Around the World Conclusion - Class #4

Today's Agenda 

1. Finalize presentations (15 mins)
2. Complete Around the World Passports (15 mins)
3. Conclusion Discussion (Circle) (20 mins)
4. Self-Assessment (20 mins) - Complete the form below. Write your answers in Pages first. Finally, copy them into this form. We don't want to lose anyone's work!

Around The World Mini-Project

This week's Social Studies schedule:

MONDAY Jan 25 Class #1 Seq. 2 Seq. 3 Seq. 4

TUESDAY Jan 26 Class #1 Seq. 1 Class #2 Seq. 3 Seq. 2

WEDNESDAY Jan 27 Class #2 Seq. 4 Class #2 Seq. 1

THURSDAY Jan 28 Class #3 Seq. 1 Seq. 2 Seq. 3 Seq. 4

FRIDAY Jan 29 Class #4 Seq. 1 Seq. 2 Seq. 3

Class #1 - Continue and finalize research about your country.
Useful Resources
LINK to Britannica (http://school.eb.com.ursus-proxy-9.ursus.maine.edu/levels)
LINK to Kids NatGeo (http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/kids/en_US/)

Class #2 - Begin creating your product (Keynote, poster, etc.) for the Around The World Celebration.

Class #3 - Share your work at the Around The World Celebration.

Class #4 - To Be Announced

GeoBee Prep Class #3

Today's GEOBEE Practice Quiz:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/quiz/today/

LT: I can use multiple geographic resources to make inferences about urbanization, population, population density and wealth.

Use these resources to answer the following questions.

• The Earth At Night
• Your atlas
• The links below the questions

1) URBAN AREAS: Where are the major urban areas in each continent? Label these areas on a blank map of the U.S. Identify the major cities on each continent.

2) OBSERVATION 1: Where do most populations exist (coastal or inland)?

3) OBSERVATION 2: What might the absence of lights (dark areas) indicate?

4) POPULATION: Do the lights correspond with the most largely populated continents?
http://www.geolounge.com/continents-population-density/

5) POPULATION DENSITY: Do the lights correlate with population density?
http://www.geolounge.com/continents-population-density/
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST

6) WEALTH: Do the lights correlate with wealth?
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-23-richest-countries-in-the-world-2015-7

GeoBee Prep Class #2

DO NOW: Today’s GeoBee >> http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/quiz/today/

Continue Scavenger Hunt

1. Finalize Round 1 = Atlas
2. Begin Round 2 = Google Search
3. Winners!

Nat Geo Bee Practice Link

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/quiz/today