APHG UNIT PLAN CHAPTER 1: BASIC CONCEPTS

Sunday, 31 July

Monday, 1 August

Tuesday, 2 August Wednesday, 3 August Thursday, 4 August

UNIT I Essential Question: How do geographers study the unique points on earth?

Friday, 5 August First Day of School ½ Day for Students

Introductions/ Syllabus Day

Saturday, 6 August

Sunday, 7 August

Monday, 8 August

Psych Experiment – How the brain learns

Set up notebook

choose a country

Tuesday, 9 August

DUE: Concept map on Geo Definitions

Review Definitions of Geography and Branches

How to take Cornell Style Notes

Wednesday, 10 August

Discuss difference between

LOTS HOTS questions from

Cornell Notes

Discuss types of Thematic Maps & How to Lie with Maps

Thursday, 11 August

DUE: Notes on Ch. 1 Key Issue #1, pp. 5, 8-11

Review Homework

Notes on Map Scale and Map Projections

Friday, 12 August

DUE: Notes on pp. 12-13

Review notes with Venn diagram of GPS & GIS

Discuss the Pros/Cons of GPS

Saturday, 13 August

Sunday, 14 August

Monday, 15 August

DUE: Notes on 14-15

Review Site & Situation

Choose a Fort Location Activity (group work)

Interaction: Site & Situation of your country

Tuesday, 16 August

DUE: Notes on pp. 16-19 Laptops: Mapping a Culture Region, KUBY Activity HW: Finish KUBY activity if not completed in class

Wednesday, 17 August

DUE: KUBY Activity Answers

Review Culture Region Activity Answers

Review for first quiz with Kahoot!

Discuss study strategies

Thursday, 18 August

Reading QUIZ on Ch. 1 Key Issues #1-2 Notes on Map analysis & Spatial Associations

Friday, 19 August

DUE: Notes on pp. 20-21

McDonald’s Menu Items as examples of Globalization

View clip from the People’s Republic of Capitalism

Saturday, 20 August

Sunday, 21 August

Monday, 22 August

DUE: Notes on pp. 26-29

Review Types of Diffusion from HW

View clip from the People’s Republic of Capitalism

Discuss how space-time comp relates

Tuesday, 23 August

DUE: Notes on pp. 22-23

Globalization of Starbucks and McDonalds Activity

How to Write a CRQ

Topic: Distance-decay and space time compression (airport CRQ)

Wednesday, 24 August

DUE: Notes on pp. 30-31, 34-35

Discuss examples of Human-Environment Interaction

How to annotate maps Netherlands & Florida

Thursday, 25 August

Reading QUIZ on Ch. 1 Key Issues #3-4

Review the 5 Themes of Geography – students will sort and organize Ch. 1 concepts by theme

Friday, 26 August

How to prepare for the essay portion of the test and study using the KBAT TEST REVIEW with “Be Able to” Statements

Brainstorm LOTS HOTS

questions

Saturday, 27 August

Sunday, 28 August

Monday, 29 August Unit 1 CRQ TEST (Essay)

Tuesday, 30 August

Unit 1 MCQ TEST

HW: Read and take notes on pp. 45-47

Wednesday, 31 August

DUE: Notes on pp. 45-47 Introduce Unit II

Activity comparing populations of various regions

Thursday, 1 Sept

Friday, 2 Sept

Saturday, 3 Sept