SS06 Curriculum Map
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August
Content and Essential Skills
Standard 2
Use mental and physical maps to organize information about people, places and environments
Skills
1. Expressing problems clearly
2. Identifying central issues
3. Distinguishing facts from opinions
4. Recognizing bias
5. Drawing conclusions
Assessment
1. Use maps to demonstrate an understanding of relative direction, size and shape
2.Estimate distance, calculate scale and distinguish geographic relationships
3. Describe physical system change
--seasons
--climate
--weather
--water cycle & identify geographic patterns associated with them
Resources
1 Western Hemisphere textbook
2. Physical maps
Video 1 - Severe weather and tornado on the plains
Optional
September
Content and Essential Skills
Standard 1
Use maps and other geographic representations, tools and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.
Skills
Expressing problems clearly
Engage students in their own learning
Explore a topic through discovery activities
Assessment
Oral presentations
Quizzes
Essays
Written & oral tests
Rubics
Resources
Textbook -- Western Hemisphere Prentice Hall 1998
Atlas
Globes
Video
Overheads
Optional
October
Content and Essential Skills
1. Locating information
2. Social groups, language & religion
3. Economic & political systems
4. Cultural change
Skills
1. Critical thinking---expressing ideas clearly
2. Cooperative learning---group projects
3. Interdisciplinary education---music---writing
Assessment
1. Students should be able to write a poem that describes elements of culture.
2. Students should be able to make a web that shows what elements make cultures distinct from one another.
3. Students should be able to write a glossary of key terms about culture.
4. Students should be able to write an explanation about the causes of cultural change.
Resources
Optional
November
Content and Essential Skills
To develop a global perspective of cultures around the world
How do cultures develop and grow with in a society
The impact of social groups, language and religion
What does culture mean
Skills
1. Expressing problems clearly
2. Identifying central issues
3. Distinguishing facts from opinions
4. Recognizing bias
5. Drawing conclusions
6. Fashion show
Assessment
1. Students should be able to write a poem that describes elements of culture
2. Students should be able to make a web that shows what elements make cultures distinct from one another
3. Students should be able to write a glossary of key terms
4. Students should be able to write an explanation about the causes of cultural change
5. Fashion show & oral & written report
Resources
1. Textbook Western Hemisphere - Prentice Hall
2. Natural Geographic
3. Parents & grandparents
4. Videos and DVD on various cultures
Optional
December
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
Resources
Optional
January
Content and Essential Skills
Physical geography of the United States and Canada:
1. Land and water
2. Climate and vegetation
3. Natural resources
How do Canada and the U.S.A. share resources and interact as neighbors?
U.S.A. History: how does propaganda shape individual opinion?
Skills
Critical thinking
Problem analysis and creative solutions
Ability to read a map
Vocabulary development
Artistic creativity
Assessment
Take home test
Quizzes and tests
Rubics for the propaganda posters
Resources
Textbook - Western Hemisphere Prentice Hall 1998
Outline maps
Art materials
Video
Propaganda posters from WWII - transparencies
Textbook worksheets
Mocajete to discuss Native American tools
Optional
February
Content and Essential Skills
Canadian history
U.S.A. and Canadian relationships and issues
U.S.A. cultural regions
Canadian culture
Skills
Vocabulary development
Reading comprehension
Cooperative learning
Map development
Assessment
Student created tests
Reading anticipation guide
Oral discussion
Map test
Take-home test
Resources
Textbook - Western Hemisphere Prentice Hall 1998
National Monuments video
Teacher created worksheets
Outline maps
Atlases and master U.S.A. cultural regions poster
Optional
March
Content and Essential Skills
Canada's general information:
1. Government
2. History
3. Culture
4. Geography
5. Economics
Research assigned provinces and create projects and reports on specific provincial topics.
Enrichment activity/field trip on Manchu Picchu
Skills
Map creation
Public speaking
Time management
Cooperative learning
Computer skills
Library and internet research
Assessment
Rubics
Grading scale
Student/teacher conferences
Self-assessments and team-member evaluations
Field trip Inca packet
Resources
Textbook - Western Hemisphere Prentice Hall 1998
Video
Art supplies
Library books
Canadian vacation guides
Mobile laptop computer lab
Optional
April
Content and Essential Skills
Physical geography of Latin America
1. Land and water
2. Climate and vegetation
Aztec, Maya, and Inca Civilizations
Latin American independence movements and the ideas of revolution, rights of man, and freedom.
Skills
Cooperative learning and teaching
Art creativity
Critical thinking
Public speaking
Assessment
Oral class quiz
Participation grade
Mexico show and tell participation grade
Tests and quizzes
Project grades
Resources
Textbook - Western Hemisphere Prentice Hall 1998
Video
Aztec God Symbol posters
Latin American Ancient Civilizations posters
Inca poetry and National Geographic articles
Jigsaw group activity charts
Optional
May
Content and Essential Skills
Students will develop an understanding about the people, economics, and culture in countries of Brazil, Peru. Chile and Venezuela.
Why have Latin Americans been moving to the city in recent years.
How has geography influenced the ways in which Latin Americans make a living
Skills
Map understanding both political and physical
Critical thinking skills
Charts, Graphs and Illustration skills
Reading and writing skills
Study and research skills
Assessment
Quiz
Tests
Writing Assessments
Oral Presentations
Group Projects
Rubics
Self-Assessment
Teacher observation
Resources
Library
textbook
Optional
