PASS+Lesson+Plan


 * PASS Lesson Plan **

**Student Name:** Britney Underhill

**Lesson Title:** Illustrated Geography Terms Dictionary

**Unit:** Geography vocabulary

**Subject Area(s):** Geography

**Grade Level:** 5-8

**Time Required:** 60 minutes


 * 1. PA Standard: **

**PA Standard 7.1.6.B:** Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.


 * 2. NCSS Themes: **

 III. People, Places, and Environments.

 IX. Global Connections.


 * 3. Big Ideas **

 1. Geography is used to explain the past, interpret the future, and plan for the future.

 2. Geographic representation are essential to explain the spatial organization of people, places, and environments.


 * 4. Essential Question **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> 1. What makes one place different from another?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. What are the criteria to create a region?


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">5. Learning Objectives **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> 1. The student will be able to apply geographic terns in describing and understanding the specific places of study in the world.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2. The student will create an illustrated dictionary of geography terms that they will be able to use for the rest of the year.


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">6. Concepts and Vocabularies **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Geographic representatives are used to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2. Mental maps mirror an individual’s attitudes toward places and regions.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. Vocabulary involves specific vocabulary terms from the glossary of the social studies text book.


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">7. Materials **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Student dictionaries, glossary in Social Studies book, printed list of terms, paper, markers, colored pencils, and colored paper for book cover


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">8. Instruction Procedures/Activities **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Students will work in small groups (2-4) to produce an illustrated dictionary of specific geographic terms. [Challenging] Each student should have their own finished copy (either by a copier or each student makes enough copies of their pages for everyone in their group). Be sure to have each group share their finished products with the rest of the class. [Active]


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">9. Assessment **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Students will have a personal copy of their illustrated dictionary to use during the year. Combining illustrations with written definitions of a word enhances the ability of the student to apply these terms to their studies. The teacher should assess the students by observing and helping during the creating period of the project. [Value-based] The teacher should also assess the assignments later on in the geography units when the students will need to refer to their dictionaries.