LESSON PLANS
Teacher: Rinehart, Holloway, Rojas
Subject:
Week of:
DAY
TEKS
Objective
Materials /
CCO
Procedures/Strategies
Evaluation/Follow Up
MON.
(WG.21)
Social studies
skills. The
student
applies
criticalthinking skills
to organize
and use
information
acquired from
a variety of
valid sources,
including
electronic
technology.
(WG.5)
Geography.
The student
understands
how political,
economic, and
social
processes
shape cultural
patterns and
characteristics
in various
places and
regions.
*WG7, WG8,
WG9
A. Analyze and evaluate the validity, and
utility of multiple sources of geographic
information such as maps;
World Map
White
Board/markers
Graph / Excel
Sheet
Map Colors
Labeled World
Map
21st Century Skills:
1. Collaborate – collect
and organize data
2. Communicate – create
graphs and maps
3. Critical Thinking –
analyze information
4. Create – T-shirt design
that answers, “Why
should we study
geography?”
*Reviewed mental
mapping activity
*Follow-up of guided
questions
PowerPoint
Outlined notes
Whiteboard /
markers
Map Pencils
Five Themes of Geography
Notes
Interactive Notes / Illustrated
Socratic Questioning
Cornell Notes
Apply the Five Themes of
Geography in possible
video, news article, or
other teacher selection.
Notes
TUES.
Notes
Mental
Map
Assessment
Tomorrow
B. locate places of contemporary
geopolitical significance on a map
C. Create and interpret different types of
maps to answer geographic questions,
infer relationships, and analyze change.
5A. analyze how the character of a place
is related to its political, economic,
social, and cultural elements; and
7B. Explain how political, economic,
social, and environmental push and pull
factors and physical geography affect
the routes and flows of human
migration;
8B.Describe the interaction between
humans and the physical environment
9A.identify physical and/or human
factors such as climate, vegetation,
language, trade networks, political units,
river systems, and religion that
constitute a region;
9B. and Describe different types of
regions, including formal, functional, and
perceptual regions.
WED.
Notes
Mental
Map
Assessment
THURS.
Notes
Continuation
of Tuesday’s
lesson on the
Five Themes
of
Geography
FRI.
Notes
Map
Projections
21B. locate
places of
contemporary
geopolitical
significance on
a map
22A. Design and
draw
appropriate
graphics such as
maps, diagrams,
tables, and
graphs to
communicate
geographic
features,
distributions,
and
relationships;
(WG.5)
Geography.
The student
understands
how political,
economic, and
social
processes
shape cultural
patterns and
characteristics
in various
places and
regions.
*WG7, WG8,
WG9
21A. Analyze
and evaluate
the validity, and
utility of
multiple sources
of geographic
information
such as maps;
Students will create a spatially
accurate map of the world including
features of geopolitical significance.
Blank paper
Rulers
Pencils
Teacher assures that all map
resources are covered during the
assessment.
Students will have the
opportunity to schedule
their own tutorials if test
retakes are necessary.
Distribute plain white paper.
5A. analyze how the character of a place
is related to its political, economic,
social, and cultural elements; and
7B. Explain how political, economic,
social, and environmental push and pull
factors and physical geography affect
the routes and flows of human
migration;
8B.Describe the interaction between
humans and the physical environment
9A.identify physical and/or human
factors such as climate, vegetation,
language, trade networks, political units,
river systems, and religion that
constitute a region;
9B. and Describe different types of
regions, including formal, functional, and
perceptual regions.
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A globe is the only perfect
map.
Map projections
o types (examples:
Peters, Mercator)
o distortion (size, shape,
distance, direction)
Types of maps- special
PowerPoint
Outlined notes
Whiteboard /
markers
Map Pencils
Five Themes of Geography
Notes
Interactive Notes / Illustrated
Socratic Questioning
Cornell Notes
Apply the Five Themes of
Geography in possible
video, news article, or
other teacher selection.
Resources:
West Wing YouTube
video
Power Point
Earth as an Orange
YouTube “Talking Continents”
Textbook examples of map
projections
West Wing ppt.
Vocabulary Check
Tuesday
Holt pp. 9-17
McDougal pp. 10,
18-19
purpose maps