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GLS Lesson Planning Template **6****th** **Social Studies 10-3-11** AP 1 ( Know): Areas of the Earth’s land and water compared to latitude AP 2 (Understand): How geography affects life AP 3 (Do): Use Longitude & Latitude to locate positions on the earth. Locate 7 continents and 4 oceans || Game of latitude/longitude where teams compete to find hidden objects around the globe ||
 * __Essential Question:__ How are people’s lives dependent on Geography? ||
 * __Assessment Prompts:__
 * __Activating Strategy:__
 * __Vocabulary Preview Activity:__ Elevation, Equator, Prime Meridian, Longitude, Latitude, Rotation, Revolution, North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean ||
 * __Teaching Strategy__

AP 1 Mini-Lesson: Review- latitude and longitude can be used to pinpoint any place on the globe use game mentioned above to get kids playing a game using coordinate location on a map of the world along with mini atlases.

AP 2 Mini-Lesson: Use Cut outs of 7 continents to review shapes and locations – placing on maps and learning basic facts like largest country etc.

AP 3 Mini-Lesson: Review notes and review sheet for test || How does man use his environment and how does he change it to suit his needs? ||
 * __Assignment__ Study Notes for Retest ||
 * __Summarizing Strategy__ Test on continents, latitude, longitude ||
 * __Extended Thinking__