Map Skills, Government, and Economics Review:
Map Skills
Friday, 8/4
Show Map Skills 101 PowerPoint and have students take notes.
Discuss map symbols and have students complete map symbols activity.
Discuss determining direction on a map and have students complete directions activity.
Monday, 8/8
Discuss scale and have students do scale Skills
Tuesday, 8/9
Have students complete Mapping Skills Playground Activity.
Wednesday, 8/10
Show Map Terms PowerPoint and have students fill in definitions on their concept maps.
Discuss grids and have students complete Grid activity.
Thursday, 8/11
Show Latitude and Longitude PowerPoint and have students complete the Latitude and Longitude activity.
Friday, 8/12
Explain Amusement Park Project and have students start working on it.
Monday, 8/15
Have students finish Amusement Park Projects.
Tuesday, 8/16
Present Amusement Park Projects and review for quiz.
Wednesday, 8/17
Review for quiz
Thursday, 8/18
Quiz over map skills.
Government and Economics Concept Map
Friday, 8/19
Government Citizen Participation PowerPoint and notes.
Government Flow Chart
Assign Government Think-Tac-Toe
Monday 8/22
Flow chart example
PowerPoint and discussion of the basic economic systems.
Complete chart from PowerPoint.
Play Show Me from PowerPoint.
Tuesday 8/23
Trade PowerPoint
Complete Chart and Trade Barrier Mascots worksheet
1st and 2nd: The Important Book
4th and 5th Periods: Trade Barrier Letter
Wednesday 8/24
Economic terms with Flip book PowerPoint
Make Economics flip book.
Thursday 8/25
Review for Test over maps, government, economics and trade.
Friday 8/26
LW/ take Test.
LW/ begin maps of Afria.