World+Geography

GEO 1.1.1 GEO 1.1.4 GEO 1.2.1 GEO 1.2.2 GEO 1.2.3 GEO 1.4.4 |||| Overarching Essential Questions: What gives a place its identity? How does geography influence human development? What unifies a region? || Assessments: Performance/Project – Authentic assessment where students perform a task rather than answer questions. Design/construct a map for an imaginary (created) region/country Formative – to provide information about student mastery of the concepts. Summative – comparative evaluation of student knowledge, skills and abilities administered at the end of a unit. Understanding the geography and culture of Europe. || Critical Thinking Objectives: Utilize a matrix to compare and contrast information Analyze cause and effect using a sequential organizer ||^  || Primary Source Documents – Bible, 95 Thesis, picture of Constantine’s shield with the cross Web Resources – Maps101 ([]) Activities/Notes – //Guns, Germs, and Steel// book and documentary Assessments/Reviews - ||^  ||
 * **Course: Geography Unit: 1 – Introduction to Geography ** ||
 * **Standards and Learning Goals: **
 * ^  |||| Unit/Topical Essential Questions: What are the five themes of geography? What are the seven elements of culture? What are the purposes and components of maps? How does geography influence our lives? ||^   ||
 * ^  |||| Instructional Objectives/Essential Skills/Core Concepts/Lesson Focus:
 * Apply the five themes of geography to describe Europe
 * Apply the seven elements of culture to describe Europe
 * Compare political, physical and thematic maps
 * Interpret a political, physical and thematic map
 * Identify the necessary components of a political map (i.e. title, key, scale, compass rose, symbols, boundaries, continent, countries, cities)
 * Identify the necessary components of a physical map (i.e. title, key, scale, compass rose, symbols, latitude and longitude, rivers, mountains, topographical features)
 * Identify the necessary components of a thematic map (i.e. title, key, symbols, compass rose)
 * Explore a place or region using geographical tools (i.e. GPS, Google Earth, satellite images, aerial photographs, globes, maps)
 * Explain the origins, development, key beliefs and figures of Christianity (i.e. Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Constantine, Martin Luther, Protestant, Catholic, Old Testament, New Testament, Resurrection, Paul, Peter, Trinity)
 * Explain how geographical factors have shaped your identity
 * ^  |||| Vocabulary: See Unit 1 Key Terms list ||^   ||
 * ^  || Essential Documents: || DBQ Process: ||^   ||
 * ^  |||| Resources: MAPS101, geography tools, Google Earth