W19: January 6-9, 2015 Week 19. Tuesday, January 6 Check in… Turn in tickets Goal – ASWBAT… understand upcoming project Material World: Cuba Homework:

W19: January 6-9, 2015Week 19

Tuesday, January 6•Check in…Turn in tickets

•Goal – ASWBAT… understand upcoming project

•Material World: Cuba

•Homework: ▫Cuba WS

HOPS!

Cuba

• Island country in the Caribbean• Major sugar producer in the 19th century;

African slaves• Fidel Castro

• Do you think the Costa family lives in a city or a small town?

• What evidence do you see to support your answer?

• Describe the appearance of the buildings • Do they seem new or old?

• What forms of modern technology do you see in this photograph, including vehicles?

• Do they appear old or new, compared with the appliances and vehicles you have in your home?

• Do you think the Costa family knows its neighbors very well?

• Why or why not?

• How many generations of people appear in this picture?

• Who lives in this house? • Why do you think this household might consist of

more than simply parents and children?

• What kind of trees do you see?

• What does this imply about Cuba’s climate?

This photograph shows the family in 2001, along with the new possessions they’d acquired since the original photograph was taken.

Wednesday, January 7• Check in… - Homework in to bin

•Goal – ASWBAT… define what physical characteristics are and identify basic landforms and climate

•Define: Physical characteristics

Landforms

Climate

• Homework: ▫ Exit Ticket

THURSDAY, January 8• Check in… - Homework in to bin

•Goal – ASWBAT… identify patterns of landforms and understand how landforms are created.

•Are there any patterns of landforms on Earth?

•Class reading

•Jigsaw

•Presentations

• Homework: ▫ Exit Ticket

FRIDAY, January 9• Check in… - Homework in to bin

•Goal – ASWBAT… identify patterns in climate and predict climate based on other geographic features

•How would you guess the climate of a location?

•Jigsaw

•Presentations

•Prediction Activity

• Homework: ▫Exit Ticket