Thursday & Friday Sept 28th & 29th Days 31 & 32

History of Mapping 

Today we are starting the Unit on Latitude and Longitude as well as European Exploration

Introduction to the Unit

We are beginning our Unit on Latitude/Longitude  Time zones and the History of Cartography (map making). In this unit students will learn about the challenges early map makers had in representing an accurate picture of their surroundings. Many early map makers had limited to no technology at their disposal and had to develop a way to represent various land features, coastlines, mountains, etc. This led to many early maps being incredibly limited and inaccurate. These inaccuracies led many expeditions to unknown parts of the world and resulted in some very destructive behaviors as well as new found places and people. This unit will cover various explorers, and the lands they mapped-out for future exploration.

Objectives- 
*Given a blank piece of paper, the student will experience the challenges of a cartographer in producing and accurate map based solely on verbal instructions.
*Given a fictitious land mass to view, students will use only cardinal direction in describing the details to a amateur cartographer in producing a map.
*Given a description of a fictitious island, students will use recently acquired mapping skills to produce an accurate replication of the described land.
* Given a blank piece of paper students will be able to draw a relatively accurate map of a familiar place they know very well.

Rationale:-  Understanding the challenges with making accurate maps will teach the students the reasons why early explorers were usually dumbfounded when venturing off into unchartered waters

Evidence:- Students will be able to use an atlas and latitude/longitude coordinates to locate various places within the world as part of a scavenger hunt

Does this look very accurate?

We will continue on the Latitude/Longitude and Seasons Presentations

Latitude and Longitude Packet - Lat Long Scavenger Hunt

Once the presentation is finished I will post a pdf version of the presentation for students to have.

When we get back from break, we will work on Time Zones, and the History of Map Making.

Tuesday & Wednesday Sept 26th & 27th Days 29 & 30

History of Mapping 

Today we are starting the Unit on History of Map Making, Latitude and Longitude as well as European Exploration

Introduction to the Unit

We are beginning our Unit on History of Map Making, Latitude/Longitude, Time zones and the History of Exploration. In this unit students will learn about the challenges early map makers had in representing an accurate picture of their surroundings. Many early map makers had limited to no technology at their disposal and had to develop a way to represent various land features, coastlines, mountains, etc. This led to many early maps being incredibly limited and inaccurate. These inaccuracies led many expeditions to unknown parts of the world and resulted in some very destructive outcomes as well as new found places, people and plant life. This unit will cover various explorers, and the lands they mapped-out for future exploration.


Objectives - Given a blank piece of paper, the student will experience the challenges of a cartographer in producing an accurate map based solely on verbal instructions.
Given a fictitious land mass to view, students will use only cardinal direction in describing the details to an amateur cartographer in producing a map.
Given a description of a fictitious island, students will use recently acquired mapping skills to produce an accurate replication of the described land.
Given a blank piece of paper students will be able to draw a relatively accurate map of a familiar place they know very well.


Rationale:-  Understanding the challenges with making accurate maps will teach the student's the reasons why early explorers were usually dumbfounded when venturing off into unchartered waters


Evidence:- Students will be able to use an atlas and latitude/longitude coordinates to locate various places within the world as part of a scavenger hunt

Does this look very accurate?

Today you will get a chance to experience what being an ancient cartographer was like...
In this activity, each student will play the role of a mapmaker (Cartographer) as well as an explorer who visits uncharted lands.

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Activity #6

Student Answer sheet

After the Mapping activity, we will go over Latitude and Longitude and Seasons and do a scavenger - Lat Long Scavenger Hunt

When you finish your scavenger hunt, spend time finishing your school mapping project. If finished, you can start the Early MapMaking article

Early MapMaking Article

Early MapMaking Student response form

Monday Sept 25th Day 28

Mapping Monday's & Current Events

Today we will get our textbooks and go over the process of Current Events and Mapping assignments

Objective: Given access to a Chromebook, students will be able to access Google MyMaps App and a Google Drive based Current Events Template from the class Blog. Using the MyMaps app and the template, students will be able to look-up current events and summarize their selected story on the template. In addition, students will be able to use the MyMaps app to plot the location of these current event stories. 

Rationale: Students need to utilize the tools taught to them to ensure the learning becomes a part of their skill set. In addition, students need to become geographical aware of the world around them.

Evidence: Filling-in the Current Events template as well as using MyMaps to plot the location of the stories, will demonstrate that students have acquired the basic skills of fulfilling the  assignment.

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Thursday & Friday Sept 21st & 22nd Days 26 & 27

Mapping of the School

Day 2 of the Mapping the school scavenger Hunt project

Objective: Given access to a fully functioning Chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will import a map of the school and place various shapes and pictures on its surface to identify various locations on campus as part of a scavenger hunt activity

Rationale:  Understanding the campus and where things are located will assist Freshmen in knowing their "place" of school

Evidence: Accurately and successfully placing pics and shapes on the school map within the time allotted

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You should be plotting the various classrooms onto the school map template today

Style #1 - Make a square, put the class number inside the square, modify the shape of the square to fit the available space, copy and paste the square for all additional classes

Style #2 - Make a larger square and use lines to separate the classes

6 Week Grading Period Ends this FridayUpdate your assignment sheets today!!!!

Tuesday & Wednesday Sept 19th & 20th Days 24 & 25

Fairy Tale Project - Gallery Walk and Evaluation

Objective: Given access to a fully functioning Chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be displaying their fairy tale rewrite for their classmates to evaluate. Students will be able to identify the 5 themes within the fairy tale rewrite and evaluate the information to see if each fairy tale followed the guidelines of the assignment

Rationale:  Understanding how the 5 themes effect different locations and therefore would affect how stories are told in those locations allows for students to see the world from a different perspective.

Evidence: Accurately evaluating the various stories will demonstrate a student's ability to identify the 5 Themes within Culturally based fairy tales.

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Once the Gallery Walk is finished, students will start the Mapping of the school Project -

1st assignment is to read and complete the Early Mapmaking Article

Here is the directions sheet for the Mapping of the School project and the checklist of items
Mapping of the school project - Directions Sheet there are 2 school maps included on the directions sheet download. Use these two maps for your assignment.

Mapping Directions PDF

Monday Sept 18th Day 23

Mapping Monday's & Current Events

Today we will get our textbooks and go over the process of Current Events and Mapping assignments

Objective: Given access to a Chromebook, students will be able to access Google MyMaps App and a Google Drive based Current Events Template from the class Blog. Using the MyMaps app and the template, students will be able to look-up current events and summarize their selected story on the template. IN addition students will be able to use the MyMaps app to plot the location of these current event stories. 

Rationale: Students need to utilize the tools taught to them to ensure the learning becomes a part of their skill set. In addition, students need to become geographical aware of the world around them.

Evidence: Filling-in the Current Events template as well as using MyMaps to plot the location of the stories, will demonstrate that students have acquired the basic skills of fulfilling the  assignment.

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Thursday & Friday Sept 14th & 15th Days 21 & 22

Day 3 of the Fairy Tale Project - 

Objective: Given access to a fully functioning Chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to apply the 5 themes of geography to rewrite a classic Fairy Tale and have it occur in a completely different culture from the original

Rationale: Understanding how the 5 themes effects different locations and therefore would affect how stories are told in those locations allows for students to see the world from a different perspective.

Evidence: Building the Fairy Tale to accurately reflect the new location will demonstrate evidenc tha the student undeetands the 5 themes of geography

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You will be paired with another student, you will collectively decide on a Fairy Tale as well as a new location in which to depict the story.
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Rewrite due by the start of the Block today 

Final Project due by the start of the 1st Block next week 

Make a Key for your rewrite, select a color for each Theme, put the story in a table in a doc (2 Columns, 1 Row). Place all the updates in the right column (see below for example)

5 Themes Fairy Tale Project ( Overview)

 ( Questionnaire Sheet ),  ( Rewrite Directions )  ( example )

Culture Grams Page from the class blog is where you can get a valuable resource to find the replacement items (the ones you fill-in on the questionnaire) for your story.

Tuesday & Wednesday Sept 12th & 13th Days 19 & 20

Day 2 of the Fairy Tale Project - 

Objective: Given access to a fully functioning Chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to apply the 5 themes of geography to rewrite a classic Fairy Tale and have it occur in a completely different culture from the original

Rationale: Understanding how the 5 themes effects different locations and therefore would affect how stories are told in those locations allows for students to see the world from a different perspective.

Evidence: Building the Fairy Tale to accurately reflect the new location will demonstrate evidenc tha the student undeetands the 5 themes of geography

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You will be paired with another student, you will collectively decide on a Fairy Tale as well as a new location in which to depict the story.
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Questionnaire due by the end of the Block today

Rewrite due by the start of the next Block 

Final Project due by the start of the 1st Block next week 

Make a Key for your rewrite, select a color for each Theme, put the story in a table in a doc (2 Columns, 1 Row). Place all the updates in the right column (see below for example)

5 Themes Fairy Tale Project ( Overview)

 ( Questionnaire Sheet ),  ( Rewrite Directions )  ( example )

Culture Grams Page from the class blog is where you can get a valuable resource to find the replacement items (the ones you fill-in on the questionnaire) for your story.class blog id s get resource to find the replacement items for your story.

Monday Sept 11th Day 18

Mapping Monday's & Current Events

Today we will get our textbooks and go over the process of Current Events and Mapping assignments

Objective: Given access to a Chromebook, students will be able to access Google MyMaps App and a Google Drive based Current Events Template from the class Blog. Using the MyMaps app and the template, students will be able to look-up current events and summarize their selected story on the template. IN addition students will be able to use the MyMaps app to plot the location of these current event stories. 

Rationale: Students need to utilize the tools taught to them to ensure the learning becomes a part of their skill set. In addition, students need to become geographical aware of the world around them.

Evidence: Filling-in the Current Events template as well as using MyMaps to plot the location of the stories, will demonstrate that students have acquired the basic skills of fulfilling the  assignment.

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Thursday & Friday Sept 7th & 8th Days 16 & 17

Day 1 of the Fairy Tale Project - 

Objective: Given access to a fully functioning Chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to apply the 5 themes of geography to rewrite a classic Fairy Tale and have it occur in a completely different culture from the original

Rationale: Understanding how the 5 themes effects different locations and therefore would affect how stories are told in those locations allows for students to see the world from a different perspective.

Evidence: Building the Fairy Tale to accurately reflect the new location will demonstrate evidenc tha the student undeetands the 5 themes of geography
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You will be paired with another student, you will collectively decide on a Fairy Tale as well as a new location in which to depict the story.

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5 Themes Fairy Tale Project ( Overview)
 ( Questionnaire Sheet ),  ( Rewrite Directions )  ( example )


Make a Key for your rewrite, select a color for each Theme, put the story in a table in a doc (2 Columns, 1 Row). Place all the updates in the right column (see below for example)

Culture Grams Page from the class blog is where you can get a valuable resource to find the replacement items (the ones you fill-in on the questionnaire) for your story.

Tuesday and Wednesday Sept th & 6th Days 14 & 15

5 Themes of Geography Project

Design Principles

5 Themes Project Directions

Here is how you will upload the assignment - place all group theme posters onto 1 presentation (if there are 4 members of your group, then all 4 would be part of 1 presentation). Place a blank slide a tthe beginning of the presentation and list your members and which theme they produced. Save the do by using the students last names in alphabetical order such as...Adams_Beaulieu_Chen_Dominguez
Have one person upload the group presentation into google classroom folder.

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5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY TEST

Plan on taking the 5 themes of Geography Test during the Thursday/Friday Block this week

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For Thursday/Friday...

You will start the FairyTale project, look for directions and resources to be posted here on Thursday/Friday

Monday Sept 4th Labor Day Holiday

Enjoy the day that was identified for workers to get a break

Friday Sept 1st Day 13

Google Slides/5 Themes of Geography

Design Principles

5 Themes Project Directions