Geography - Landform Regions - Week 2

This week we will learn what a region is, and what kind of regions there are. We will specifically study landform regions. This week's essential question is: What is a region, and what are some regions that can be found in North America?

Vocabulary

characteristic Caracteristica характеристика	a feature or quality that identifies a person, place, or thing. una característica o cualidad que identifica a una persona, lugar o cosa. особливість або якість, яка ідентифікує особу, місце або річ.
region región область	A region is an area of land having different characteristics than other areas. Una región es un área de tierra que tiene características diferentes a otras áreas. Регіон — це територія землі, яка має відмінні характеристики від інших територій.
physical characteristics características físicas фізичні характеристики	Visible features on the surface of the land, such as mountains, deserts, grassy plains, forests. Características visibles en la superficie de la tierra, como montañas, desiertos, llanuras cubiertas de hierba, bosques. Видимі об’єкти на поверхні суші, такі як гори, пустелі, трав’янисті рівнини, ліси.
cultural characteristics caracteristicas culturales культурні особливості	The knowledge of a particular group of people, including language, religion, food, social structures, music and arts. El conocimiento de un grupo particular de personas, incluido el idioma, la religión, la comida, las estructuras sociales, la música y las artes. Знання певної групи людей, включаючи мову, релігію, їжу, соціальні структури, музику та мистецтво.

Lesson Resources

Vocab Assignment

Learning Target:
I understand basic vocabulary terms about geography and regions.

Language Target:
I will show this by reading vocab terms and definitions, and by writing sentences that use the term and make sense in the social studies context.

There is a Pear Deck vocabulary assignment in our Google classroom that goes with these terms. Look in the "Week 2" section in the Classwork tab.

Two Videos & Note Taking

Learning Target:
I can identify continents of the earth and regions of the United States.

Language Target:
I will do this by listening to videos about the earth's continents and regions of the United States, and by writing notes on the videos that contain information about continents and US regions.

We will watch these two videos together in class. We will begin taking notes on geographic regions. You will take these notes on paper, and there will be blanks in the classroom.

A note about notes: As an AVID school, teachers will often provide Cornell notes for students. I am one of those teachers. However, you may use any note-taking format that you prefer. The criteria for good notes are...

That you actually write information in your notes
That at least some of the information will be useful for your assignments in class
That you return to your notes to add, edit, summarize and study

Geographic Regions of the World - Continents

Geography of the United States

Reading Assignment 1

This reading assignment is an article in our Discovery Education text titled The Characteristics of Place. This text will tell you about what a region is. These items will also be found in our Google classroom.

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Lesson Expectations!

There is a Pear Deck in the Google Classroom
for your responses to the reading

Reading Assignment 2

This reading assignment is an article in our Discovery Education text titled Landform Regions of North America. This text is in a Google Doc that was taken from our Discovery Education text (two short articles were combined into one). It covers the different regions of the United States that are defined by landforms.

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Lesson Expectations!

Your assignment for the Landform reading is in a Google doc in the Google classroom.

There is a Google doc in the Google Classroom
for your responses to the reading

Extended Learning

Watch a video about Globalization

The video below will introduce the idea of globalization

What is Globalization? Understand Our Interconnected World

Click the old TV
to watch the video!

Read a Newsela Article About Globalization

Click the image below to open a Newsela article about how globalization affects what we wear every day. Please take the quiz in the article when you finish reading.

Click To Read About
globalization!

Lesson Expectations!

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