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Unit Summary: Students will learn about geographic skills in order to interpret information from various tools and resources. Students will learn to distinguish between physical and human characteristics of the United States. Additionally, students will learn about the ways in which people interact with, depend on, and modify their environment to meet their needs and wants. As a culminating activity, students will use the information they learned in this unit to conduct a guided inquiry to explore the physical and human characteristics of their state.
Unit Standards: N/A Table of Contents: Week 6: Geographic Skills Week 7: Location Week 8: Physical Characteristics Week 9: Regions of the United States Week 10: Human Characteristics Week 11: Movement Week 12: Culture Week 13: Guided Inquiry: Physical and Human Characteristics of My State Unit Essential Question: Why is it important to study geography?
Unit Learning Objective: With guidance and support, the student will learn about the tools and terms of geography so they can determine the geographic characteristics of their state. Unit “I Can” Statement: I can determine the geographic characteristics of my state. Unit Assessment: The assessment for this unit is a presentation of inquiry results. There is an Inquiry Rubric for this presentation linked to Week 13. Students should answer the following inquiry question: What are the physical and human characteristics of your state?
Geographic Skills | Week 6
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