Objectives: -- Locate the countries of the Caribbean and South America -- Apply absolute location and north arrows -- Identify geog terms in real places Activities: -- Complete Caribbean map -- View Columbus video, discuss status of Puerto Rico, invasion of Grenada -- Complete South America map -- Discuss Snake Island (Brazil), Falklands War, Chilean miner crisis (view movie trailer), and the Jim Jones cult in Guyana Independent Learning: -- None, but don't forget to make Feat/Types of Maps quiz corrections if you scored a 1 (and making corrections is strongly encouraged if you scored a 2). Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class: -- If you were absent today, I have completed atlas pages for you to get when you come back. No need to copy and do them from home.
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AuthorMs. Schaedler is starting her 29th year of teaching middle school. (She loves it!) Most of her work has been in Social Studies, but she has also designed and implemented a program teaching "lifelong learning skills" to middle school students to enhance their success. Archives
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