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[7th Grade] [7th Grade Assignment Sheets] Geography] Language Arts] Math] Physical Science] Geography Unit Plan] Day 1] [2] 3] 4] [ 5 ]

**Teacher**- Stephanie Taylor
 * Class**- Geography
 * Grade Level**- 7th
 * Topic**- The Five Themes of Geography

World maps with latitude and longitude lines, bingo cards and markers, folded slips of paper with well-known locations written inside.
 * Materials/ Technology needed **

17.D.3a- Explain how interactions of geographic factors have shaped present conditions.
 * State and/or National Goals **

Define the study of geography. Identify examples of human-environment interaction. Locate places using latitude and longitude.
 * Learning Objectives **

Students will be informally assessed according to their participation in group work and class discussions.
 * Assessment(s) explained **

Students will write what they think geography is and what they think a geographer does. Students will share their ideas with the class and we will write a few ideas on the board. Students will then use their books to find the books definitions and we will compare it to what we came up with. Students will write down a final definition of geography and what geographers do.
 * Introductory Activity **

1. Introductory activity (5 minutes)
 * Instructional procedures (including time) **

2. Teacher will list and review the five themes of geography- location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, regions. (5 minutes)

3. Students will play latitude and longitude Bingo in order to study the first theme of geography, location. The teacher will explain that latitude and longitude are very similar to grids and coordinates that they study in math. Students will be put into groups of three. Each group will be given a world map with latitude and longitude lines and a bingo sheet with various locations listed on it. The teacher will read out latitude and longitude coordinates. Students will use their maps to find the location of the coordinates. If the location is listed on their bingo sheet they will mark it. (15 minutes) (This will connect to students' math classes in which they are studying coordinate planes.)

4. Students will do an activity that helps them learn about the second theme, place. Each group will be given folded slips of paper with the name of a common, well known place written inside. Each group will write out a description describing their place. Groups will then exchange descriptions and try to guess the place based on the description. After every group has guessed we will discuss what made some descriptions harder to guess than others. (10 minutes)

5. Students will compare old and new photographs of local locations. The photographs should illustrate visible change over time. Students will use the photographs to determine how people in their area have impacted and interacted with their environment. This will help them understand the fourth theme, human-environment interaction. (10 minutes)

6. Assign homework that will help students understand the theme, movement. Students will have to make a list of everything they have on them. This will include clothing items and anything in their book bags. Next to each item they will write where it was made. They will bring their lists will be due at the start of the next class period. (2 minutes)

Assign homework
 * Closure Activity **