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Teacher's Guide
Geography: My Community as a Region
Enduring Understandings
| Region is a conceptual tool that provides a way to organize space. |
Estimated Time:
One class period.
Materials needed:
Course CD or student access to Internet (Geography Unit)
Paper
Lesson Plan:
- Students read the geography section: Types of Regions.
- Discuss the differences between formal, functional and perceptual regions in Alaska.
- Have them work in small groups and research your community to answer the question: Using our community, how would you view it as a formal region? A functional region? A perceptual region?
- Students respond to the question with a written product and Venn diagram.
Alaska Standards:
Culture: A
History: D
Geography: B
AK History: AH. PPE 1
Assessment:
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Exceeds |
Meets |
In Progress |
Not Started |
| Content |
The written work and diagram answer the questions completely and accurately. Writing is insightful.
Venn diagram is well executed. |
Written work and diagram answer the questions in a complete and accurate manner. |
Work is sketchy and shows little effort to respond to the questions. |
No response to the questions has been developed. Venn diagram has not been attempted. |
| Presentation of Work |
Work is legible, coherent and shows extra attention to detail. |
Body of work is legible and coherent. |
Work is messy; shows little effort. |
No work has been presented. |
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