Geography & World Culture Study Group
Lessons - January 2004
The World and North America
Monday, 1/12/04
Dixie Science Room (B5)
Introduction to maps and the world. World facts, longitude & latitude.
Demonstrations of maps and globes. Introduction to North America.
Class Handouts:
Geospy Mission #1 * Lesson
#1 * .pdf
of North America, detailed * .pdf
of North America, blank * U.S. States poem
(If you can't download the .pdf files, go
to this website and you can print directly from there.)
Homework for Thursday, 1/15: Study maps of the world and North America for online games on Thursday. Choose a code name for your agent on future missions.
Thursday, 1/15/04
Dixie Computer Lab (E2)
Interactive Map of Central America - Mouse over the countries to learn their location and capital city. Try to memorize the location of at least 6 countries.
Geospy Game
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/
Sign in and do the Continents Game. Put your cup on your computer when
you have all of them correct. Go back and try the North America countries
game until you have at least 7 correct. Put your cup up and print out
your certificate. Close the browser window. Return to this page when you're
done and do the Quiz below.
Geography Quiz #1:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/bookworm/geo_stumper.html
Close the browser window and go on to the website below after you have
gotten all correct. Put up your red cup if you need help. If you have
time explore the links below.
Secrets of the Maya Glyphs
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bureau/index.html
Try to solve the case!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/
Homework for next Thursday 1): Return your map of North America, filled out with as many countries as you can. 2) Choose your Agent Code name. 3) Study review sheet 1.
Monday, 1/19/04
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No School
Thursday, 1/22/04
Dixie Computer Lab (E2)
Interactive Map of Canada - Mouse over the provinces to learn their location and capital city. Try to memorize the location of at least 6 provinces and/or territories.
Geospy Game
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/
Sign in. Click on States and Provinces game and then click on Canada on
the map. Try 3 times, print out your final score certificate, close the
browser window and then go to the website below.
Secrets of the Maya Glyphs
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bureau/index.html
Try to solve the case!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/
Monday, 1/26/04
Dixie Science Room (B5)
Geospy Mission #2: Where is Cornelius Feistmeister now?
North and Central America. Countries, capitals, official languages and more. Map work.
Homework for Thursday, 1/15: Study maps of North America and Canada for final country & Province game on Thursday. Optional: Try these informative quizzes on North America to learn even more! (Press the "Back" button on your browser to get back to this page): Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3
Thursday, 1/29/04
Dixie Computer Lab (E2)
Geospy Game
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/
Sign in. Click on Countries game and then click on North America on the
map. Print out your final score certificate and then do the Canada game.
When you are done, print out your final score, close the browser and go
to the website below.
Go West Across America with Lewis & Clarke
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/
Homework for Monday, 2/2: Study for Unit quiz. Be able to locate on a map: the 7 continents, 4 oceans, the Prime Meridian, Equator, International Date Line, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Mississsippi River, at least 8 countries in North America, at least 4 country capitals (with official language), at least 4 Canadian provinces. Be able to identify the 3 most populous countries in the world, the 4 most spoken languages in the world, plus extra credit questions on latitude, longitude and currency. Print out maps here. * Review sheet here.
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