World History: Grade 9 Lesson 3: Unit 0.2 The Personality of Earth s Surface

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1 World History: Grade 9 Lesson 3: Unit 0.2 The Personality of Earth s Surface

2 Unit 0.2 Lesson 3: The Personality of Earth s Surface M.T. Donkin Unit Objectives: 1.) Differentiate among various flat world map projections in terms of their relative distortion of land shape and area. 2.) Identify the earth s continents and describe alternative ways of naming them. 3.) Evaluate geographers opinions concerning the boundaries of continents and their relationships to each other and to bodies of water. 4.) Compare views of earth from different vantage points and identify several large regions as stages of world history 5.) Define continental drift and explain in general terms how global land masses came to be distributed as they are today. 6.) Analyze the relationship between vegetation zones, population distribution, and paths of interaction in historical time. 7.) Evaluate topographical features of earth in terms of their impact on the mobility of flora, fauna, and human beings. MTP: 1. In the Zones: Plants, animals, and people 2. Moving on the continental axes 3. Inside and outside: Afroeurasian waterways 4. What s due? Sept , min.

3 1. In the Zones Look at the three types of maps in SH_3.1 Work in pairs and discuss how climate and vegetation maps correlate and fill in the chart. When finished: Discuss the difficulties you found in making the correlations on climate and vegetation. Give examples of plants and animals that live in each zone, and how humans use both as resources in those places.

4 View the map and read the quotation on SH_3.2 from Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel to understand his concept of latitudinal and longitudinal axes of continents and diffusion. 2. Moving on the Continental Axes Answer the questions Remember as you study world history always try to answer these questions. Can you think of modern examples? invasive species brought by colonizers and shipping companies, global food trade as a carrier of micro-organisms such as the West Nile virus, Avian flu, and AIDS.

5 3. Inside & Outside: Afroeurasian Waterways Take a look at SH_3.3 and see how complex the coast of Europe is, with its many bays, seas, and peninsulas. Identify and label the bodies of water What are the effects of these interior waterways on communication, maritime migration, warfare, trade, and fishing? How are the bodies of water within the dotted oval on the map external routes to larger bodies of water? How have these bodies of water connected people together or linked Europe to other parts? In what ways is the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf a part of the system of interior waterways? Now, look at SH_3.4, identify the waterways and connect them together. Now using the internet, locate maps of global shipping. Find: Medieval trade routes of the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Coastal Region, and Overland routes.

6 3. Inside & Outside: Afroeurasian Waterways Take a look at SH_3.5 locate the major rivers. Look for major cities and along the rivers. Note their importance today and in the past. What else did you find out?

7 Due Sept 24/25: See History website, Mapping Project 1. Due Oct. 1/2: Quiz 2 Due Oct. 10: Timeline 2 Due Oct. 15/16: Essay 1 Due Oct. 17: Portfolios 6. What s Due?