Livingston American School 4 th Quarter Curriculum Map

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1 Livingston American School 4 th Quarter Curriculum Map Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Concept / Topic To Teach: 1) India 1) Population Explosion 1) Territorial dispute 1) East Asia 2) Pakistan and Bangladesh 2) Extreme Weather Standards Addressed: Describe and explain how the construction of dams and levees on rivers in one region affects places downstream (e.g., water availability for human consumption and agriculture, flood control, electricity generation, aquatic and riparian ecosystems). Describe how human changes to land cover can have negative impacts on other areas (e.g., deforestation and downstream flooding, siltation, soil erosion). Explain how industrial Describe and explain how strip mining technology has altered the physical environment of the United States (e.g., mountaintop removal in West Virginia, culm heaps in the anthracite region of northeastern Pennsylvania, deep craters in the Powder River Basin strip mine). Describe how changes in technology have altered the methods and amount of travel and therefore the effects on the physical environment (e.g., car emissions, road building, airplane jet exhaust and noise). Describe and explain how green construction techniques may increase sustainability and reduce the scale of human induced effects on the Analyze the positive and negative effects of human actions on the lithosphere (e.g., land degradation and erosion, soil salinization and acidification). Analyze the proportion of built area to vegetation land cover around a community and identify possible consequences in changes to that proportion (e.g., habitat changes, heat island effect, water and wetland patterns). Analyze the ways humans can have positive effects on the open green space protection, wetland restoration, sustainable forestry). Analyze the positive and negative effects of human actions on the lithosphere (e.g., land degradation and erosion, soil salinization and acidification). Analyze the proportion of built area to vegetation land cover around a community and identify possible consequences in changes to that proportion (e.g., habitat changes, heat island effect, water and wetland patterns). Analyze the ways humans can have positive effects on the open green space protection, wetland restoration, sustainable forestry).

2 activities (e.g., factories, electric power generating plants) affects other locations (e.g., acid rain downwind, thermal inversions, smog). reduced energy use, the use of new sustainable building materials). Specific Objectives: 1) Colonialism legacy 2) Economic challenges 3) Regional conflicts 1) Human-environment interaction 2) Monsoon seasons 1) Dispute over Kashmir 2) Nuclear proliferation 1) China 2) Korea 3) Japan General Goal(s): 1) Roots of conflict 2) Religious conflict 3) Partition 1) Problems & solutions 2) Thematic maps 1) Post-conflict reconstruction 2) Case study 1) Readings: maps, diagrams, charts 2) Making a map: geographic focus Assessment Based On Objectives: 2) Map Quizzes 1) HW review 2) Project: Make a Map 2) Visual mapping 2) Visual mapping 3) Visual mapping 3) Visual mapping 3) Map quizzes 3) Map quizzes 4) R.S.G. 4) R.S.G. 4) Unit Test 4) R.S.G

3 Core Value Livingston American School Quarterly Lesson Plan Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Concept / Topic To Teach: 1) Trade and prosperity 1) Population 2) Quality of Life 1) Final: World Map 1) Final: World Map Standards Addressed: Explain how international water boundaries are examples of people cooperating in dividing and using Earth s surface (e.g., 200 mile territorial limit, Great Lakes are divided between Canada and the United States, for river boundaries it is sometimes the center of the water in the river). Analyze activities in the local community to describe ways in which people solve problems by cooperating Identify and describe the reasons for disputes over play space on the playground or lunchroom, analyzing the situation from the perspectives of the key stakeholders. Identify local land use issues in which there are disagreements and analyze the perspectives of the key stakeholders (e.g., protection of environmentally sensitive areas, land use for commercial purposes, locating waste disposal sites). Construct a map that displays geospatial data using symbols explained in a key (e.g., a sketch map to illustrate a narrative story, a map of cars in the school parking lot showing type and color, a classroom map showing different types of tables, desks, and chairs). Describe the results of a survey of classmates about a geographic question concerning their school (e.g., where to add another swing set, where to add a cover over Describe the purpose and components of a typical map key or legend. Describe and analyze the similarities and differences in information displayed at different scales. Analyze the different ways of symbolizing geospatial data (e.g., graduated circles, cartograms, choropleth versus isopleth maps).

4 (e.g., working in groups to pick up trash along a road, participating in a neighborhood crime watch group, participating in community house building projects). Describe how communities and states cooperate in providing relief efforts during and after natural disasters (e.g., donations of money and food aid, sending medical teams and supplies, construction workers and equipment). Describe the means by which communities resolve disputes over land use issues (e.g., decisions by planning commissions, by elected officials, by judges, by community voting). existing playground equipment, where to place more drinking fountains) using graphs and maps. Construct a map of the United States using symbols to show quantities by state (e.g., population, professional sports teams, mountain peaks over a certain elevation). Specific Objectives: 1) Economic growth 1) Population growth 1) Map making project 1) Map making project 2) Rising economies 2) Quality of life 3) Resource management General Goal(s): 1) Compare & contrast 1) Patterns of population 1) Map work 1) Map work 2) Primary source analysis 2) Economic growth vs. environmental protection 2) Study skills 3) Organization 2) Study skills 3) Organization

5 Assessment Based On Objectives: 2) Visual Mapping 2) Visual Mapping 2) Visual maps 1) HW review 2) Visual maps 3) R.S.G. 3) R.S.G. 3) Review W.S. 3) R.S.G 4) Map quizzes 4) Unit Test 4) Project 4) Project Core Value 3) Confident Individual 3) Confident Individual 4) Compassionate Citizen 4) Compassionate Citizen