Secondary Curriculum Maps Cumberland Valley School District Soaring to Greatness, Committed to Excellence 6 th Grade Geography
Course Name: Geography Unit: Europe and Russia Duration: 5 weeks PA Academic Priority Standards 5.4.6.A Identify how countries have varying interests. 7.3.6.A Describe the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: Population Culture Settlement Economic activities Political activities PA Academic Supporting Standards Click here to enter text. Unit What forces work for and against supranational cooperation among nations? What factors contribute to the success or failure of new nation-states? Assessment Strategies for Unit Pre-Assessment Formative Summative Geoterms vocabulary Reading notes graphic organizers Chapter preview activities Brainstorming K-W-L charts Essay or debate Should a country be admitted or allowed to leave the EU? Quiz vocabulary/economic terms. Topics in this Unit Supranational New Nation-States Click here to enter text. Cooperation in the European Union from the Old Soviet Empire: Will They Succeed? Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text.
Topic #1 Supranational Cooperation in the European Union Centrifugal force Centripetal force Common market Supranational cooperation Analyze a population cartogram of selected European countries. Experience the forces that unite and divide members of the European Union. What forces work for and against supranational European Union cooperation among nations? Tariffs Euro Currency Trade bloc Cultural identity Diversity Lessons 14.1 14.7 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces EU website Primary sources EU issues/articles Currency
Topic #2 New Nation-States from the Old Soviet Empire: Will They Succeed? Ethnic group Analyze factors that may determine the success of nation-states that have developed out of the former Soviet Union. What factors contribute to the success or failure of Empire new nation-states? Superpowers Failed state Dictators Life expectancy Infant mortality rate Landlocked Lessons 18.1 18.9 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Command to Market Economy simulation Online propaganda posters and videos
Course Name: Geography Unit: Latin America Duration: Quarter 3 + (4 weeks) PA Academic Priority Standards PA Academic Supporting Standards 7.2.6.B Describe the physical processes that shape Click here to enter text. patterns on Earth s surface. 7.3.6.A Describe the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: Population Culture Settlement Economic activities Political activities 7.4.6.A Describe and explain the effects of the physical systems on people within regions. Unit Why does spatial inequality exist in urban areas? How do indigenous peoples preserve their traditional culture while adapting to modern life? What causes extreme weather, and how do people deal with it? How should the resources of rainforests be used and preserved? How do people adapt to living in a mountainous region? Assessment Strategies for Unit Pre-Assessment Formative Summative Geoterms vocabulary Reading notes graphic organizers Chapter preview activities Brainstorming K-W-L charts Newspaper article Mexico City urbanization Group presentation Mayan life Test Extreme weather Bumper stickers Amazon land use Placemats Altitudinal zones in the Andes Spatial Inequality in Mexico City: From Cardboard to Castles Indigenous Cultures: The Survival of the Maya in Mesoamerica Topics in this Unit Dealing with Extreme Weather: Hurricanes in the Caribbean Land Use Conflict in the Amazon Rainforest Life in the Central Andes: Adapting to a Mountainous Region Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text.
Topic #1 Spatial Inequality in Mexico City: From Cardboard to Castles Spatial inequality Rural decline Standard of living Urbanization Identify causes and consequences of urbanization. Explain how spatial inequality affects people living in Mexico City. Why does spatial inequality exist in urban areas? Plazas Communal lands Volcanoes Smog Air quality Haves Have nots Slum Tenements Estates Life expectancy Per capita Lessons 9.1 9.7 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Smog/pollution visuals
Topic #2 Indigenous Cultures: The Survival of the Maya in Mesoamerica Adaptation Indigenous people Subsistence farming Create interactive dramatizations that demonstrate the ways in which indigenous peoples have preserved their traditional culture and have also adapted to modern life. How do indigenous peoples preserve their Highlands traditional culture while adapting to modern life? Lowlands Drought Landscape Cloud forests Lava Adobe Slash-and-burn method Migrant workers Barter Rituals Lessons 10.1 10.9 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Student props and costumes for presentations
Topic #3 Dealing with Extreme Weather: Hurricanes in the Caribbean Meteorology Natural disaster Tropical cyclone Extreme weather Describe the weather conditions that cause a hurricane to form and strengthen. Identify ways in which people deal with hurricanes. What causes extreme weather, and how do people Tropical zones deal with it? Cash crop Tourism Atmosphere Convection Prevailing winds Condenses Tropical disturbance Tropical depression Tropical storm Eye wall Rainbands Storm surge Lessons 11.1 11.10 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Online videos of recent hurricanes/storms National Weather Service online site
Land Use Conflict in the Amazon Rainforest Topic #4 Biodiversity Deforestation Sustainable development Investigate ideas from around the world how to address land-use conflict in the rainforest and determine which would be most applicable to the Amazon region. How should the resources of rainforests be used and preserved? Indigenous peoples Land use conflict Forest floor Canopy Lower story Reserves Clear-cut Forestry Nutrients Environmentalists Ecotourism Lessons 12.1 12.11 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Deforestation visuals Google Earth - timeline
Topic #5 Life in the Central Andes: Adapting to a Mountainous Region Altitudinal zonation Vertical trade Snow line Describe the characteristics of four elevation zones in the Andes. Identify ways in which people of the Central Andes have adapted to life in each of the four elevation zones. How do people adapt to living in a mountainous Climate zones region? Solar energy Atmosphere Temperate Navigable lake Adobe Snow line Tree line Alpine Lessons 13.1 13.8 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Internet resources - pictures
Course Name: Geography Unit: Canada and the United States Duration: Quarter 2 PA Academic Priority Standards 7.2.6.A Describe the characteristics of places and regions. 7.3.6.A Describe the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: Population Culture Settlement Economic activities Political activities 7.4.6.B Describe and explain the effects of people on the physical systems with regions. 6.1.6.B Compare ways that people meet their needs with how they meet their wants. Describe how resources are combined to produce different goods and services. PA Academic Supporting Standards Click here to enter text. Unit How does where you live influence how you live? How can people best use and protect Earth s freshwater ecosystems? How does urban sprawl affect people on the planet? What physical features make national parks unique and worth preserving? How do American consumption patterns affect people and the planet? How does migration affect the lives of people and the character of places? Assessment Strategies for Unit Pre-Assessment Formative Summative Geoterms vocabulary Reading notes graphic organizers Chapter preview activities Brainstorming K-W-L charts Settlement Patterns and Ways of Life in Canada The Great Lakes: The U.S. and Canada s Freshwater Treasures Topics in this Unit Urban Sprawl in North America: Where Will It End? Map quizzes Canadian provinces and territories, North America, physical. Project Where you live influences how you live. Debate Great Lakes quizzes Tour planning assignment U.S. National Parks A Long Walk to Water - assignments National Parks: Saving the Natural Heritage of the U.S. and Canada Consumption Patterns in the United States: The Impact of Living Well Migration to the United States: The Impact on People and Places Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text.
Topic #1 Settlement Patterns and Ways of Life in Canada Ecumene Plural society Rural Urban How does where you live influence how you live? Analyze the characteristics of each of the five regions of Canada. Explain how location affects ways of life in those five Canadian regions. Semi-arid Marine west coast Tundra Natural resources Forestry Hydroelectric power Deserts Lessons 3.1 3.10 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Click here to enter text.
Topic #2 The Great Lakes: The U.S. and Canada s Freshwater Treasures Ecosystem Food chain Freshwater Watershed Invasive species Pollution Evaluate the environmental health and management of the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem. Examine the environmental challenges facing global freshwater ecosystems and the impending crisis in freshwater supplies. How can people best use and protect Earth s Glaciers freshwater ecosystems? Point-source pollution Toxic chemicals Non-point-source pollution Runoff Pollutants Sediment Invasive species Habitat Wetlands Lessons 4.1 4.8 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Primary source articles Internet invasive species information/videos
Topic #3 Urban Sprawl in North America: Where Will It End? Metropolitan area Rural fringe Suburb Urban core Urban Fringe Urban Sprawl Analyze the implications of global urban patterns and international solutions to sprawl How does urban sprawl affect people on the planet? Land use Urban growth boundaries Public transit system Mixed-use developments Infill Lessons 5.1 5.11 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Internet pictures of modern urban sprawl Local maps
Topic #4 National Parks: Saving the Natural Heritage of the U.S. and Canada Topographic maps Elevation Flora Fauna Conservationist Read and understand a topographic map. Identify the challenges to national parks in the twenty-first century. What physical features make national parks unique and worth preserving? Geysers Mammals Taiga Humid subtropical Lessons 6.1 6.8 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Mt. Shasta Foss Science National Parks websites Lessons 1.1 1.8 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces
Topic #5 Consumption Patterns in the United States: The Impact of Living Well Consumption Developed country Developing country Gross Domestic Product Per capita Demonstrate the ability to read and interpret cartograms. Identify current consumption patterns in the United States. How do American consumption patterns affect people and the planet? Digital divide Lessons 7.1 7.8 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Material World posters Hungry Planet posters
Topic #6 Migration to the United States: The Impact on People and Places Immigrate Emigrate Push factors Pull factors Refugee Understand the primary reasons people emigrate from their country of birth and immigrate to other countries. Identify key ways in which migration impacts the United States, immigrants and the countries they left behind. How does migration affect the lives of people and Discrimination the character of places? Famine Persecution Genocide Diffusion Brain drain Remittances Lessons 8.1 8.8 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (one novel per student)
Course Name: Geography Unit: The Geographer s World Duration: Quarter 1 PA Academic Priority Standards 7.1.6.A Describe how common geographic tools are used to organize and interpret information about people, places, and environment. 7.1.6.B Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features. PA Academic Supporting Standards Click here to enter text. Unit How do geographers show information on maps? Why do geographers use a variety of maps to represent the world? Assessment Strategies for Unit Pre-Assessment Formative Summative Create a world map using prior knowledge. Map practice using scale, directions, latitude and longitude, vocabulary. Geoterms vocabulary Reading notes graphic organizers Project create your own country using learned skills. Quiz continents and oceans The Tools of Geography Topics in this Unit A Spatial Way of Click here to enter text. Thinking Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text.
The Tools of Geography Topic #1 Absolute location Relative location Distortion Map projection Latitude Longitude Map scale Relationship between Earth and Sun Explain the differences between absolute and relative location. Read and interpret maps using the map s legend, scale, and compass rose. Use latitude and longitude. Understand that distortion affects all flat maps. Explain that the tilt of the Earth and revolution around the sun produces climate differences. How do geographers show information on maps? Cardinal directions Intermediate directions Legend or Key Map grid Equator Prime Meridian International Dateline Coordinates Continents Hemispheres Revolution Axis Rotation Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle Lessons 1.1 1.8 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Map distortion globes
Topic #2 A Spatial Way of Thinking Hemispheres, continents, and oceans. Climate Economic activity Landform Physical feature Population density Region Thematic map Vegetation Natural resource Precipitation Elevation Land use Locate hemispheres, continents and oceans of the world. Differentiate between climate and vegetation regions. Understand that how people use land depends on climate and natural resources. Measure crowding using population density maps. Recognize major landforms and bodies of water. How do geographers define and categorize regions based on physical and human features? Plateau Elevation Gulf Climate zones Precipitation Climagraph Arid Desert Humid Continental Vegetation zones Fossil fuels Land use Hydroelectric power Plantation Lessons 2.1 2.8 in TCI - Geography Alive! TCI visuals, placards, and game pieces Population density experiments Pictures Hands-on building materials