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EOGRAPHY,

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AUGUST 24, 2

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DO NOW!

After quietly coming into class, please take your seat, get out a pencil, and clear everything else off your desk.

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FINISH TEST

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GO GEOGRAPHY! (15 MINS)

Topic: Geography Terms!

A map of New Orleans could contain a wide variety of material, from general physical information to specific topical information.

What do you think a map of New Orleans might show?

Make as many predictions as you can in the time we have.

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GEOGRAPHY TERMS: FOLDABLE

Geography Terms, page 27 from Textbook

Using your book, create a 3 column foldable with the following information:

1) Word/term,

2) Definition,

3) Illustration or example you may find on a map

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MAPPING PHYSICAL FEATURES

Read the information and study the graphic on pages 28-29 from your textbook regarding different landforms and bodies of water.

Using your prior knowledge and smart devices, give a brief description for each landform/body of water and find an example of each term from somewhere around the world.

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CLOSURE

3 things I learned today

2 things I found interesting

1 thing I still have a question about

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HOMEWORK…

Finish Classwork.

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AUGUST 25, 2

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DO NOW…

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HOMEWORK CHECK

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GO GEOGRAPHY!

Topic: Climate

1) Connection to prior knowledge: How would you define climate?

2) How would you describe the climate of Louisiana? Is there a difference between northern and southern Louisiana?

3) What are some words you would use to describe the climate of Louisiana?

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CLIMATE/CLIMATE ZONES

• Climate: Long Term Patterns of Weather

• Earth is divided into climate zones; each zone has a particular pattern of temperature and precipitation: rain, snow, or other form of moisture

• These patterns are often showed in something known as a climagraph

• Page 30

• Which one would you use to describe Louisiana?

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CLIMATE PREDICTIONS…Using an Atlas and page 30 from Textbook, Make a prediction for

the climate zone you would include the following places in:

1) Honolulu, Hawaii

2) Punta Arenas, Chile

3) Bangkok, Thailand

4) Moscow, Russia

5) Washington, D.C.

6) Paris, France

7) Quebec City, Quebec

8) Kano, Nigeria

9) Alice Springs, Australia

10)Kiev, Ukraine

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CLIMATE PREDICTIONS…

1) Honolulu, HawaiiTropical Wet and Dry

2) Punta Arenas, ChileMarine West Coast

3) Bangkok, ThailandTropical Wet

4) Moscow, RussiaSubarctic

5) Washington, D.C. Humid Subtropical

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CLIMATE PREDICTIONS…

6) Paris, FranceMarine West Coast

7) Quebec City, QuebecHumid Continental

8) Kano, NigeriaArid

9) Alice Springs, AustraliaArid

10)Kiev, UkraineSubarctic

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YOU BE THE CLIMATOLOGIST!

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MAP GAME!

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CLOSURE/HOMEWORK

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AUGUST 26, 2

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DO NOW!

After coming into class quietly, take out your social studies materials.

Take out your homework from last night and place it in the Turn-In box.

Turn to the Go Geography! Section in your binder.

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GO GEOGRAPHY!

Topic: Vegetation

Briefly discuss what you believe vegetation is and some real world examples with your shoulder partner…

Using what you know about vegetation and climate zones, how would you define a vegetation zone?

1-2-4 Answer

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WHAT IS VEGETATION!?

Vegetation included the types of trees and other plants that grow in specific climate zones.

Climate has the most effect on what type of vegetation you will find in a climate zone

Geographers have divided the world into areas where specific plants grow known as vegetation zones – zones in which a certain mix of plants have adapted to similar conditions

Vegetation zones are also affected by latitude and elevation

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VEGETATION ZONES FILL IN THE BLANK

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VEGETATION MAP GAME!

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COMPARE VEGETATION ZONES/CLIMATE ZONESTurn to page 18-19 of your Atlas

Next I will show you a map illustrating different vegetation zones

Are there any relationships between the climate zones and the vegetation zones you can find? What are they?

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INTRODUCTION TO POPULATION DENSITY• Population density tells us how crowded a place

is

• Equation to find it: (Total number of people living in a place / location’s total land area)# people/land area

• Population density affects the way people live in a number of ways

• What do you think the population density of this room is right now?

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POPULATION DENSITY ACTIVITY

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HOMEWORK…

Review information from this week (possibly a quiz on Friday)!

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AUGUST 27, 2

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DO NOW!

After coming into class quietly, take out your social studies materials.

Turn to the Go Geography! Section in your binder.

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GO GEOGRAPHY!

Topic: Population Density

1)Which statistic from the video surprised you the most?

2) When the population of a specific area increases, do you believe the population density usually increases, decreases, or neither? Explain.

3) Imagine if all 7 billion people came to the US to live… What do you think life would be like? Would living conditions get better, worse? Explain.

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POPULATION DENSITY…

• Population density tells us how crowded a place is

• Equation to find it: (Total number of people living in a place / location’s total land area)# people/land area

• Population density affects the way people live in a number of ways

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POPULATION DENSITY WORKSHEET

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POPULATION DENSITY: IN THE REAL WORLDPopulation density can range from fewer than 2 people per square mile to more

than 250 people per square mile

Conduct research with your shoulder partner to find a country from each of the five categories we have discussed

>250 people/square mile,

125-250 people/square mile,

25-125 people/square mile,

2-25 people/square mile,

<2 people/Square mile

What is the density of each country? Which category do they fall into?

What is your overall impression of country that you can gather (stats to support your impression)?

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ECONOMIC ACTIVITY…

An economy is based on production and exchange of goods and services among a group of people

Geographers study the economic activity of a place by looking at how people support themselves and how they relate to others in a region.

Looking at your five countries for the population density activity, find and record information describing their economic activity

Also, write a brief statement describing any relation between the population density and the economy: do they seem to depend on one another? Are there other influencing factors that led to their economic makeup?

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CLOSURE

Exit slip for today’s class

3 new things I learned today

2 things I found to be quite interesting

1 thing I still have a question about

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HOMEWORK

Look over notes/content from this week

(There may or may not be a quiz/assessment on Friday)

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