Unit Plan Overall Idea Matrix

Topic Western Geography Target Audience (make sure to describe number, age, and abilities of students) The class will consist of 25-30 6th graders who are at grade level.

Overall Objectives The students will learn about the geographic regions of North America and the cultures that live in them.

Pass / CC Standards Content Standard 4: The student will analyze the human systems of the Western Hemisphere in the context of the worlds peoples and cultures.

Pass Instructional Technology Standards ISTE Standard 1. Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology

Standard 2: Communication and Collaboration: Students use digital media environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Standard 3: Research and Information Fluency: Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. NETS-T 1. Standard Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity:Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. 2. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments: Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETSS. a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity

Technology 1) 2) 3) 4) I-Movie NearPod Podcast Smartboard

How Technology will be Used We will create a trailer for the overview of the unit. NearPod will be used to teach the lesson and then quiz the students. Students will listen to the podcast and fill out a worksheet that goes with it. Smartboard will be used to teach the lesson and an activity after. Students will create a video based on the information they learned about the

5) iPad

Materials that Need to Be Created iMovie NearPod lesson Podcast and worksheet Smartboard lesson and handout of Venn Diagram Handout explaining how

different governments.

to create a video

What technology will be needed to teach this lesson? (Specify type and number both Software and Hardware)

Technology Unit Timeline Planner Must have one lesson plan for each individual plus at least one as group (number of group members + 1).
Lesson Topic North American Geography What Students Will Do Watch an iMovie and respond with a short paragraph about what they expect to learn in the unit paired with a short quiz and map. Time Allotted 1 class period Objectives Addressed
Content Standard 4: The student will analyze the human systems of the Western Hemisphere in the context of the worlds peoples and cultures. 1. Identify and describe cultural traits of language, ethnic heritage, social systems, religion, and traditions including how cultural diffusion impacts societies. 5. Analyze the impact of geography on population location,

Technology Used iMovie

Person Responsible (or Group) Group

North American Culture

The podcast will describe culture of the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

1 class period

Podcast

Alicia

North American Population

NearPod will be used to teach a lesson about population density and resources and then give the students a quiz on the material.

1 class period

NearPod App

Brittany

and Resources

North American Economies

SmartBoard will be used to present a lesson and then create a Venn Diagram about the economies and how the governments affect them as a class and move facts in the categories. Then, they will pick two countries and create a Venn Diagram at their desk. Students will learn about the different forms of government in the northern hemisphere and

1 class period

growth, and change, applying geographic concepts of population density, the availability of resources, settlement patterns, and migrational push and pull factors including the twentieth century Asian and Caribbean refugee migration to North America or the pattern of Hispanic workers migrating to the United States 2. Describe and compare examples of the market and command economic systems including how governments affect economic activities in such systems. 3. Describe the major political systems of representative

Smartboard

Ally

North American

3 class periods

iPad

Hayley

Governments

then they will make a video on the iPad showing a type of government their group chooses.

governments (democracy, republic, constitutional monarchy) and authoritarian systems (dictatorship) including the role of the citizen in the selection of government officials, lawmaking, and the liberties guaranteed under different forms of government.