Culture and Geography Intro (Pages 2-18)

1- During attendance, check all of the work assigned last week on the google classroom.  Did you do it all?  If not, you can make it up.  If you did, see my comments and the grade.  Feel free to ask questions and to re-submit for a higher grade.

Student Learning Objective- Students will assess how much they know about geography and culture.

2- In class on 9/21, we introduced culture and geography.  See the forecast for this information and the page numbers.  Here is what was specifically talked about:

Define geography in your own words
Define geography from page 4
Avoid memorization to get understanding.  Explain it to a friend

Topography defined on page 10
Class listed landforms that can affect culture:

Define Culture in your own words
Define culture from page 13
We brainstormed the aspects of culture:

We brainstormed American culture to understand our own before we study other cultures.

3- Now let's do a competition.  Honor code.  No cheating.  I will project a blank world map to help you.  When you are ready, click on the link.  Or google 193 countries 10 minutes.  The goal is to name the most countries.  If it is spelled correct, it accepts it.  I recommend doing it geographically, but you can also do alphabetically.  There are countries that are not recognized by the UN.  Feel free to ask Mr. Cook questions.

Student Learning Objective #2- Students will access prior knowledge of countries of the world.  Students will also notice what countries they were not familiar with.

http://andys.org.uk/countryquiz/

4- After the 10 minutes, do not close the page.  Which countries should you have gotten?  What countries have you never heard of?  Write down how many countries you got and we will try to double that number in June.  On a google doc, (1) write how many countries you named correctly today (If it says 123 countries remain, that means you got 193-123 which is 70).  Also, (2) write down what your goal is for the end of the year! (3) Write down what countries you should have gotten today!  Explain why. (4) Write down what countries you were not surprised you did not get. (5) Write down notable discussion points the class had about these countries. (6) Submit to google classroom

Stay on zoom or email if you have questions or need help!  Have a great day!