Travis Stricklin

SST-IS

Module 3

2/6/17

Lesson Plan on Place: Physical and human aspects of a location.

1. Warm up: Have colored pencils and crayons out on each table group as
well as a couple pieces of blank paper at each seat. Put the prompt:
Draw or explain your favorite place in the entire world. on the board.
Allow the students adequate time (10 minutes) to complete the warm
up. Once students are beginning to finish place your favorite place in
the entire world picture under the elmo/projector for the students to
see. Explain that today we are going to be working with and discussing
the physical and human aspects of a location, in this instance their
favorite places in the entire world.
2. Activity: Divide the students into groups by handing out vocab sheets
on different colored paper. The blues from each table will all work
together, as will the reds, etc. With these vocab lists the students will
then take a deeper look at their pictures or written descriptions and
discuss amongst their groups what types of human and physical
aspects they drew or discussed. After about 5 minutes of comparing
and contrasting push the groups to begin making a list of examples
that their new vocab list suggests may be present in their pictures of
their favorite place on Earth.
3. Vocabulary words and phrases:
a. Ancient
b. Bustling
c. Contemporary
d. Cosmopolitan
e. Famous
f. Picturesque
g. Unique
h. North/South/East/West of
i. On the coast of
j. Near the border of
k. Type of life here
l. The scenery is like
m. Rush hour is like
n. Crops here?
o. Tourism here?
 4. Assessment: Collect all the students lists of examples from their vocab
connections. From this we will be able to tell what types of the
connections the students made to their favorite location on earth, as
well as how deeply they were thinking about the culture and details
present in whatever destination they chose.

Resources:

Vocab lists on 5 different colors of paper

Prompt on overhead
Example drawn by you to model for students
Paper
Crayons
Colored pencils
Smiling students

Standards:

D2.Geo.2.3-5. Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other

representations to explain relationships between the locations of
places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.5.3-5. Explain how the cultural and environmental
characteristics of places change over time.
D2.Geo.6.3-5. Describe how environmental and cultural
characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or
regions.
D2.Geo.7.3-5. Explain how cultural and environmental
characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people,
goods, and ideas.