2013-14 Week of
08-26-13 – 8-30-13
Grade Level
Common Assessment 1: 9/12/13
SIOP Format
6th Grade
Content: Social Studies
EQ/DBQ: Where are the main physical features of Europe?
How do the physical physical features affect Europeans?
Monday 26
Tuesday 27
Wednesday 28
AKS/CC Objectives:
-locate selected features of Europe
(SS6G8)
-locate on a world and regional
political-physical map: the Danube
River, the Rhine River, Alps,
Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, English
Channel, Iberian Peninsula,
Scandinavian Peninsula,
Mediterranean Sea, and European
Plain
-locate on a world and regional
political-physical map the countries
of United Kingdom, Russia, Poland,
Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium,
France and Ukraine
-locate selected features of Europe
(SS6G8)
-locate on a world and regional
political-physical map: the Danube
River, the Rhine River, Alps,
Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, English
Channel, Iberian Peninsula,
Scandinavian Peninsula,
Mediterranean Sea, and European
Plain
-locate on a world and regional
political-physical map the countries
of United Kingdom, Russia, Poland,
Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium,
France and Ukraine
-locate selected features of
Europe (SS6G8)
-locate on a world and
regional political-physical map:
the Danube River, the Rhine
River, Alps, Pyrenees, Ural
Mountains, English Channel,
Iberian Peninsula, Scandinavian
Peninsula, Mediterranean Sea,
and European Plain
-locate on a world and
regional political-physical map
the countries of United Kingdom,
Russia, Poland, Germany, Spain,
Italy, Belgium, France and
Ukraine
-locate selected features of Europe - discuss environmental issues
(SS6G8)
in Europe (SS6G9)
-locate on a world and
regional political-physical map:
the Danube River, the Rhine River,
Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains,
English Channel, Iberian
Peninsula, Scandinavian
Peninsula, Mediterranean Sea, and
European Plain
-locate on a world and
regional political-physical map the
countries of United Kingdom,
Russia, Poland, Germany, Spain,
Italy, Belgium, France and Ukraine
Lesson Title:
Locating European Countries and
Features-Day 1
Locating European Countries and
Features-Day 2
Locating European Countries
and Features-Day 3
Locating European Countries and
Features-Day 4
Environmental Issues-Day 1
At end of class
SWBAT/Standard
SWBAT identify selected features of
Europe
SWBAT identify selected features of
Europe
SWBAT identify selected
features of Europe
SWBAT identify selected features
of Europe
SW locate and label selected
physical features and countries of
Europe
SW locate and label selected
physical features and countries of
Europe
SW locate and label selected
physical features and countries
of Europe
SW locate and label selected
physical features and countries of
Europe
SWAT explain major concerns
of Europeans regarding issues
such as acid rain in Germany,
air pollution in the United
Kingdom, and the Nuclear
disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine
PowerPoint: Geography of Europe
PowerPoint: Geography of Europe
Outline Map of Europe from
website:
Europe Map Quiz
Geography and People of Europe
Viewing Guide
Geography and People of Europe
Viewing Guide
Materials/Resources
Needed:
European Analogies
Thursday 29
Friday 30
European Environmental
Problems
Europe Map Quiz Answers
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/m
aps/pdf/eur_countrynl.pdfatlas
Pollution Graphic Organizer
Website
European Analogies
Foldable Example
butcher block paper
Post-It notes
Physical Feature and Countries
of Europe List
markers
butcher block paper
atlas
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geogra
phy-games/europe-mapgame.php
blank paper
scissors
2013-14 Week of
08-26-13 – 8-30-13
Grade Level
Common Assessment 1: 9/12/13
Anticipatory Set:
6th Grade
Content: Social Studies
EQ/DBQ: Where are the main physical features of Europe?
How do the physical physical features affect Europeans?
scissors
markers
computers
glue
scissors
Analogies handout (extension)
paper clips
glue
Hang butcher block paper on the
wall and draw a KWL chart on it for
the geography of Europe.
Have students review the KWL
chart on the wall.
Have students come up one at a time
and add to the “K” and “W” columns.
Tell students to write one question
that they still have on a Post-It
note.
Discuss as a class.
Have students create a thought
bubble for what’s already in
their heads about the physical
features and countries of Europe.
Discuss as a class.
Tell them to write it in the
following format: My question is
_____.
Allow students time to review the
location of the European
countries.
Students can use
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geogra
phy-games/europe-mapgame.php for part of the review.
(Note: Additional European
countries are included.)
Ask students to read their
questions to a partner and see if
they can answer the question.
Ask the students: Have you
ever had a time when a
neighbor polluted your yard
on purpose or
unintentionally?
Allow some students to share
their stories.
Provide additional examples if
needed. Examples include:
*a neighbor that smokes
creates air pollution.
*a neighbor litters and doesn’t
clean up their trash.
Discuss questions as a group.
*a neighbor is re-roofing their
house on a windy day and the
roofing materials blow into
your yard and the neighbor
chooses not to clean up their
mess.
Distribute copies of the Geography
Guided Practice: (I do,
and People of Europe Viewing
we do, you do,
Guide.
MONITORED LEARNING
Display the PowerPoint.
Continue viewing the PowerPoint
from Day 1. Begin with the heading
“Eastern Europe.”
Distribute copies of the Outline
Map of Europe.
Display the list of physical
Tell students to glue the questions
Distribute the Europe Map Quiz.
Allow students time to complete
it.
Distribute copies of the
Pollution Graphic Organizer to
students.
Have students complete the
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Common Assessment 1: 9/12/13
FEEDBACK)
Have students cut the questions
apart one at a time while viewing
and discussing the PowerPoint.
Tell students to glue the questions
onto their notebook paper and then
respond to the prompts. (Note: Do
not have them cut all of the
questions out at once because they
may lose them.)
6th Grade
Content: Social Studies
EQ/DBQ: Where are the main physical features of Europe?
How do the physical physical features affect Europeans?
onto their notebook paper and then
respond to the prompts. (Note: Do
not have them cut all of the
questions up at once because they
may lose them.)
features and countries.
handout.
Using an atlas, have students
draw and label the physical
features and countries on their
maps.
Create an overhead of the
Pollution Graphic Organizer
and have students add their
answers to it as the class
discusses the responses.
Review as a class.
Distribute the European
Environmental Problems
reading comprehension
sheets to the students.
Continue through the PowerPoint
until you reach the heading “Eastern
Europe.”
Distribute a plain piece of
copy paper to students and
have them create their
foldable.
Have students paper clip the
remaining questions to their notes
to have for Day 2.
Have students fold the paper
hot dog style leaving enough
room to write the title:
Environmental Issues in
Europe.
Tell students to cut three
equal sections and write a
subheading for each:
Germany, The United
Kingdom, and Chernobyl,
Ukraine.
Have students begin recording
information about each of
these under the flaps.
Closure:
Have students return to the class
KWL chart.
Have students return to the class
KWL chart.
Allow students to add to the “L”
column based on what they have
Allow students to add to the “L”
Have students create a poem to
remember the location for the
countries of United Kingdom,
Russia, Poland, German, Spain,
Italy, Belgium, France, and
Score quizzes
Have the students review their
quizzes, identifying questions
missed, and correcting them.
Rapid Fire Questions - Ask the
students the following:
*What are the three types of
pollution?
2013-14 Week of
08-26-13 – 8-30-13
Common Assessment 1: 9/12/13
learned today.
Grade Level
6th Grade
Content: Social Studies
EQ/DBQ: Where are the main physical features of Europe?
How do the physical physical features affect Europeans?
column based on the lesson.
Ukraine.
*Name an example of water
pollution.
*Name an example of land
pollution.
*Name an example of air
pollution.
Homework:
Have the students create an
advertisement to encourage others
to visit Europe’s physical features.
Have the students create a
pictoword for Europe that focuses
on its physical features.
Ask students to determine what
types of obstacles people have to
overcome who live in or near the
physical features of Europe.
Distribute copies of the Analogies
handout to students.
Have the students create
European analogies using the
locations on their list. An example
is Pyrenees: France:: Alps:
Switzerland (location).
Have students create a poster
to display the effects of
different types of pollution.