Friday, Oct. 4th

Objectives

Students will identify and examine various types of thematic maps that geographers use to show what is happening around the world

Students will be able to identify six thematic maps and what makes up a human geography map and a physical map.

Classroom Activity

Warm-up- 1s from teams 1/2/3 get spirals- In your spirals please answer the following question with your team:

Using page 30 and 31 in your Latin America an d Canada textbooks (YELLOW) – discuss and write why might you find a snow-covered mountain on th equator?

If you have not finished your climograph, work on that and do the questions on GC

Activity : Economic Activity notes and Regions

  • 2.6 in Geography Alive – looking at Economic Activity and population maps
  • 2.7 Regions
Resources

Geo Alive Ch. 2

Latin America and Canada Text – Pages 28-32

Latin America and Canada Text – Pages 192-193

Homework

Climograph due Monday, Oct. 7th

Optional:  2000 XP in Classcraft for a big bag of candy