Week of Dec 3 Geography Daily Oral Geography Study Skills
 

Monday

 

 Students will identify important historical events in the United States and record them on a timeline

Assignment:  U.S. Timeline

 1. From which direction does the sun rise in Los Angeles, California?

2. Name four seas that surround the Philippines.

 Interpreting Information - Figures of Speech:  Simile and Metaphor workbook page 50-51
 

Tuesday

 

 Junior Achievement:  Explain why international trade requires exchange of currency; convert U.S. dollars into another currency

Assignment: Poster Map of North America

   Continue with Simile and Metaphor - workbook page 52 and worksheet
 

Wednesday

 

 Northeast Region - students will read about the Northeast region of the U.S. and write characteristics of that region

Tomorrow:  Quiz on the Northeast states - practice sheet

 1. The Tropic of Cancer cuts through which large North American country?

2. Which state is west of New Hampshire and east of New York?

 Interpreting Information - Figures of Speech:  Idioms and Hyperbole - workbook page 53-54

Thursday

 Northeast Quiz - states and capitals

Read about the Southern States and write characteristics of this region - Southern States quiz on Monday - practice sheet

 1. Which oceans border Australia?

2. Which landform and river form most of the eastern border of Europe?

 Using Prefixes - workbook page 56-57

 
 

Friday

 

 Timeline Debate

 

 1. Which city would probably have a warmer climate, one at 20 degrees north or one at 40 degrees south?  Why?

2. Which capital city is near the equator and 80 degrees west?

 Using Suffixes workbook pages 58-59
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