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US HISTORY NAME: ___________________________________________________ TEACHER: _________________________________ PERIOD: _______________

WEBSITE ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________________

AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY

Map of the world showing the continents and the oceans.

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Packet Grade: _______________

Quiz Grade: _________________

Writing Lesson Grade: _________

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UNIT STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES:

STANDARDS:

NEW YORK STATE SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS: CCSS: Standard 3: Geography, Key Ideas 1 and 2 RH 7: 1, 2, 4, 6

RST 7: 1, 2, 4, 7WHST 7: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9

UNIT OBJECTIVES:

1. Describe the relationships between people and environments and the connections between people and places. 2. Understand the geography of settlement patterns and the development of cultural patterns 3. Map information about people, places, and environments4. Explain how maps provide information about people, places, and physical & cultural environments? 5. Discuss how geography affects how and where people live? 6. Understand key vocabulary terms such as: Environment, society, demographics, culture, geography, natural resources, weather, climate, latitude, and longitude.

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Unit Engagement Activity:

Afraid of being lost at sea?Afraid of being eaten by a sea monster?Afraid of falling off the edge of the Earth?

These are fears that early explorers had to deal with when they set sail and went beyond the sight of land. The reason they had to deal with these fears is because they had limited knowledge of world geography.

How they used their limited knowledge has created the history that we have today. All human events are influenced by the environment that they take place in.

Understanding Geography is important in order to understand the events of history.

1. Identify any errors or missing land forms you see on the map: _______________________________________________________________

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2. Predict how the errors or missing land forms could cause a problem and affect history: ____________________________________________

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Directions: Read the information below, study the map, and answer the questions that follow

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Rivers are physical or geographic features and are examples of natural resources.

Gold and trees are examples of natural resources.

Plants and animals are part of the geography and are examples of natural resources.

GEOGRAPHY OF THE AMERICA’S:

*Understanding geography is important to our understanding of the past and present. -Geography is linked to _________________. -To understand history, you must understand _________________. -All of human history has taken place in and is influenced by the _____________________________ we live in. -The ____________________________ a person lives in affects the development of their culture.

GEORGRAPHY: ____________________________________________________________________________

-Geography is the __________________________ in which we live and in which all past events have taken place.

ENVIRONMENT: ____________________________________________________________________________

*Geography includes: 1. Physical/Geographic Features 4. Natural Resources 2. Weather 5. Human, Animal, & Plant Life 3. Climate

PHYSICAL FEATURES: (Geographical Features or Landforms) ____________________________________

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NATURAL RESOURCES: _____________________________________________________________________

WEATHER: _________________________________________________________________________________

CLIMATE: __________________________________________________________________________________

-Made up of temperature and precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail)

STUDENT NOTES:

The Erie Canal was built in New York. To understand why it was built in its location, you need to understand geography.

Quick Check Quiz #1:

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5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY: To study and understand geography, we use the 5 Themes of Geography.

1. Location: Tells where a place is. A. Relative Location: Tells where a place is in relation to another place.

B. Exact (Absolute) Location: Tells where a place is by using Latitude and Longitude lines on maps.

LATITUDE: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

LONGITUDE: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

EQUATOR

PRIME MERIDAN

When you take lines of latitude and lines of longitude and put them together, you get a map grid.

South

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Lines of latitude run east and west and are located above and below the Equator. The Equator is the 0° latitude line.

Lines of longitude run north and south and are located left and right of the Prime Meridan. The Prime Meridan is the 0° longitude line.

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● The United States is part of the continent of __________________ ______________________.

● North America is one of the ___________ continents on the Earth.

1. _________________________ 5. _________________________

2. _________________________ 6. _________________________

3. _________________________ 7. _________________________

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●America’s location is in the ___________________ and _____________________ Hemisphere’s.

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2. Place: Describes an area’s physical and human features. It is the environment in which we live.

A. Physical Features: (Geographical Features or Landforms)

Rivers/Lakes

Mountains

B. Human Features: Houses, transportation, jobs, language, and religion.

Quick Check Quiz #2:

1._______ 3._______

2._______ 4._______Cities and buildings are man made so they are human features.

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3. Interaction Between People and Their Environment:

A. People adapt to the _____________________________ by changing the way they live in order to survive. Ex: People change the types of clothes they wear when the weather changes.

B. People can change the environment by physically changing the way it looks.

Ex: People can cut down trees to build buildings, roads, or plant crops.

-Everything that has happened in human history and everything that will happen, involves the physical environment.

People can clear land and plant crops, build houses, and build roads.

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4. Movement: Movement of people, goods, and ideas. -People move in order to get resources.

5. Regions: An area with certain unifying characteristics. -Physical or human.

In the 1600’s, the Pilgrims left England and migrated to the New World. They did not plan on going back.

New York is in the Northeast region of the US. The states in this region have similar features.

●The United States is broken down into _________ general Political/Social Regions.

1. ___________________ 4. ___________________

2. ___________________ 5. ___________________

3. ___________________ 6. ___________________

Northeast

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Midwest

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2. TYPES OF MAPS: There are 2 main types of maps; physical and political maps.

PHYSICAL MAP: __________________________________________________________________

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POLITICAL MAP: _________________________________________________________________

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Physical MapPolitical Map

MAPS: A representation of the features of the Earth or part of the Earth. 1. PARTS OF A MAP: All maps have 4 basic parts.

A. ________________________________ C. ________________________________ B. ________________________________ D. ________________________________

Quick Check Quiz #3:

1._______ 2._______ 3._______ 4._______

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WRITING LESSON #1:

HOW TO WRITE A BASIC SENTENCE TO ANSWER A QUESTION

In school, students are expected to be able to communicate effectively with their teachers. This communication includes writing answers to questions or tasks for class work and homework. These answers should be written out in complete sentences. Learning how to write a complete sentence is the first step in learning how to complete other types of writing assignments such as paragraphs and essays.

Before writing an answer to a question, statement, or task, you must first study the task and understand what it is asking you to do. This means that you break down the task and look for important words (key words) that tell you what to do. By looking for and understanding the “key” word(s), you will have a better understanding of how to prepare a good answer. The “key” word in a task tells you what to do with the topic. Often the “key” word is an instruction word. Some common instruction words and their meanings are listed below.

A Glossary of “Key” Words:

Compare: To state the similarities between two or more examples.Contrast: To state the differences between two or more examples; to differentiate.Define: To explain what something is or what it means.Describe: To give details or features; to illustrate in words; to tell about. Discuss (Explain): To make observations using facts, reasoning, and argument; to present in some detail.Identify: To name in a sentence. List: To name in a list, not a sentence.

When you are ready to write your sentence, you should begin by using the TTQA method to start your answer. The TTQA method is where you start your answer by “Turning The Question(Task) Around.” This means that you use the task to start your sentence.

All answers must be written out in complete sentences. There are two exceptions to this rule. You do not have to write complete sentences if the task asks you to “list” your answer or if your answer is to be placed in a box or table.

PRACTICE YOUR SKILLS: IDENTIFYING THE KEY WORDDIRECTIONS: Analyze each of the following tasks and then answer the questions that follow. Remember to use the TTQA method when starting your answer.

1. TASK: Define the term natural resource.

A. What is the key word in the task? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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B. What does the key word tell you to do? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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2. TASK: Discuss the way in which early humans arrived in the America’s.

A. What is the key word in the task? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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B. What does the key word tell you to do? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. TASK: Describe how the environment of the Eastern Woodlands affected the way of life of the Iroquois.

A. What is the key word in the task? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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B. What does the key word tell you to do? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________PRACTICE YOUR SKILLS: WRITING SENTENCES USING TTQADIRECTIONS: Answer each task by writing a complete sentence using the TTQA method.

1. Define the term environment. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Identify 2 physical features in New York State. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. List the 7 continents of the world. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY:

The study of American history often demands knowledge of American geography. From the arrival of the first Americans to the Battle of Saratoga during the American Revolution to the recent population shift to the Sunbelt States, geography has played a very important role in the development and history of the United States of America.

WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?

Before understanding American history, you must first understand geography. Geography is the study of the physical, biological, and cultural features of the Earth’s surface. Geography deals with the environment in which we live. Our environment is the surroundings in which we live. This includes the landforms or geographic features or physical features of an area, the climate of an area, the temperature and weather of an area, natural resources, vegetation and soil, sources of water, and animal life. Natural resources are things found in nature that can be used to produce goods or services. Lumber, water, minerals, oil, and soil are examples of natural resources. Landforms, geographic features, and physical features are all the same thing. A landform (geographic feature/physical feature) is a feature of the earth’s surface. Another part of geography is the weather and climate of an area. Weather is the condition of the atmosphere in a given place at a given time. In other words, it is what it is doing outside right now. Climate is the average weather of an area over a period of 20-30 years.

Understanding geography is important to the study of history because everything that has ever happened in the human past has happened in the environment. Everything that has happened in human history has been influenced by the geography of that specific area. This is known as “Interaction Between the Environment and Humans.” As a human, we can either change our environment or we change to fit into it. For example, if we need to build a new road and there is a forest in the way, what do we do? If the temperature is 10 degrees outside and we want to go out, what do we do? Sometimes, we can change our environment to suite our needs. Other times, we cannot. Then, we have to change the way we behave.

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AMERICA’S SIZE:

The United States is a huge country on the North American continent. Not counting Alaska and Hawaii, the United States measures about 3,000 miles east to west and 1, 600 miles north to south. The Continental United States is bordered on the north by Canada, on the south by Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

In size, the United States is the 4th largest nation in the world. More than 300 million Americans live on the more than 3.6 million square miles that our country covers.

America’s size has had many effects on our history. For example, Americans are famous for inventing machines that allow fewer workers to do more work. One such invention was the mechanical reaper. The reaper made it possible for farmers to take full advantage of the vast areas in America available for planting. Also, the great size of America has led to many inventions for speedy and cheap transportation. The steamboat, faster trains, mass-produced cars, and airplanes are just a few examples.

America’s size also partly explains our heritage as a country that has become home for people from all over the world. People have always wanted to come here, and there has always been plenty of room for them.

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AMERICA’S LAND AND WATER:

Almost every landform, or physical feature, or geographic feature, is to be found somewhere in the United States. Physical features and geographic features are the same thing as landforms. These three words have the same meaning. A landform is a feature of the earth’s surface. Examples include bodies of water, mountains, valleys, deserts, and plains. Our rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water are essential parts of our country. They supply water for drinking and farming and, in some cases, for running power plants. They are also natural highways upon which enormous amounts of goods are moved every year.

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AMERICA’S LOCATION:

The United States is in the Northern Hemisphere, the half of the earth north of the equator. The United States is also in the Western Hemisphere, the half of the earth west of Europe and Africa. The United States, along with Canada and Mexico, makes up North America. In addition, Central America and South America are part of the Western Hemisphere. Until about 500 years ago, mapmakers did not know that the Western Hemisphere existed.

For thousands of years, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans separated the Western Hemisphere from the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India, and Western Europe. Today, of course, ships and planes crisscross the oceans in a matter of hours or days, and the United States “faces” both east and west. It faces east towards Europe and Africa and faces west towards Asia.

For much of their recorded history, however, the North and South American continents have “faced” east toward Europe. From about 1500 AD to 1800 AD, the European countries of England, France, Spain, and Portugal controlled much of the Western Hemisphere. Their effect on this hemisphere is still felt today.

The United States began as a few small villages on the Atlantic Coast, settled mainly by English-speaking people. For the next 360 years or so, our country generally grew in a westerly direction – toward the Pacific Ocean, toward the setting sun, and toward Asia. This helps explain why our national capital, Washington, D.C., is closer to Great Britain than it is to Hawaii or the western shores of Alaska. In fact, Alaska and Hawaii are so far away from the rest of the country that they usually must be presented as insets on maps of the United States.

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REGIONS OF OUR COUNTRY:

The United States has been broken down into regions by the Bureau of the Census. There are 6 basic regions in the United States. These include the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, Mountain States, and West.

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DIRECTIONS: Define the following terms by using the above reading and then answer the questions that follow. Remember to use the TTQA method when writing an answer.

1. STOP 1:Geography: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. STOP 1: Environment: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. STOP 1: Natural Resource: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. STOP 1: Landform/Physical Feature/Geographic Feature: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

5. STOP 1: Weather: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. STOP 1: Climate: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. STOP 1: Why is understanding geography important to the study of history? ____________________________________________________________________________

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8. STOP 2: What countries make up the continent of North America? ____________________________________________________________________________________

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9. STOP 3: List examples of different landforms found in upstate New York. _____________________________________________________________________________

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10. STOP 4: The United States is located in which hemisphere(s)? ______________________________________________________________________________________

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11. STOP 5: How many regions are there in the United States? _________________________________________________________________________________________

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1. What is the title of the map? _______________________________________________

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2. Draw the pattern that is used to show the following information:

a. Peak: c. State Highway:

b. Pass: d. Camp:

3. What is the part of the map called that is used to find this information?

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4. About how many miles is it from Tioga Pass to Tuolumne Meadows?

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5. What is the part of the map called that you used to determine this distance?

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MAP SKILLS WORKSHEET: THE PARTS OF A MAPDIRECTIONS: The map below provides information about the Yosemite National Park. Study the map and answer the questions.

6. In what direction would you be traveling if you started at Mono Pass and went to White Wolf Lodge? ________________________________________________________

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7. What part of the map is used to tell direction? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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MAP EXERCISE: THE UNITED STATES IN THE WORLDDIRECTIONS: Use maps and additional references to complete the following.1. Label the continents on the map by placing the letter of the continent in the correct area.

a. North America c. Europe e. Asia g. Antarctica b. South America d. Africa f. Australia

2. Label the following lines on the map: Equator, Prime Meridian. 3. Label the following oceans: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Arctic Ocean.4. Label the compass rose on the map with the following directions: North, South, East, and West. 5. Label the United States of America, Mexico, and Canada on the map.

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AMERICAN GEOGRAPHYPOWERPOINT PROJECT

DIRECTIONS: Each group is to complete a PowerPoint program on a series of geographic features found in the United States of America. You are to research the geographic features shown below and create a PowerPoint program based on those features. Use the internet as your primary resource.

PROJECT GUIDELINES (REQUIREMENTS):

1. TITLE SLIDE: You must have a title slide for the program. This title slide must have the following information: A. Name or title of the program/project. For example: “American Geography” (Times New Roman, size 40-44) B. Your names. (Times New Roman, size 24-28) C. Your class period. (Times New Roman, size 24-28) D. One or two images that relate to your title or topic. E. Each image must have its own caption. (Times New Roman, size 12-14)

2. BODY SLIDES: You must have 1 slide for each of the geographic features that you are working on. A. Your group must research the following geographic features.

1. Mountains 3. Rivers 2. Lakes 4. Plains

B. You must include the following information on the body slides. 1. Every slide must have a title which gives the geographic feature that is discussed on the slide. Example: “Rivers of the United States” or “American Mountains.” (Times New Roman, size 40-44) 2. Under the slide title, you must give a definition of the geographic feature. Use www.dictionary.com for definitions. (Times New Roman, size 24-28) 3. You must have a map of the United States on each slide of the body. Then, research and find specific names of your geographic feature in the United States of America. Place the images of your feature on the slides and use arrows to show where it is located in the USA. The arrows should go from the images to the location on the map. 4. Each slide must have 2-4 images that explain/show/illustrate the geographic feature. Keep the slides “neat” and clean looking. 5. Each image must have a caption that explains or names the image. (Times New Roman, size 12-14)

3. END SLIDE: You must have an ending slide for the program. This end slide must have the following: “The End” (Times New Roman, size 96)

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PowerPoint Project Check Sheet: American Geography Project

TITLE SLIDE:

BODY SLIDES:

END SLIDE:

REMEMBER:

1. Font: Times New Roman

2. Sizes of Font: A. Titles: 40-44 B. Text: 24-28 C. Captions: 12-14 D. “The End”: 96

3. Backgrounds: NONE

4. Animations: NONE

5. Slide Transitions: NONE

6. Keep the slide neat.

7. Use up empty or “dead” space with more information or images.

8. If you need to, split up information onto more than 1 slide.

TITLE SLIDE: + / 5

1. Do you have a title slide? Yes/No

2. Do you have a title for the project on the slide? Yes/No

3. Do you have the names of the group members on the slide? Yes/No

4. Do you have your class period on the slide? Yes/No

5. Do you have 1 or 2 images on the slide? Yes/No

6. Do you have a caption for each images on the slide? Yes/No

7. Did you use the proper font style and size? Yes/No

BODY SLIDES: + /20

1. Do you have 4 slides in the body of the program? Yes/No

2. Do you have a title for each slide? Yes/No

3. Do you have the definition of the geographic feature on each slide? Yes/No

4. Do the images relate to the feature on the slide? Yes/No

5. Do you have a caption for each image on each slide? Yes/No

6. Do you have 2-4 images on each slide? Yes/No

7. Did you use the proper font style and size? Yes/No

END SLIDE: + / 5

1. Do you have a slide that says “The End”? Yes/No

2. Did you use the proper font style and size? Yes/No

Name: ________________________________________ Period: ________________

Group Member Names: _________________________________________________________________

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Title of Project: ________________________________________

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AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY TEST REVIEW SHEET:

DIRECTIONS: Complete the following review sheet to help prepare for the unit test. PART 1: VOCABULARY: Write out the definitions for the following terms.

1. GEOGRAPHY: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. LATITUDE: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. LONGITUDE: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. PHYSICAL FEATURES: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. NATURAL RESOURCES: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. CLIMATE: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. WEATHER: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. ENVIRONMENT: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART 2: SHORT ANSWER: Answer the following questions to help understand the ideas and concepts covered in this unit.

1. How are history and geography related to each other? ______________________________________________________________________________________________

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2. What type of location do lines of latitude and longitude show? ________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Explain the theme called “Interaction Between People and Their Environment.” __________________________________________________________________________

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4. What are some other names for physical features? __________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. List several examples of physical features. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. What hemisphere(s) is North America located in? __________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. What nations/countries make up North America? __________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. List the main types of maps and what they show: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. List the 4 different parts of a map and what they show or tell. ________________________________________________________________________________________

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