Jessica Grondin Lesson Plan ED 639

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Jessica GrondinLesson PlanED 639
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Subject Social StudiesGrade EighthUnit
Geography
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Materials Needed

• Pencil
• Paper
• World Atlas (One per student)

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General Goal

• Identify continents and oceans and their
  associated regional characteristics.

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Concepts

• 1. There are seven continents.
• 2. There are four oceans.
• 3. Geographical factors such as mountain
• ranges, deserts, and rivers impact cultural
  development.
• 4. Human physical appearance is heavily
  influenced by geography.
• 5. Geographical data can be mapped and graphed.

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Specific ObjectivesSocial Studies Ohios Model
Competency-Based Program, p.53

• Students will
• Utilize geographic resources.
• Explain mapped and/or graphed data on population
  distribution.
• Explain patterns of movement in terms of
  physical, cultural, economic, and political
  barriers or inducements.

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Activity OneIdentify continents and oceans
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Activity Two

• On each of the following slides,
• write down either the
• country, region, or continent
• where you think the person lives.

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Activity Three

• Form groups of three.
• Each group must find one geographical location
  using a world atlas and then
• show the class using the arrow on our computer
  screen.

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Activity Four

• Rank the following countries from largest
• to smallest.
• On the ditto sheet of the world map,
• put the corresponding rank number over each
  countries location.

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2000 Population

• Russia 146,001,176
• India 1,002,708,291
• Japan 126,699,784
• Brazil 175,552,771
• Nigeria 123,749,589
• China 1,262,474,301
• Pakistan 141,553,775
• United States 282,338,631
• Bangladesh 130,406,594

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World Wide Web sites

• www.nationalgeographic.org
• www.un.org
• www.geographynetwork.com
• www.census.gov/geo/www
• www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/