Stage 1 – Desired Results

Overarching Understandings:

• I am part of a global community and I influence my surroundings and my surroundings influence me.

Essential Questions:

• What does it mean to be a part of a global community?

Unit: Physical Geography

Established Goal(s)

Learning Outcomes are located in the 9th Grade World Geography Curriculum Guide.

Understanding(s)/goals

Students will understand that:

• Location, human environment, place, movement and regions.
• Cultures are shaped by the land the climate and how the land climate is shaped by human culture.
• They are part of a global community.
• There is an interrelationship between themselves and their geography.

Essential Question(s):

• How does geography shape the lives, cultures, and the environment around the world?
• What does it mean to be part of a global community?
• How does geography shape our decisions? How do our decisions shape our geography?

Student objectives (outcomes):

Students will know and be able to:

• Identify and interpret the distinctive features in the physical geography of the world.
• Use and construct maps, charts, and other resources to gather and interpret geographic information.
• Analyze, describe and evaluate how a particular region is affected by interrelated factors including climate and topography.
• Identify and understand the 5 Themes of Geography.

Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence

Performance Task(s):

• Sim Island Culmination Project (using the 5 Themes of Geography, create a place to live and function as a community)
• PowerPoint Presentation using the 5 Themes to create/identify the best place in the world to host the Olympics.

Other Evidence:

• Apply 5 Themes to “you” (student) right now.
• Current Event Journal (showing the use of the 5 Themes).

Stage 3 – Learning Plan

Learning Activities:

[This is the core of your lesson plan and includes a listing describing briefly (usually in bullet or numbered form so easy to follow) what:

• [the students will do during the class to prepare them for the outcomes you expect of them.]
• [the teacher will do to guide the learning]

The following are examples of what the teacher can use for this unit.

1. World Geography Text Book

• Students read Chapter 1 Section 1-3 and Chapter 2 Section 1 for a better

understanding about Physical Geography.

2. Map Test

• Give a pre-test of countries, capitals and physical features of the world.
• Give Continent tests throughout the semester.

3. Five Themes Video

• An introductory video for the 5 Themes of Geography.
• Video located in school library.

4. World Geography Text Book Introductory Videos

• 8-10 minute videos that introduce the sections of each chapter of the book.
• Videos are located in school library, department head classroom or teacher classroom

5. Latitude/Longitude Worksheet

• Create a worksheet for students to locate places in an atlas giving them the latitude/longitude lines or give them the place and they give the latitude/longitude lines.