Transcript 082812_Week_1_GTKY_Geo

Objective: Getting to Know Each Other & Expectations
Tues, Aug 28
Closing: List top 3 items that will help you be successful in class
Tasks
Due Date
Comments
Bring Notebook & Netbook
Everyday
Read Syllabus & Take Notes
Fri, Aug 31
Netschool
Quiz
Fri, Aug 31
Info covered the last four days
Warm UP (7 minutes)
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Pick-up Folder from Table.
Sit in Your Assigned Seat.
Write Your Name and Number on Folder
Complete Student Inventory
1. Share
Rules
•Respect Yourself
•Respect Each Other
•Respect This Classroom
What Should I Bring to Class?
•Netbook
•Composition/Spiral for taking notes
•Pencil/Pen
•Homework (if necessary)
Privileges
• Gum- Chew IT Only,
• IPODs – Listen only during Independent study time or when
I give you permission
– Earbuds
–wear only when listening to IPOD
• Small Snacks
• Passes
• PAT
Objective: Getting to Know Each Other & Expectations
Pre-AP Tues, Aug 28
Any Questions
Closing: List top 3 items that will help you be successful in class in
Notebook
Wed Aug 29
Objective: Locate places and regions of importance in the United States 17th,
18th, and 19th Centuries
Closing: If you were a settler coming to the New World, which region would you
settle and how would you adapt to the environment?
Tasks
Due Date
Comments
Bring Notebook & Netbook
Everyday
Read Syllabus & Take Notes
Fri, Aug 31
Netschool
Quiz
Fri, Aug 31
Info covered the last four days
Warm UP – (5 minutes)
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2.
Pick-up Discipline Sheet, write name and NUMBER
Power-on your Netbooks
1. Go to http://netschool.nisdtx.org/
2. Login with your student login information
3. Click Middle School
4. Click Social Studies
5. Click 8th grade
6. Click 8th Pre – AP US History – Aroach
7. Put in your “Enrollment Key” – Refer to board
8. Click on “Syllabus”
Notebook setup
Write Your Name, Pre-AP US History, Class Period, & 2012-2013 on the cover of your
NOTEbook.
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Title the first page Table of Contents (TOC)
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Draw a three-column table with the headings Page #, Title, and Date
3.
Leave the next 5 pages blank, this is for your TOC
4.
On the next blank page, number it 1 and title it “Important Landforms and Regions in
the US 17th-19th Century
5.
Update TOC
Objective: Locate landforms and regions of importance in the United States 17th, 18th,
and 19th Centuries
Closing: If you were a settler coming to the New World, which region would you settle
and how would you adapt to the environment?
TODAY’s Activity
Map Activity
“Sea to Shining Sea”
US Geography Basics
Third largest country in the world.
Share of world land area (1990):
6.2%
One third the size of Africa.
Half the size of South America.
Thurs Aug 30
Objective: Describe the physical characteristics of the regions and how humans adapt
Closing: How would you adapt to a new area
Tasks
Due Date
Comments
Bring Notebook & Netbook
Everyday
Read Syllabus & Take Notes
Fri, Aug 31
Netschool
Quiz
Fri, Aug 31
Info covered the last three days
Warm UP – 5 minutes
1. Notebook: Title page #2 – Geography
2. Write the keywords of the statement and the answer
1. The capitol of the United States is ....
a. Washington state b.Austin
c.Orleans
d. Washington D.C.
2. The Mountain range that lies on the Eastern side of the United States is ...
a. Rockies
b. Appalachians
c. Sierra Nevada d. Alps
3. The Mountain range that lies on the Western side of the U.S. and is known as the
continental divide is known as...
a. Alps
b. Rockies
c. Urals
d. Appalachians
4. The river that starts in Minnesota and drains out of Louisiana into the Gulf
also was a major transportation and trade route is known as ...
a. Missouri River
b. Mississippi River
c. Rio Grande
d. Ohio River
and
Objective: Describe the physical characteristics of the regions and how humans
adapt
Closing: How would you adapt to a new area
TODAY’s Activity
1. Using Pages 3 & 10 of the textbook and your knowledge of social studies,
complete the following on your map for each region (10 minutes)
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Climate
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Soil
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Natural Resources
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How they made a living
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Adaptations (5 mins)
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Closing---on page 2, answer the following statement (10 mins):
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Select a region and explain in one sentence how you would adapt?
Rivers and Bodies of Water
Ohio R.
The Mississippi River:
America’s Great River Road
The “Big Muddy”, “Mighty Miss”
2,350 miles.
Draining all or part of 31
states & 2 Canadian provinces.
Covers 40% of the U. S.
Ohio River
Rio Grande River
Missouri River
Mountains & Plateaus
Appalachian
Mountains
Rocky
Mountains
The Contour of the US
The Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron,
Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of
freshwater lakes on Earth.
Fri Aug 31
Objective: Analyze social studies information by finding the main idea and
summarizing
Closing: Describe a time in your life when history was important.
Tasks
Due Date
Bring Notebook
Everyday
Quiz
TODAY
Warm UP – (8 minutes)
Quiz
Comments
Info covered the last three days
Objective: Analyze social studies information by finding the main idea and
summarizing
Closing: What is your reaction or opinion to the article
TODAY’s Activity
1.Current Event Analysis
•Article – “2 Hood County girls arrested over fake Facebook page”
2.Share
3.Closing
Objective: Analyze social studies information by finding the main idea and
summarizing
Closing: Describe a time in your life when history was important.
TODAY’s Activity
1.Article Analysis
•Article- “Why Study History?”
2.Discuss & Share
3.Closing