April 4th through April 8th
Essential Questions:
- How do geography, economics, people, and key events connect to shape a region?
- How is Mexico a developing country?
- How did Spanish rule influence Mexico’s culture?
- How does the climate of Mexico differ from region to region?
- How is Mexico’s government similar and different from United States government?
- What makes up Mexico’s economy?
- Daily Geography
- Physical Geography of Mexico Review: Four Corners
- Share Civilization Projects
- Read Climate and Vegetation and Natural Resources
- Map Quiz Friday
- Comparing Maps Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How do geography, economics, people, and key events connect to shape a region?
- How is Mexico a developing country?
- How did Spanish rule influence Mexico’s culture?
- How does the climate of Mexico differ from region to region?
- How is Mexico’s government similar and different from United States government?
- What makes up Mexico’s economy?
- Daily Geography
- Read Early Cultures
- Remembering the Mayans and Aztecs
- Achieve Article
- Map Quiz Friday
- Achieve Article due Thursday
Essential Questions:
- How do geography, economics, people, and key events connect to shape a region?
- How is Mexico a developing country?
- How did Spanish rule influence Mexico’s culture?
- How does the climate of Mexico differ from region to region?
- How is Mexico’s government similar and different from United States government?
- What makes up Mexico’s economy?
- Daily Geography
- Presentation and Notes on the History of Mexico
- Read Together Colonial Mexico and Independence while filling out timeline
- Discuss culture of Mexico
- Intro to Day of the Dead project
- Work time
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- How do geography, economics, people, and key events connect to shape a region?
- How is Mexico a developing country?
- How did Spanish rule influence Mexico’s culture?
- How does the climate of Mexico differ from region to region?
- How is Mexico’s government similar and different from United States government?
- What makes up Mexico’s economy?
- Daily Geography
- Read Culture of Mexico
- Answer the essential question: How did Spanish rule influence Mexico's culture?
- Watch Day of the Dead Video
- Work time for Project
- Geography Games when Finished
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- What are the causes, effects, and possible outcomes of current global issues?
- Map Quizzes
- CNN Student News
- Discussion
- None
March 28th through April 1st
No School! Enjoy your spring break!
No School! Enjoy your spring break!
Essential Questions:
- How do geography, economics, people, and key events connect to shape a region?
- Daily Geography Questions
- Case the Place: Mexico
- Read Physical Geography of Mexico and take notes
- Cool, new Exit Ticket
- Map Quiz Thursday
- Physical Map Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How do geography, economics, people, and key events connect to shape a region?
- Daily Geography
- Finish Casing the Place
- Read Physical Geography of Mexico
- Worksheets
- Map Quiz Friday
- Physical Geography Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- What are the causes, effects, and possible outcomes of current global issues?
- Map Quizzes
- CNN Student News
- Discussion
- None
March 21st through March 25th
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Daily Geography
- Review of the project rubric
- Work time for project
- Map Quiz Friday
- Project Due Date (to be determined)
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Daily Geography
- Work time for project
- Creating a label for project
- Map Quiz Thursday
- Project Due Date Thursday
Essential Questions:
- How do geography, economics, people, and key events connect to shape a region?
- Daily Geography Questions
- Answering our Essential Questions
- Casing the Place: Physical Geography of Mexico
- Final Work Day for Projects
- Map Quiz Thursday
- Project Due Thursday
Essential Questions:
- What are the causes, effects, and possible outcomes of current global issues?
- Map Quizzes
- CNN Student News
- Discussion
- None
No School! Enjoy your spring break!
March 14th through March 18th
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Inca Review of the Chapter
- The Incas: Where/how did they live, what did they believe, what did they achieve
- Civilization Test Wednesday
- Start bringing in materials for the project
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Daily Geography
- Civilization Review
- Civilization Test on Wednesday
- Begin bringing in materials for project
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Daily Geography Questions
- Last Minute Questions
- Civilization Test
- Silent Reading/Achieve
- Begin bringing in materials for project
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Daily Geography
- Hand back and go over test
- Intro to project
- Project Rubric discussion
- Examples
- Work Time
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- What are the causes, effects, and possible outcomes of current global issues?
- Map Quizzes
- CNN Student News
- Discussion
- Start planning materials for Civilization Building Project
March 7th through March 11th
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Daily Geography
- Inca Review
- Study Time
- Inca Quiz Tuesday
- Chapter 1 Test Thursday
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Daily Geography
- Inca Quiz
- Begin the Emperor's New Grove
- Chapter 1 Quiz Thursday
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Daily Geography Questions
- Finish The Emperor's New Grove
- Chapter 1 Review
- Study Time
- Chapter 1 Test Thursday
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Chapter 1 Test
- Geography Games when Finished
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- What are the causes, effects, and possible outcomes of current global issues?
- Map Quizzes
- CNN Student News
- Discussion
- Start planning materials for Civilization Building Project
February 29th through March 4th
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Daily Geography
- Practice Spanish Words with Arisbe
- Culture of Mexico Writing Prompt
- Discuss Answers to Civilization Assignment
- Read about the Incas' Creating an Empire, Central Rule, Economy, and Life in the Incas Empire
- Discuss Inca Social Structure
- Inca Textiles
- Study Spanish Words
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Daily Geography
- Who Am I? Vocabulary Review
- Kahoot! Spanish Words Review
- Finish Reading about the Incas
- Introduction to Pizarro
- Read Pizarro Conquers the Incas
- Quick Inca Review
- Section 3 Assessment on Google Classroom
- Study Spanish Words
- Inca Quiz Thursday
- Map Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Arisbe joins us!
- Spanish Bingo
- Enjoy Mexican Candy
- Map Quiz Friday
- Textiles due Friday
- Google Classroom Mexico Culture Due Today at Midnight
Essential Questions:
- How did the earliest civilizations begin and develop?
- How has early civilizations' development influenced the world we live in now?
- How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of ancient civilizations?
- What can the past teach us?
- Daily Geography
- Read about the Incas and Take Notes
- Introduction to Pizarro
- Read about Pizarro conquering the Incas and Take Notes
- Work Time for Textiles
- Map Quiz Friday
- Textiles due Friday
Essential Questions:
- What are the causes, effects, and possible outcomes of current global issues?
- Map Quizzes
- CNN Student News
- Discussion
- Start planning materials for Civilization Building Project
- Study for Inca Quiz on Tuesday