2. Where in the World do you Come from?

3. What is Geography?

          -MRPIE (5 Themes of Geography)

4. Message in a Bottle introduction

5. Dancing Man
          -introduction to Geography: Where have you been?  Where will you go?

-Bring an empty waterbottle (plastic) to next class

1. What is Geography?

          -MRPIE (5 Themes of Geography)

          -MRPIE at Beyond the Gates

2. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs!

          -read and discussed story

          -MRPIE with Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

3. Message in a Bottle
          -Brainstormed 2 examples from each MRPIE theme

eg. Movement- boat crashed, swam to shore 

1. Message in a Bottle

2. Learning Skills Mind Map

Finish your learning skills mind map

Bring outdoor shoes

2. Responsibility- learning skills mind map due

2. Canadian Time Zones

3. The Great Grade 6 Geography Mind Map
          -Roll the Dice!- random province selection

2. Canadian Time Zones

3. The Great Grade 6 Geography Mind Map
          -Roll the Dice!- random province selection
          -research discussion and sources used
          -begin GG6GMM research

Self-Regulation

2. Discuss presentation style and expectations

3. Correct Quest

Practice your presentation

3. Magical Mystery Tour- The Maritimes
          -Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI, Nova Scotia
          -Watch the Travel Video post card
          - discuss interesting facts, the province's landscape and natural resources

2. Canada Q and A- Jeopardy!

self-regulation

responsibility, initiative

         -Identify the Great Lakes
         -Province summary

2. Featured Canadian Artist
          -discussion and notes on Barenaked Ladies
          -Listened to "If I had a million dollars"

3.  Latitude and Longitude PowerPoint

          -Note and discussion: Longitude, Latitude, The Equator, The Prime Meridian, Local Time, Universal Time

1. Grid Game

2. Latitude and Longitude Worksheet (OneNote)

3. Locations Activity

4. Time Zones
          -listened to Jet Lag
          -Time Ticker

1. Latitude and Longitude Worksheet (OneNote)

Independent Work

1. Common Maps- PowerPoint and Notes

2. Crack the Code!

3. Common Maps of the USA

2. Townsville

3. Coordinates activity on a GIANT map!

2. Townsville

2. PegMan and Google Maps

          -Street View Introduction
          -GPS mishaps

          -USA Tourist Destinations

          -Screen Clipping

          -Find the following Tourist Destinations and take a screen clipping of them: Times Square, Golden Gate Bridge, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Newbury Street, Central Park, Lego Land, SAC and your house!
          -PegMan Challenge

3. Great Grade 6 Geography Challenge!

4. Townsville Directions

          -fill in the blanks using the USA article in Encarta Kids

2. Townsville- finish map and writing directions.  This is due next class.

Finish Townsville

Townsville Due

1. Similarity Survey: Canada and the USA

          -graph
          -Discuss similarities and differences between both countries

          -Discuss different points of view of both countries

2. Great Grade 6 Geography Challenge

3. PegMan Challenge!

1. Great Grade 6 United States of America Tourist Fair project

          -introduction and exemplars

          -chose partners and state

          -work period #1: begin researching your state

2. Side by Side comparison: Canada and the USA

GG6USATF rubric 

self-regulation, initiative

Partners:

D.L and J.M- Texas

B.B and B.L- Hawaii

E.F and M.P- New York

S.S, J.D and R.T- California

D.G and N.B- Florida

W.K and T.T- Nevada

2. Great Grade 6 Geography Challenge

2. Great Grade 6 Geography Challenge

Finish researching your 3 tourist destinations.

2. Great Grade 6 Geography Challenge

3. Learning Skills discussion

2. Geography Challenge practice

1. Featured Canadian Artist: Finger Eleven and Alanis Morissette

           -discussion and notes

           -listened to "Hero" and "Ironic"

2. Discussion and note: CAN CON

3. Encarta Kids Web Quest: Canadian and American Government and Judicial System

1. Where on Google Earth did you go for the holidays?

2. Introduction to Trade
          -Collaborative activity: what is trade? examples of trade between friends and family, sports trade, world trade etc.

3. Trade Terms and Definitions
          -collaborative activity
          -word match

bring headphones to next class

self-regulation

2. discussion: primary, secondary and tertiary industries, natural resources, imports and exports

          -Canadian Geographic

3. Mind Map- primary, secondary and tertiary industries

4. The Story of Stuff (she speaks quickly- you may need to pause it a few times and listen twice)

5. Watch the Story of Stuff again, while reading the Themes and Questions.  It is easiest if you listen to the video while filling in the blanks. 

 -bring in an object or clothing from your home that was made in China (not to trade- you can keep it!)

1. Trade and industries in China with Ms. Tao

2. The Story of Stuff
          -finish video
          -Mix and Match Worksheet
          -Mrs. Elliott's walkman, flip phone and thick heals discussion

3. Lego Trade Game

2. The Ups and Downs of NAFTA
          -article experts and discussion
          -learn to highlight key points
          -pros and cons discussion and Venn Diagram

3. Natural Resources Vocabulary
          -match up

2. Canada and it's Trading Partners- project overview

Study for your test!

2. Finish paragraph

Research Table- International Trade

Research Table- Relationship to Canada

Trading Partners Project Outline

2. Return test- individual conferences

2. Paragraph re-write