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Pre-AP World Geography Plans and Activities
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AP US History Plans and Activities
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Monday
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O: Understand classroom procedures and expectations. Demonstrate knowledge of change over time.
P: Discuss syllabus and expectations. Assign first writing practice.
A: Writing practice
Handouts: Syllabus/expectations (online), “change over time” writing prompt
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O: Understand classroom procedures and expectations.
P: Discuss syllabus and expectations.
A: Class discussion
Handouts: Syllabus and expectations (online)
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Tuesday
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O: Assess prior knowledge of significant geographic features and locations, as well as mapping skills.
P: Draw a map of the world without reference materials.
A: World map
Handouts: Instructions for world map drawing
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O: Assess prior knowledge of significant individuals and events in the colonial period. Apply a common framework for document analysis.
P: Pretest over the colonial period. Review SOAPS document analysis.
A: Pretest, discussion
Handouts: Pretest, “Making the Grade” reading
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Wednesday
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O: Assess prior knowledge of significant geographic features and locations.
P: Pretest geography knowledge and discuss answers.
A: Pretest, discussion
Handouts: Pretest
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O: Compare and contrast differing accounts of native living in the pre-Columbian era. Evaluate the process of writing history.
P: Read secondary source accounts of pre-Columbian native life and explain the differences through responses to analysis questions.
A: Class discussion, Venn diagram, analysis questions
Handouts: “Earliest Americans” and “A Cultivated World” readings, analysis questions (online)
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Thursday
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O: Establish relevance of studying geography. Discuss the concept of location and examine the uses of this theme.
P: “Five Themes of Geography” lecture and discussion
A: Class notes, discussion
Handouts: “Five Themes of Geography” lecture (online)
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O: Compare the relationship between native peoples and the Spanish, French, and Dutch. Examine the period of discovery and early settlement of the New World.
P: “Worlds Collide” lecture
A: Class notes
Handouts: “Worlds Collide” lecture (online)
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Friday
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O: Establish relevance of studying geography. Discuss the concepts of place and region and examine the uses of this theme.
P: “Five Themes of Geography” lecture and discussion
A: Class notes, discussion
Handouts: “Five Themes of Geography” lecture (online)
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O: Characterize the nature of settlement in Jamestown. Recognize how hardships of early settlers arose largely from their policies and practices. Compare and contrast Jamestown and Plymouth.
P: Read a primary source account of Jamestown and create a comparison chart of the Chesapeake and New England experience.
A: Class discussion, T-chart
Handouts: “Starving Time” reading and comparative information
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