Geography - Regions of the "New World" - Week 1

This week we will cover the syllabus, and the classroom rules and expectations. We will take some pre-assessments, and we will assess student map skills.

Vocabulary

Timeline Хронологія Cronología	A timeline, for example, uses chronological order to indicate when particular events took place. Una línea de tiempo, por ejemplo, usa un orden cronológico para indicar cuándo ocurrieron eventos particulares. Хронологія, наприклад, використовує хронологічний порядок, щоб вказати, коли відбулися певні події.
Chronological Order Orden cronológico Хронологічному порядку	The word chronological means “of, relating to, arranged in, or according to the order of time. La palabra cronológico significa "de, relacionado con, dispuesto en o de acuerdo con el orden del tiempo". Слово хронологічно означає «з, що стосується, упорядковується або по порядку часу».
Inference Inferencia Заключення	A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. Una conclusión a la que se llegó sobre la base de pruebas y razonamientos. Висновок, зроблений на основі доказів та міркувань.

Lesson Resources

Classroom and Course Expectations

Learning Target:
I understand what we will be learning in social studies this year and what the behavior expectations are.

Language Target:
I will do this by reading information about our class, listening to teacher explanations and by writing in some pre-assessments.

Use the linked image to open our Google classroom. In the "Week 1" section you will find our class syllabus. The syllabus will be a Google Doc. There will also be paper copies available in the classroom.

Pre-Assessments

Learning Target:
I will show what I know about geography, and how I read a non-fiction text.

Language Target:
I will do this by reading test questions and an assigned article, and by writing or choosing answers to questions in the pre-assessments.

You will take a pre-assessment in geographic regions, basic geography terms and a little bit of world history. You will also create a personal map of your home as a pre-assessment in map skills, and combine this with a timeline of your life. These items will also be found in our Google classroom.

Map Pre-Assessment
In the Google classroom there will also be a Pear Deck that will have prompts for you to create a map of where you live. The Pear Deck will let you know what features your map should contain.

This Week's Reading Link

Click below to open the assigned article for this week. This article tells how people from Asia, Europe and Africa migrated to and populated the American continents over time. There is a response form (a Google form) that is also your reading pre-assessment.

Click To Read!

Lesson Expectations!

Extended Learning

Need More Information About Ice Age Migrants from Asia?

The links below will take you to an article in our Discovery Education Techbook for Social Studies. The first one is an article about Ice Age migration to North America. The next one is some reading selections and a quiz to take at the end.

Click To Read About Ice Age Migrants!	Lesson Expectations!
Read the three sections, then take the quiz at the bottom	Lesson Expectations!

More About European Exploration

Click the image below to open a Newsela article about the sailing technology of the 1500s. Make sure you sign in with your school Google account. Please take the quiz in the article when you finish reading.

Click To Read About
European Exploration

Lesson Expectations!

More About the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Click the image below to open a Newsela article about the Spanish and Portugese role in the Transatlantic slave trade. Make sure you sign in with your school Google account. Please take the quiz in the article when you finish reading.

Click to Read About
the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Lesson Expectations!

Geography	History	Civics	CBA	Beyond
Make sure you are doing your best to complete all classroom and homework assignments!