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Grade Level: 6
TEK:
6.4- Student understands the factors that influence
the locations and characteristics of contemporary
societies and uses latitude and longitude to
determine absolute location.
6.7- Student understands impact of interactions
between people and the physical environment
6.12- Student understands various ways in which
people organize governments
Objective:
Identify where Russia is on a map, and where the major
cities are.
Identify lines of latitude and begin to understand what
type of resources may be available.
Big Understanding:
Other countries may operate under different governments, have different histories, have different cultures, speak
different languages, but differences are not always negative.
Teacher Input/Modeling:
Teacher presentation of hook
Teacher groups the students using the Russian Ruble and briefly explains the currency
Teacher begins the one word activity and starts the discussion
Teacher has student helper pass out markers and maps for following along in the PowerPoint
Teacher goes over major points from each of the four cities to be identified
Teacher goes over the climate map and discusses the lines of latitude- checks for understanding by
asking if they expect different resources to be found in different biomes, tundra, steppe, etc.
Teacher explains the cultural relevance of the photos on the last PP slides
Teacher asks for questions and reviews major points of the class
Teacher administers the assessment
Guided Practice:
Students follow along in the presentation and label important features on their maps with dry erase
markers
Students will label ecological zones in Russia on their dry erase maps as I talk about them on the
slides and show photos
2/26/2016, page 1 of 2, Lesson Plan.docx
Independent Practice:
There is a short label-the-map quiz with a few additional questions to check for understanding,
comprehension, and retention in individual students. It is worth 2 bonus points on the unit exam if they
have all questions answered correctly.