Geography Lesson Plans
Week of May 5th – 9th
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Monday |
Presidential Candidate Project: In groups of two we will be looking for 10 positives and 10 negatives about each candidate left for president. (McCain, Clinton, and Obama) |
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Tuesday |
Finishing Presidential Candidate Project |
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Wednesday |
Sharing Projects in Class |
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Thursday |
Preparing for Preamble Quiz on Friday (In class Presidential Election) |
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Friday |
Memorization Quiz on the Preamble to the Constitution. |
Week of April 14th – 18th
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Monday |
Finishing up Poster Board Review Projects. Every group, prepare 10 question quiz. |
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Tuesday |
Turn in 10 question quiz from Review project. Review for quiz on Thursday. Last few minutes of class we will put finishing touches on Poster Board projects. |
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Wednesday |
Present Poster Board Projects to the class. |
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Thursday |
(Quiz day) Each student will take four quizzes. (One from each group in the poster board project) |
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Friday |
Half-Day |
Week of April 7th – 11th
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Monday |
Lecture on the possible geographical location of the Garden of Eden by using the word of God in Genesis Ch. 2 |
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Tuesday |
Review poster board project on South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and |
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Wednesday |
Working on review projects |
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Thursday |
Working on review projects |
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Friday |
Quiz on Mondays lecture and finish working on review projects. |
Week of March 31st – April 4th
Week of SAT’s: Watching videos in
class on National Parks in the
Week of March 24th – 28th
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Monday |
No School |
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Tuesday |
Geography Report on Spring Break Trips |
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Wednesday |
Study Games for U.S. States and Capitals test on Friday |
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Thursday |
Library Software Study time for U.S. States and Capitals test on Friday |
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Friday |
(U.S. States and Capitals test) |
Week of March 17th – 21st
Spring Break! Have a Wonderful Time Off!
Week of March 3rd – 7th
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Monday |
Read Chapter 6 sections 1 and 2. Lecture on the reading by asking in class questions to students. |
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Tuesday |
Read Chapter 6 section 3 and answer section review questions. |
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Wednesday |
Introduce state song project. Each
student will be put into a group with another student. Each group will write a song about a state
in the |
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Thursday |
Work on song project! |
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Friday |
Work on song project! |
Week of February 18th – 22nd
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Monday |
No Class Presidents Day |
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Tuesday |
Work on |
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Wednesday |
Lecture on the Physical Features of the |
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Thursday |
Book Work from Section one of the |
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Friday |
Globe Map Game and Current Event presentation on a National Park in the |
Week of February 11th – 15th
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Monday |
Finishing Touches on Commercials |
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Tuesday |
Present Commercials |
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Wednesday |
Present Commercials |
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Thursday |
No Class Except for 4th Period (Finish Presentations) |
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Friday |
No School |
Week of February 4th – 8th
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Monday |
Quiz on all Asian Countries |
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Tuesday |
Begin Working on Central and Latin America Projects (In groups of two students will put together a 4-5 minute commercial, persuading me and a guest judge to come to their country. Students will use History, Dollar Value, Tourist Attractions, Government, Population, Religion, Etc: of their country to make the commercial. My goal is for students to be creative and have pride in this assignment. This will be a test grade and I will be grading on creativity, presentation, effort, and knowledge of their country.) Homework: Work on project |
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Wednesday |
Work on Project in class and at home (Study Map) |
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Thursday |
Work on project in library and at home (Study Map) |
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Friday |
Finish project and present on Tuesday, February 12th (Study Map) |
Week of January 28th – February 1st
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Monday |
In Class: Southeast Asia Current Events Homework
(Study for |
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Tuesday |
No Class (Space Camp) Homework Study for |
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Wednesday |
Quiz on |
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Thursday |
Book work and Lecture on the |
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Friday |
Finish Lecture on the Middle East Homework (Study for final portion of Asian map quiz “Middle East”) All three quiz will be added together to count as one test grade |
Week of January 21st – 25th
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Monday |
No School MLK Day |
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Tuesday |
Read Section 2 and Answer Questions from |
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Wednesday |
Answer |
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Thursday |
Quiz on North and |
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Friday |
Lecture on |
Week of January 14th – 18th
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Monday |
Discuss student’s activities during Christmas break. Use the states each student traveled through for a Geography lesson. |
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Tuesday |
No Class Geography Bee |
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Wednesday |
Work on Asian Maps. Break Asia down
into three regions (Southeast Asia, Middle East, and North and East
Asia)
Homework: Using colored pencils color in the three
different regions in |
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Thursday |
Using the book discuss the five Geography themes pertaining to North and |
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Friday |
Current Events due (Discuss Antarctica ice melting in class) Homework: Study for North and |
Week of December 3rd – 7th
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Monday |
Geography Bee |
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Tuesday |
Geography Bee |
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Wednesday |
Finish African Map Test from Friday (Homework:
Study for African country and capital quiz on Friday) |
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Thursday |
Study games for African Country and Capital Quiz (Homework: Study for African country and capital quiz on Friday) |
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Friday |
African country and capital quiz. |
Week of November 26th-30th
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Monday |
Finishing watching African Video on the |
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Tuesday |
Lecture on the most important features in |
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Wednesday |
Sheppards Software Study Game in the Library! |
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Thursday |
In class preparation for the map quiz on Friday. (Do not forget about the Qualifying round for the Geography Bee on Monday) |
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Friday |
African Map Quiz |
Week of August 13-17
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Monday |
Continent and Ocean Quiz. Finishing reading Ch. 1 Sec. 1 Do the review questions in class on Ch. 1 Sec. 1 |
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Tuesday |
Chapter 1 Geography Skills handbook. We will be learning the detailed parts of a map. In class map activities. |
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Wednesday |
Finishing Chapter 1 Geography Skills Handbook. |
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Thursday |
Chapter 1 Review on pages 24 and 25 of the textbook. |
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Friday |
Chapter 2 Section 1 Lecture (the nature and structure of the earth). In class Chapter 2 Sec. 1 Review Questions. |
Week of August 20-24
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Monday |
Chapter Two Section 1 Review Questions (Keep everything in Geography Folder) Read Chapter 2 Section 2 |
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Tuesday |
Chapter 2 Section 2 Lecture and Review Questions |
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Wednesday |
Chapter 2 Section 3 (Read Section and answer review questions) |
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Thursday |
Finish work from Wednesday (Because of Chapel Shortened period) Lecture on Section |
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Friday |
Chapter 2 Review on pages 42 and 43 |
Week of August 27-30
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Monday |
Chapter 3 Section one Lecture and Review Questions: Homework(Find two pictures on the Internet, Old Photo Album, Magazine, Etc. Explain the Season of the picture and what happens with the sun to cause the season) |
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Tuesday |
Present homework from night before in class. Read the beginning of Chapter 3 Section 2 |
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Wednesday |
Finish reading Chapter 3 Section 2 and answer the review question. (We will lecture on this section) |
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Thursday |
Today we will use the Computer to Climates around the world. This will be explaining the information given to us in Chapter 3 Section 3. |
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Friday |
No Class have a awesome four day weekend. |
Week of September 4-7
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Monday |
No School Labor Day |
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Tuesday |
Assignment Research Group Projects in all Geography Classes 1st
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Wednesday |
Finish Chapter 3 Review Work and turn in. (Give Chapter 4 overview) |
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Thursday |
Chapter 4 Section 1 Lecture and Review Questions |
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Friday |
Chapter 4 Section 2 (Lecture and Geography Game Day) |
Week of September 10-14
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Monday |
Read Chapter 4 Section 2. (Take a quiz at the end of the period) |
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Tuesday |
Lecture on Chapter 4 Section 3. (Give out study guide for Friday’s Test |
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Wednesday |
Chapter 4 Review Questions. (Answer Study guide Questions) |
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Thursday |
Study Games for Test |
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Friday |
Geography Test Chapters 1-4 |
Week of September 17-21
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Monday |
Talk about South American Power Point Projects. Each student will work in a group with
another student. This project will be
on a specific country in |
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Tuesday |
Go over test in class from Friday. Assign project groups and let partners spend a little time mapping out projects together. |
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Wednesday |
In class working on power point projects. |
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Thursday |
In class working on power point projects. |
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Friday |
In class working on power point projects. |
Week of September 24 – 28
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Monday |
Working on Power Point Projects in the Library |
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Tuesday |
Finishing South American Power Point Projects |
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Wednesday |
Finishing Projects / Presenting Projects |
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Thursday |
Presenting Projects in Class |
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Friday |
Presenting Projects in Class |
Week of October 1 – 5
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Monday |
Finish presenting last few Power Point projects. If time take South American Map Quiz |
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Tuesday |
Go over major geographic places in |
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Wednesday |
South American Map Quiz / Turn in homework / classwork folders |
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Thursday |
Group work on identifying South American places |
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Friday |
Last day of Quarter will be a make up day and extra credit day. |
October 15th-19th
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Monday |
Go over the map of |
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Tuesday |
Class Work (Assign students 5 Questions in class using textbooks on the
Geography of Australia, Oceania, and |
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Wednesday |
Check Class Work from Tuesday. (Pass out map activity for map quiz on Friday) |
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Thursday |
Lecture on the Geographical make up of |
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Friday |
Map Quiz (Class Work Answer questions 8-15 on the page before 667 J) |
October 22nd-26th
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Monday |
Discuss timeline project on |
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Tuesday |
Field trip to the Library to gather research for the European Timeline Project. (Study Europe Map 10 minutes) |
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Wednesday |
Visit Library again for research. (Study Europe Map 10 minutes) |
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Thursday |
Work on Group Project in class using colored pencils, markers, etc: (Study Europe Map 10 minutes) |
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Friday |
Work on Group project in class we will present these projects on Monday! (Study Europe Map 10 minutes) Have a good weekend! J |
October 29th-November 2nd
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Monday |
Finish European Projects (Study European Map <Homework>) |
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Tuesday |
Finish European Projects (Study European Map) |
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Wednesday |
European Food Party and Finish Projects (Study European Map) |
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Thursday |
Present European Projects (Study European Map) |
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Friday |
Present European Projects (Study European Map) |
November 5th-9th
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Monday |
Map Study Game (Study European Map) |
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Tuesday |
Map Drills For Quiz (Study European Map) |
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Thursday |
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Friday |
Pass Out African Map (Work on map in Class) (Quiz Retakes) |