Rigorous Curriculum Design



WS/FCS

Unit Planning Organizer

|Subject(s) |Social Studies |Conceptual Lenses |

|Grade/Course |3rd |Place |

| | |Location |

| | |Human environment Interaction |

| | |Movement |

| | |Region |

|Unit of Study |Unit One | |

|Unit Title |Five Themes of Geography | |

|Pacing |20-22 days | |

| | |Geography Focus |

| | |All five themes |

|Unit Overview |

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|The points of focus for this unit include an understanding of the five themes of geography. Through extensive exploration, students will develop an understanding |

|of |

|Absolute and relative location |

|Human and physical characteristics of places |

|Movement of goods, ideas, and services. |

|Ways humans interact with the environment to meet basic needs. |

|Characteristics of regions |

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|Unit Enduring Understanding(s) |Unit Essential Question(s) |

| Places are often located by absolute and relative positions. |How do we identify the location of places? |

|Places form and change as a result of human and physical characteristics. |What is the impact of human and physical characteristics in the formation and |

|Humans will interact with their environment in order to meet their needs. |change of places? |

|Places are often connected with one another through movement of goods, people and|In what ways do humans interact with the environment to meet needs? |

|ideas. |How do the movement of goods, people and ideas connect places? |

|Many factors can contribute to a region’s identity. |What factors contribute to a region’s identity? |

|Regions are often distinguished by their characteristics? |What characteristics are used to differentiate between regions? |

|Essential State Standards |

|Priority Objectives |Supporting Objectives |

|3. G.1.1 Find absolute and relative locations of places within the local community| |

|and region. | |

|3. G.1.2 Compare the human and physical characteristics of places. | |

|3. G.1.3 Exemplify how people adapt to, change and protect the environment to meet| |

|their needs. | |

|3. G.1.4 Explain how the movement of goods, people and ideas impact the community.| |

|3. G.1.5 Summarize the elements (cultural, demographic, economic and geographic) | |

|that define regions (community, state, nation and world). | |

|3. G.1.6 Compare various regions according to their characteristics. | |

|“Unpacked” Concepts |“Unpacked” Skills |COGNITION |

|(students need to know) |(students need to be able to do) |(RBT Level) |

|The difference between absolute and relative locations. |Find absolute and relative locations of places |Remember |

|How to use distinguish between a map and a globe. |on a map, globe, etc. |Understand |

|Human characteristics of a place come from human beliefs and |within the local community and region | |

|actions. |Construct maps of local community including | |

|Physical characteristics of a place make up its natural |Symbols | |

|environment. |Labels | |

|Humans depend on/modify the natural environment for their basic|Legends | |

|needs. |Absolute and relative location | |

|How to define movement. |Compare | |

|Regions are defined by various elements of culture, |Human characteristics of places | |

|demographics, economics, and geography. |Physical characteristics of places | |

|A region is a basic unit of geographic study. It is defined as |Exemplify people/ environment | |

|an area that has unifying characteristics. |Adapt | |

| |Change | |

| |Protect | |

| |Explain impact of movement of on community | |

| |Goods | |

| |People | |

| |Ideas | |

| |Summarize elements that define regions | |

| |Use a variety of visual materials and data sources to compare | |

| |regions by characteristics. | |

|Essential Vocabulary |Enrichment Vocabulary |

|Absolute location |Definitive vicinity |

|Relative location |Approximate vicinity |

|Movement | |

|Region | |

|Place | |

|Human environment interaction | |

|Symbol | |

|Legend | |

|Label | |

|Adapt | |

|modify | |

|Standards |Unit “Chunking” |Suggested Lesson Essential Questions |Possible Factual Content |Example(s) from Unpacked |

| |& Enduring Understandings | | |Standards |

|3.G.1.1 |Places are often located by |What is the difference between a map and a| | |

|Find absolute and relative |absolute and relative |globe? | | |

|locations of places within |positions. | | | |

|the local community and | | | | |

|region. | | | | |

| | |What are an absolute and a relative |Absolute and relative locations| |

| | |location? |are two ways of describing the | |

| | | |positions and distribution of | |

| | | |people and places on the | |

| | | |earth’s surface. | |

| | |How are maps used to locate places using |Difference between absolute and|Find the absolute |

| | |absolute and relative locations? |relative locations. |locations of places such |

| | | | |as home address, school |

| | | |Find absolute (e.g., definitive|address, etc. |

| | | |vicinity) and relative (e.g., | |

| | | |approximate vicinity) locations|Find the relative location|

| | | |of places on a map, globe, etc.|of significant places in |

| | | | |the local community and |

| | | | |region such as where the |

| | | | |school is located in |

| | | | |relation to the fire dept.|

|. | |How do we use maps to describe locations | |Construct maps of the |

| | |of places within the local community and | |local community that |

| | |region by applying concepts including | |contain symbols, labels, |

| | |absolute and relative location, direction,| |and legends denoting |

| | |scales, etc.? | |absolute and relative |

| | | | |locations. |

|3.G.1.2 |Places form and change as a |What are the human characteristics of a |Human characteristics of a |Bridges, houses, parks, |

|Compare the human and |result of human and physical |place? |place come from human beliefs |population, language, |

|physical characteristics of |characteristics. | |and actions. |religion, architecture, |

|places. | | | |land use, density of |

| | | | |population, language |

| | | | |patterns, religion, etc. |

| | |What are the physical characteristics of a|Physical characteristics of a |Landforms, bodies of |

| | |place? |place make up its natural |water, climate, soils, |

| | | |environment. |natural vegetation, animal|

| | | | |life, etc. |

| | |How can we observe, explore and compare | | |

| | |the human and physical characteristics of | | |

| | |places? | | |

| | |How do you compare the human and physical | | |

| | |characteristics of the local community | | |

| | |with those of another community? | | |

|3.G.1.3 |Humans will interact with their|How do humans depend on the natural |Humans depend on the natural |Food, clothing and shelter|

|Exemplify how people adapt to|environment in order to meet |environment for basic needs? |environment for their basic | |

|change and protect the |their basic needs. | |needs. | |

|environment to meet their | | | | |

|needs. | | | | |

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| | |How do people modify their environment to |People modify their environment|Build dams, plow and |

| | |meet their needs? |to meet their needs. |irrigate fields, build |

| | | | |houses, schools, shopping |

| | | | |centers. |

|3.G.1.4 |Places are often connected with|How do you define movement? |Definition of movement |Immigration, |

|Explain how the movement of |one another through movement of| | |transportation, import and|

|goods, people and ideas |goods, people and ideas. | | |export of goods, etc. |

|impact the community. | | | | |

| | |What is the impact of movement on |When people choose to move it | |

| | |communities? |can have impacts on various | |

| | | |communities (immigration, | |

| | | |migration, cultural diversity, | |

| | | |the environment). | |

| | |Why do people rely on things that come |People rely upon products, | |

| | |from beyond their immediate environment? |information, and ideas within | |

| | | |the local community. | |

| | |How are people, goods and ideas moved |People create means for moving | |

| | |within the local community? |people, goods, and ideas within| |

| | | |the local community. | |

| | |What is cultural diffusion and |Definition and examples. | |

| | |interdependence? | | |

| | |How has the movement of people, goods, |Throughout history people have | |

| | |services and ideas impacted people |moved from place to place, | |

| | |throughout history? |traded goods and services, and | |

| | | |ideas, (migration, trade, | |

| | | |cultural diffusion and | |

| | | |interdependence). | |

|3.G.1.5 |Many factors can contribute to |How do we define regions? |Regions are defined by various |Factors that make a region|

|Summarize the elements |a region’s identity. | |elements of culture, |unique include cultural |

|(cultural, demographic, | | |demographics, economics and |diversity, industry, |

|economic and geographic) that| | |geography. |agriculture, landforms, |

|define regions, community, | | | |etc. |

|state, nation and world. | | |It is a basic unit of geography| |

| | | |study. It is defined as an area| |

| | | |that has unifying | |

| | | |characteristics. | |

|3.G.1.6 |Regions are often distinguished|What are the characteristics we use to |Regions are distinguished by |Physical, human and |

|Compare various regions |by their characteristics. |define regions? |their characteristics. |cultural. |

|according to their | | | | |

|characteristics. | | | | |

| | |How are regions similar and different to |Regions are similar and |Physical, political, |

| | |each other? |different to each other. |cultural, urban and rural,|

| | | | |etc. |

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| | | | |Use a variety of visual |

| | | | |materials and data sources|

| | | | |to compare regions. |

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