NAME________________________
PERIOD_______________________
***DUE DATE A: 9-9/B: 9-10***
SCORE______________/40____
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
UNIT 1: The World in Spatial Terms & U.S. and
Canada
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
 I can explain the difference between absolute and relative location.
 I can correctly use the features of a map.
 I can describe how location impacts life and how locations relate to each other.
 I can correctly identify states and provinces in U.S. & Canada.
SCHEDULE:
Lesson Plan
A-Day
B-Day
Lesson Content
INTRO
8/19
8/20
Disclosure & Pre-Test
1.1
8/21
8/24
Vocabulary, Map Notes, Map Practice
1.2
8/25
8/26
Locating Places
1.3
8/27
8/28
Crack the Code (absolute/relative location)
1.4
8/31
9/1
Intro and begin project (Computers) Finish Map
1.5
9/2
9/3
Project-Road Trip with Friends (Computers)
9-7 LABOR DAY
REVIEW
9/4
9/8
Present Projects & Review Day (Computers)
TEST
9/9
9/10
Test (TURN IN DAY=Packet & Project Due)
(anything turned in late will be docked at least 10%. You must make up work missed if absent)
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DAILY WARM-UPS
DIRECTIONS: Begin class and get that brain ready for history! Write 5 complete and
thoughtful sentences in each box. Warm-up questions are meant to make you THINK!!
(If you are absent…you still need to do them on your own time.)
Date:
Prepared: Y
WARM-UP: Why does location matter?
N
Grades:
+
=
-
HW Today?:
Y
N
Date:
Prepared: Y
N Grades: + = HW Today?: Y
N
WARM-UP: Read page 5. Describe the problems that arise when the curves of a globe
become straight lines.
Date:
Prepared: Y
N Grades: + = WARM-UP: Read pgs 8-9. Describe how you determine location.
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HW Today?:
Y
N
Date:
Prepared: Y
N Grades: + = HW Today?: Y
WARM-UP: Read pgs. 10-11. Explain the difference between absolute and relative
location.
N
Date:
Prepared: Y
N Grades: + =
WARM-UP: Turn to page 21 and complete the chart study.
-
HW Today?:
Y
N
Date:
Prepared: Y
N Grades:
WARM-UP: How does location make a difference?
-
HW Today?:
Y
N
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UNIT 1 VOCABULARY
WORD
USE THE GLOSSARY TO DEFINE THE WORD. THEN INTERPRET
1. map projection
Definition:
In your own words:
2. longitude
Definition:
In your own words:
3. latitude
Definition:
In your own words:
4. absolute location
Definition:
In your own words:
5. relative location
Definition:
In your own words:
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UNIT 1 MAP PRACTICE
1. Label the following on the map in PEN &
SMALL lettering.
2. Color/shade or outline each
NEATLY.
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50 states
13 provinces
1. Alberta
2. British Columbia
3. Manitoba
4. New Brunswick
5. Newfoundland
6. Northwest Territories
7. Nunavut
8. Nova Scotia
9. Ontario
10.
Prince Edward Island
11.
Quebec
12.
Saskatchewan
13.
Yukon
12 major physical features
1. The Rocky Mountains
2. Mississippi River
3. Great Salt Lake
4. Lake Superior
5. Lake Michigan
6. Lake Huron
7. Lake Erie
8. Lake Ontario
9. The Appalachian Mountain
10.
Hudson Bay
11.
Atlantic Ocean
12.
Pacific Ocean
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Mountains=brown
Lakes & Rivers=blue
States and Provinces= colors
of your choice (excluding
blue and brown)
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1.2 LOCATING PLACES
DIRECTIONS: Answer each of the following questions by using the atlas in your
textbook. Answers could be countries, bodies of water, or a city.
1. I am located North of Peru and South of Columbia.
Who am I?___________________________
2. I am located South of the United States, North of Mexico, and West of Cuba.
Who am I?________________________
3. I am located in Southern Uruguay near Buenos Aires.
Who am I?___________________________
4. I am located in between Haiti and Puerto Rico.
Who am I?___________________________
5. I am located West of the St. Lawrence River and North of Lake Erie.
Who am I?___________________________
6. Describe the relative location of Mexico.
7. Describe the relative location of the Bering Strait.
8. Describe the relative location of Chile.
9. What is located at 20o N, 100o W?________________________
10.
What is located at 10o N, 80o W?________________________
11.
What is located at 23o S, 46o W?_________________________
12.
What is located at 1o S, 82o W?__________________________
13.
What is the absolute location of Caracas?______________________
14.
What is the absolute location of Ottawa?________________________
15.
What is the absolute location of Nassau?________________________
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1.3 CRACK THE CODE
DIRECTIONS: Crafty robbers broke into the Royal Geographical Society in London and
stole armfuls of priceless maps. Finding them would be hopeless, except that they
dropped a scrap of paper with some odd scribbles on it. At the top is a rhyme that
seems to be an instruction from the thieves' boss:
First letters from each place-name read.
Spell out the town and come with speed.
LATITUDE
1. 40° 58’ N
LETTERS
5° 39’ W
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157° 51’ W
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174° 46’ E
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36° 49’ E
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58° 10’ W
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105° 51’ E
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7. 16° 51’ N
99° 55’ W
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8. 41° 1’ N
28° 58’ E
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2. 21° 18’ N
3. 36° 52’ S
4. 1° 17’ S
KEY:
LONGITUDE
5. 6° 48’ N
6. 21° 2’ N
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But the note doesn't mention any places! All you see are weird combinations of letters
and numbers. Luckily, a sharp-eyed geographer peers over your shoulder and says,
"Coordinates. How fascinating!" She refreshes your
memory on latitude and longitude, those imaginary
1. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
lines that help us locate places.
Your Mission:
Crack the code to find out where the thieves are taking
the loot.
The numbers, you realize, are the coordinates for cities
all over the planet.
1. Find those places in an atlas or on a map.
2. As you find each place, write its name next to the
coordinates.
3. Circle the first letter of each name.
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COOL-DOWNS
DIRECTIONS: Each day at the end of class you will spend the last 5 minutes looking
through the student learning outcomes, and determining what you’ve learned. At the
end of the Unit, you can use whatever is written on this paper one the test!! (Front and
back)
For the map-you CAN NOT DRAW anything…but you can WRITE
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