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Couse: Social Studies- Ms. Ryan
Homeroom:
Geography Unit – Landforms
SWBAT to identify and define landforms.
Do Now:
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4) What might you find on a prairie?
a. Forests
b. Mountains
c. Grasses
d. Oceans
What kind of landform does this picture show?
a. canyon
b. plain
c. coast
d. range
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5) Name and define one landform we learned about
on Friday.
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Florida is a landform called a PENINSULA. What is a PENINSULA?
a. A large piece of land that is totally surrounded by water
b. A kind of land that rises up high and has a peak
c. A landform that is surrounded by water on three sides
d. A small body of water that has land on three of its sides
3)
What kind of landform is the country of Jamaica?
a. A bay
b. An island
c. A mountain range
d. A valley
**Remember the mission for Ms. H’s Paper: Your task is to add landforms to the island to help you
get food and shelter and survive.**
___________________________________ is a natural formation or area of land.
Landforms: have ____________________________ and _______________________________.
________________________________ are ______________________________________ factors.
________________________________ are ______________________________________ factors.
How?
1) Pick a Landform (out of our 26 on pages H22 & H23)
2) Analyze the advantages and disadvantages (the positive and negative) factors.
Landform:
Landform:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Landform:
Landform:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Landform:
Landform:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Landform:
Advantages:
Landform:
Disadvantages:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Landform:
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Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Landform:
Landform:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Landform:
Landform:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Would you want this on your island? Why/Why not?
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Work Time:
Priority #1: Finish Landform notes in your textbook.
Complete disadvantages/advantages for landforms.
Then… complete brainstorm below.
Brainstorm:
What landforms do you want on your island?
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Explain why you picked these landforms.
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Is it good to have only advantageous landforms on your island? Why/Why not?
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In the space below, draw a map of your island (where would each landform go?)