Curriculum Map (Geography Studies for Quarter 1)
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Social Studies
Week 1-2
Week 3
Week 4-5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Essential Questions
1.Since we now have
personal GPS devices, why is it important to have map skills at all?
2.How do maps
reflect the reality and differences of our societies and cultures around the world?
3. Has our world
metaphorically grown smaller/more interconnected with the advent
of technology?
4. How have
cartographers affected
our perspective of
national events/disaster preparation/human-environmental interaction etc?
1. Which basic map
skills do we need to
understand and identify
the continents and
oceans?
2. How do continents
and oceans affect the way in which cultures evolve?
3. The
earth is an ever
changing planet.How
could future continental
movement/political changes/environmental changes shape our perspective or world view/circumstances?
1. How do landforms
affect the topography of the surface of the globe; and, how do they contribute to natural boundaries?
2. What central factors contribute to the formation and
unification of regions?
3. How do nations react when landforms, such
as mountain ranges are shared between
countries? Does it allow for shared cultures or
border wars?
1. What impact does
time have on our lives?
2. How does math affect time?
3. Why do we, as
humans, feel compelled to tell time?
4. How does a time
zone map work?
5. How do landforms
create cultural
geographical differences?
6. Why do we associate landforms so strongly with specific geographic regions?
1.How are cultures
affected by the physical processes of the region
in which they form?
2.How do we apply the scientific knowledge we
have of earthquakes and
volcanoes to improve our chances of survival
from these natural
disasters?
3.Earthquakes and
volcanoes are viewed in
a negative light by
humans, but can we
apply what we learn
scientifically to find
any positive effects
on
the environment?
1.In recent years, major environmental
accidents such as the British Petroleum oil
spill in the Gulf of
Mexico in 2010 have been shown to have affected certain ocean currents. What could the long term effects of altering any aspects of our ocean currents? How would it affect
mankind on a global
level?
2.Erosion may have
negative effects on the environment, but how might civilization in
certain parts of the
world have failed to
prosper without the process?
3.The water cycle is a never ending process that occurs even when we are not noticing it in the form of rain, etc.
How does the water
cycle affect the lives of humans on the planet in
less noticeable ways?
1.Although you are a resident of this state,what do you really
know about AZ?
2.How does geography
determine what the major products of a
state will be?
3.How do the major
rivers of the state affect
the commerce and culture of communities?
4. How do communities
in AZ differ in
culture according to the
geographic divisions of
the various physical regions
of the state.
Skill(s)/
Vocabulary
Skill 1. Identify and use the
basic elements of
maps and mapping.
Skill 2.Locate on a map specific lines of longitude and
latitude. (i.e., Prime
Meridian,
International Date
Line, Equator, North
and South Poles,
Tropics of
Cancer and
Capricorn, Arctic
Antarctic circles).
Skill 3. Distinguish between
types of maps. (i.e.
political, physical,
climatic,
land use resource,
contour, elevation,
topographic.)
Tier III:
Equator
Prime Meridian
GPS
Cartographer
Map projection
Globe
Map
Thematic Map
Political Map
Physical Map
Location
Legend
Latitude/Parallel
Longitude/Meridian
Cardinal Direction
Intermediate Direction
Compass Rose
Tier II:
Arrange
Assemble
Categorize
Collect
Combine
Compose
Construct
Create
Design
Develop
Devise
Explain
Generate
Plan
Prepare
Reconstruct
Relate
Revise
Rewrite
Summarize
Synthesize
S.P.I. 7.3.2
Locate the Earth’s
major physical
characteristics (i.e.,7 continents, 5
oceans).
Generate a list of renewable/non-renewable resources and their respective locations.
Tier III:
Equator
Prime Meridian
GPS
Cartographer
Map projection
Globe
Map
Thematic Map
Political Map
Physical Map
Location
Legend
Latitude/Parallel
Longitude/Meridian
Cardinal Direction
Intermediate Direction
Compass Rose
Tier II:
Arrange
Assemble
Categorize
Collect
Combine
Compose
Construct
Create
Design
Develop
Devise
Explain
Generate
Plan
Prepare
Reconstruct
Relate
Revise
Rewrite
Summarize
Synthesize
• 3.04
Understand the physical
and human characteristics of
place.
• 3.05
Understand that
common physical and cultural
characteristics create regions.
• 3.06
Understand how
physical processes shape the
Earth’s natural landscapes and
affect environments
Tier III:
Equator
Prime Meridian
GPS
Cartographer
Map projection
Globe
Map
Thematic Map
Political Map
Physical Map
Location
Legend
Latitude/Parallel
Longitude/Meridian
Cardinal Direction
Intermediate Direction
Compass Rose
Tier II:
Arrange
Assemble
Categorize
Collect
Combine
Compose
Construct
Create
Design
Develop
Devise
Explain
Generate
Plan
Prepare
Reconstruct
Relate
Revise
Rewrite
Summarize
Synthesize
• 3.03
Understand the
characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth’ssurface.
-S.P.I. 7.3.6.
Locate on a map
specific lines of
longitude and
latitude. (i.e., Prime
Meridian,
International Date
Line...)
-S.P.I. 7.3.17
Read and interpret a time zone map.
Tier III:
Equator
Prime Meridian
GPS
Cartographer
Map projection
Globe
Map
Thematic Map
Political Map
Physical Map
Location
Legend
Latitude/Parallel
Longitude/Meridian
Cardinal Direction
Intermediate Direction
Compass Rose
Tier II:
Arrange
Assemble
Categorize
Collect
Combine
Compose
Construct
Create
Design
Develop
Devise
Explain
Generate
Plan
Prepare
Reconstruct
Relate
Revise
Rewrite
Summarize
Synthesize
S.P.I.7.3.10
Identify the
characteristics that
define a region
geographically
S.P.I. 7.3.16
Demonstrate
understanding of
characteristics and
implications of a
diverse
global
culture.
S.P.I. 7.3.11
Recognize specific
physical processes
that operate on the
Earth's surface (i.e.,
erosion, volcanoes,
earthquakes, wind
and water currents,
plate tectonics, and
weathering).
Tier III:
Equator
Prime Meridian
GPS
Cartographer
Map projection
Globe
Map
Thematic Map
Political Map
Physical Map
Location
Legend
Latitude/Parallel
Longitude/Meridian
Cardinal Direction
Intermediate Direction
Compass Rose
Tier II:
Arrange
Assemble
Categorize
Collect
Combine
Compose
Construct
Create
Design
Develop
Devise
Explain
Generate
Plan
Prepare
Reconstruct
Relate
Revise
Rewrite
Summarize
Synthesize
S.P.I. 7.3.11
Recognize specific
physical processes
that operate on the
Earth's
surface (i.e., erosion,
volcanoes,
earthquakes, wind
and water currents,
plate
tectonics, and
weathering).
Tier III:
Equator
Prime Meridian
GPS
Cartographer
Map projection
Globe
Map
Thematic Map
Political Map
Physical Map
Location
Legend
Latitude/Parallel
Longitude/Meridian
Cardinal Direction
Intermediate Direction
Compass Rose
Tier II:
Arrange
Assemble
Categorize
Collect
Combine
Compose
Construct
Create
Design
Develop
Devise
Explain
Generate
Plan
Prepare
Reconstruct
Relate
Revise
Rewrite
Summarize
Synthesize
S.P.I. 7.3.3
Identify the major river systems of
AZ.
S.P.I. 7.3.5.
Select the natural resources found in the divisions
of AZ
(coal, copper, timber,
plants, animals.)
S.P.I. 7.3.7
Compare the two largest cities of AZ using a bar
graph.
S.P.I. 7.3.12
Identify the
physical regions of AZ.
Tier III:
Equator
Prime Meridian
GPS
Cartographer
Map projection
Globe
Map
Thematic Map
Political Map
Physical Map
Location
Legend
Latitude/Parallel
Longitude/Meridian
Cardinal Direction
Intermediate Direction
Compass Rose
Tier II:
Arrange
Assemble
Categorize
Collect
Combine
Compose
Construct
Create
Design
Develop
Devise
Explain
Generate
Plan
Prepare
Reconstruct
Relate
Revise
Rewrite
Summarize
Synthesize
Activities/
Resources
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/tech-support/?ar_a=1
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B97hP-foMz-JQlpuZElwcS1Jc0U/edit?usp=sharing
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/ssmaps.html
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/10-ways-give-your-students-world/?ar_a=1
Assessment: Use the following links/activities to aid in writing a reflective summation on the essential questions listed.
Generate/categorize/explain a comprehensive chart of resources, then
categorize as renewable or
nonrenewable; explain their uses
locally, regionally, and globally
using graphic organizers and summative analysis.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801142420.htm
Use the article link above to to write a 2+ paragraph synopsis/analysis which addresses essential question #3.
Using specific lines of latitude, create climate zones on a world map; infer connections to the
ecosystems and cultural aspects
of people living in those zones. 2+ paragraphs.
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=continents-oceans-review
Complete the above online landforms map activity.
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/tech-support/?ar_a=1
ID time zones and geographic characteristics from the above link provided.
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/tech-support/?ar_a=1
Use the PowerPoint link above for review/analysis/ and summative writing activity.
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/tech-support/?ar_a=1
Weathering PowerPoint link above for practice discussion etc.
http://www.regentsearthscience.com/jeopardy/erosion/jeopardy.htm
Use the above link to play environment Jeopardy.
Following the Jeopardy game, take the online summative assessment.
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/tech-support/?ar_a=1
Read this primary
document and
determine what
constitutes it as a primary document;
then, write a detailed
summary of the article
in chronological order.
Common Core Standards
CCSS
ELA
Literacy.RH.6
8.7
Integrate visual
information (e.g., in charts,
graphs, photographs, videos,
or maps) with other
information in print and digitaltexts.
ELA
Literacy/RH/6
Determine
the meaning of
words and phrases as they are
used in a text, including
vocabulary specific to
domains related to
history/social studies.
CCSS.ELA
Literacy.RH.6
8.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
ELA
Literacy.RH.6
8.7
Integrate visual information
(e.g., in charts, grap
hs,
photographs, videos, or maps)
with other information in print
and digital texts.
CCSS.ELA
Literacy.RH.6
8.3
Identify key steps in a text’s
description of a process
related to
history/social
studies
CCSS.ELA
Literacy.RH.6
8.2
Determine the central
ideas or information
of a
primary or secondary source;
provide an accurate summary
of the source distinct from
prior knowledge or opinions
CCSS.ELA Literacy.RH.6
8.3
Identify key steps in a text’s
description of a process
related to history/social studies
CCSS.ELA
Literacy.RH.6.8.8
Distinguish among fact,
opinion, and reasoned
judgment in a text.
CCSS.ELA
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Literacy.RH.6
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8.8
Distinguish among fact,
opinion, and reasoned
judgment in a text.
CCSS
ELA
Literacy.RH.6
8.7
Integrate visual
information (e.g., in charts,
graphs, photographs, videos,
or maps) with other
information in print and digitaltexts.
ELA
Literacy/RH/6
Determine
the meaning of
words and phrases as they are
used in a text, including
vocabulary specific to
domains related to
history/social studies.
CCSS.ELA
Literacy.RH.6
8.2
Determine the central
ideas or information
of a
primary or secondary source;
provide an accurate summary
of the source distinct from
prior knowledge or opinions
