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STANDARD 6.6 (Geography) All students will apply knowledge of spatial relationships and other geographic skills to understand human behavior in relation to the physical and cultural environment. ** NJ CCCS ** || - geography of a country can strength and/or weaken its powers/control - geography influences how humans have settled || ** Essential Questions: __** - Does geography affect a countries growth into power? - Is the geography of the Italian Peninsula important to the rise of Rome? - Which geographical feature is the most important to development? Why? || - key vocabulary terms - important places/geographical features (Rome, Sicily, Alps, Apennine Mts., Latium and Tiber River) - how to read and interpret a map || ** Students will be able to. . . ** - describe the geography of the Italian Peninsula - identify key physical features on a map - recognize that geography affects human development - defend their viewpoint || Design a model of the Italian Peninsula depicting the different geographical features that affected the growth of the Roman Empire. Students will then state which they believe had the greatest influence and why. || ** Other Evidence: ** - quizzes/tests on map skills - Journal Reflections - Open-ended questions - Small Group Discussion (rubric) || -<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> identify the Italian Peninsula and its geographical features on a map -<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> view a video from United Streaming about the settling of Rome -<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Journal Reflections to Open-ended and non-open-ended -<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Reading several article about the geographical features of Rome, sharing information in a jigsaw – identifying what effect each feature had on people settling where they did -<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Create a model of the peninsula and identify through writing which physical feature had the greatest impact
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Like anything new and different the beginning is usually a challenge, in a good way. I did not find it frustrating, in fact I felt it made me think more about what it was I really wanted my students to learn. This unit is the beginning activity for our Multicultural Day event, which is two days in June. I love teaching this because all the activities are project based and because testing is over there is a more relaxed atmosphere and more project based learning is taking place. The format does not bother me; I am a very structured person so that works. I did in some areas feel as though I was repeating myself, but other then that it was fine. However, if I had to complete this for all the subjects I teach it may become more of a challenge. It did provide good practice, because my district may be moving to this format in the coming school year. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">//Nice job! I like you performance assessmnet. I am not a history person but your project sounds like a lot of fun and an opportunity to display one's understandings.// I cant get another color so my comment is in italics. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">I really like your performance assessment task. The reflection follow-up question about which geographical feature had the greatest influence is a very important part of the project because it is addressing the essential question and having students transfer and apply their knowledge. You're absolutely right- planning this way is very time-consuming, but I guess once you have it completed you can use it again? KD Structurely you did a nice job. In terms of levels of understanding, how would a student demonstrate different levels of understanding in terms of their knowledge of the difference factors for the rise of Rome in terms of geography? How would they transfer that knowledge? BB ||
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