REVISED Curriculum Calendar Human Geography Weeks 12-3 – Sept. 2 – Sept. 18, 2015. Chapter 1
Assignments: Thinking Geographically Basic Concepts






Unit One: Rubenstein Text. Ch.1: Thinking Geographically
All curriculum calendars and Key Issue worksheets will be posted on Mrs. Tweed’s Blog:
http://staff.camas.wednet.edu/blogs/tweed
Prepare for Reading Quizzes (RQ) daily by reading the textbook
Vocabulary Test at the end of the chapter + Vocab not Found in Textbook
Multiple choice and CRQ (constructed response ques.) Exam (both in one day)
Power of Place DVD: One Earth, Many Scales
ESPeN News summary due after exam based on 1 summer article of MDC using 7 vocab words
from Chp. 1 vocabulary.
Date
9-2
9-3
9-4
Weekend
9-7
9-8
9-9
9-10
9-11
Weekend
9-14
9-15
9-16
9-17
9-18
Weekend
Activity
Intro /Welcome PPt/ Icebreaker –Trivia activity
Happiest places on earth PPt – Check
notebook/dividers summer assign
Share Happiest Places – 1st Grade. Look at student
maps.PPt Macroscope, Cartographic PPt, definitions,
4 types of generalizations, 4 types of maps
Intro to textbook – KBATS + Key Issues – Chp. 1
How Do Geographers Describe Where Things Are?
Key Issue #1, Chp. 1 Quiz on Tues.
LABOR DAY – Holiday
Assignment/Homework
1.
2.
Bring a printout of map
of one’s choice
Happiest Place.
HW: (KI #1) Chp. 1 pp. 2-12
HW: (KI #1) for Tues.
Work on vocab words
Discuss KI #1 with PPt. Chp. 1 RQ KI#1. Intro HW: pp. 13-28 due Thurs.
to syllabus
(K1#2 ws) RQ
Work on vocab words
HW: pp. 13-28 KI#2. Due
Intro to ESPeN – Use your MDC country.
Work on KI #2 in class: Why is Each Point on
Thurs.
Earth Unique
RQ KI#2. Discuss KI#2. Power of Place
HW: pp. 29-29 KI#3 due on
Video: One Earth, Many Scales (Disc 1, Pr. #1) Mon., 9/14.
Work on KI#3 in class: Why Are Different
HW: Vocab Test on Tues.
Places Similar?
KI#3 due on Monday.
Vocab Test on Tues., 9/15 KI#3 due Mon.
ESPeN Assn. due 9/18
RQ KI#3. Discuss KI#3. Review vocab for
HW: Study for Vocab Test.
Tues. Test.
Study KI#1-3 for Chp. 1 Test
Vocabulary Test. Word bank provided.
HW: Study Key Issues for
test. ESPeN due 9/18
Review: Spend period reviewing for Chp. 1
HW: Study for Chp. 1 Test
Test. CORRECT vocab tests.
ESPeN assignment due 9/18
HW: ESPeN due on Fri.
Chp. 1 Test- Multiple Choice + CRQ
Correct M.C. Part of Test. Collect ESPeNs
HW: KI #1, Chp. 2
HW: KI#1, Chp. 2
Begin Chapter 2 on Population: KI #1 on
Monday, 9/21