-pp. 190-198 (all)
Physical Geography of
Today’s Issues: Latin
America
-Discuss
Travel Journal due today
Make-up/Missing work
Latin America
-Graphic Organizer of
climate and vegetation
-Farming in the rainforest
--Create a fact sheet about
information that found.
-Problems of Urbanization
Write a question from
Wrap
up/Reflection/ today’s material?
Exit ticket
Political Map – Central
America and the
Caribbean
physical, and population
Travel Journal – South
America and Brazil
Central America and the
Caribbean
-Discuss
-Venn Diagram
Travel Journal – Mexico,
Central America and the
Caribbean
Write one thing learned
about Mexico, Central
America, and the
Caribbean.
What did you find interesting
about South America
Name one cause and one
effect of the depletion of the
rainforest.
One thing that will stick
Travel Journal
Map Quiz – South America
None
Study for test
Quiz
Map
Verbal assessment
Group Maps
Quiz
Table
Verbal assessment
Travel journal
Verbal discussion
Written assessment
(Use 95
Strategies book
study book to
aid with this)
Homework
Map Quiz – Physical Latin
America
Assessments
Map
Written assessment
Graphic Organizer
Fact sheet
Problem-solution
Travel Journal
Map Quiz – Mexico,
Central America, and the
Caribbean.
Quiz
Maps
Verbal assessment
Timeline
Venn Diagram
CCSS/ MS Framework Competency/Objective
1. Understand the physical environments in the US and the world along with the processes that shape them and the problems they present to
human occupation and use.
a. Identify and explain the concepts and processes that effect physical environments around the world and explain the subsequent patterns
and distributions of natural resources and physical environmental changes that result from those processes.
b. Recognize problems associated with the complex interactions between human activity and the physical environments around the world.
2. Understand how population, migration, culture, economics, urbanization, and political factors produce complex networks and systems of
human activity around the world.
a. Recognize and explain the concepts and processes that shape the patterns and distributions of human activity around the world.
b. Identify the characteristics of human settlements around the world, sort them into categories and analyze how each type of settlement
develops and is sustained through time.
c. Recognize and explain how the human forces of contact, cooperation, and conflict influence the division and control of earth’s land and
resources.
3. Understand economic development, economic globalization and global resource use.
a. Identify world patterns of resource distribution and utilization and evaluate the impacts of global economic interdependence.
b. Categorize human livelihoods and distinguish between wage-earning and subsistence economies.
4. Understand the characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics.
a. Identify processes of divergence and convergence of cultures.
b. Identify major culture regions of the world and explain how the characteristics of each give it a distinctiveness that sets it apart from the
others.