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Unit 1: The Geography of Texas
Chapter 1 – The Land of Texas
Where on Earth is Texas – TX Land and Water – TX Climate – TX Plants and Animals
Chapter 2 – The People of Texas
Political Regions – Population Regions – Economic Regions
Inside this Unit
Pre-Test
GT Differentiation Chart with activities and strategies for students
Extension Menu for students who test out
Literature Connections
Unit 1: The Geography of Texas - Pre-Test
Name: ____________________________________
Answer each question below including all the details you know.
1. On what continent is Texas located?
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2. What states, countries, and landforms border Texas?
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3. What types of natural regions are in Texas?
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4. Describe the daily weather in Texas. What type of extreme weather situations occur? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What are some animals and plants are found in Texas? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. What is the difference between a country, state, county, and city? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. What is population? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. What kind of agriculture is in Texas? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. Name different ethnic groups that live in Texas. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. What is the difference between rural and urban?
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|Lesson |Auditory/Analytic |Visual / Global |Tactile Kinesthetic / Global |
| |Compare the sizes of the two largest |Create a foldable comparing Earth, North|Create a matching game with pictures for|
|Chapter 1 Lesson 1 |states and the two smallest states |America, United States, and Texas |vocabulary words |
|Where on Earth is Texas? | | | |
| |Create riddles to describe the different|Design a symbol to represent each region|Interview your class about different |
|Chapter 1 Lesson 2 |regions | |regions of Texas they have visited and |
|Texas Land and Water | | |create a graph |
| |Look at example weather newspapers and |Create a comic strip with captions and |Watch weather reports from different |
|Chapter 1 Lesson 3 |then create your own for each region |pictures to represent the vocabulary |stations on the internet and create a |
|Texas Climate | |words |flip book of the differences |
| |Write a poem about the animals of Texas |Design a greeting card from an animal of|Role play an animal with props for the |
|Chapter 1 Lesson 4 | |Texas |class |
|Texas Plants and Animals | | | |
| |Create a scavenger hunt traveling from |Create a flow chart from the largest |Make a drawing of Harris county labeling|
|Chapter 2 Lesson 1 |one county to another. |political region to the smallest. |the different cities. |
|Political Regions | | | |
| |Find the largest population growths and |Create a bar graph to show the |Create 2 jig saw puzzles one showing |
|Chapter 2 Lesson 2 |mark on a map. |populations of ethnic groups in Texas. |urban and one with rural areas. |
|Population Regions | | | |
| |Create interview questions to ask the |Design an advertisement to convince |Using the map on page 62 create a new |
|Chapter 2 Lesson 3 |workers in agriculture, industry, and |someone to join one of the three |map with a key to show places with |
|Economic Regions |technology |economic fields. |industry and technology. |
Unit 1: The Geography of Texas – GT Differentiation Chart
Unit 1: The Geography of Texas – Extension Menu
|Chapter 1 Lesson 1 |Chapter 1 Lesson 4 |Chapter 2 Lesson 3 |
|Research the history and uses of GPS and locate |Design a poster displaying the animals and environment|Choose an economic section you would like to work in |
|different places in the 4 regions of the United |of the animals of Texas. |and create a poster describing it. |
|States, with their coordinates. | | |
|Chapter 1 Lesson 3 | |Chapter 2 Lesson 1 |
|Record a weathercast using maps and pertinent weather | |Plan a two week vacation to visit the most important |
|vocabulary. | |places in Texas. Be sure to keep a budget including |
| | |all expenses. |
|Chapter 2 Lesson 2 |Summing it all up |Chapter 1 Lesson 2 |
|Create a presentation highlighting the cities with the|Create a jeopardy game board with categories and |Create a brochure of the places and features located |
|largest populations and ethnic groups that make up the|questions from each section of Unit 1. At least 5 |in each region. |
|population. |categories and 5 questions for each. | |
Daily Log of Extension Work
Name: ___________________________________
Project: __________________________________
* Adapted from Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrenner ©2001. Free Spirit Publishing Company Inc. Minneapolis, MN 866/703-7322.*
|Today’s Date |What I accomplished today |What I plan to accomplish during tomorrow’s work period. |
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Unit 1: The Geography of Texas – Literature Connections
|Author |Title |Year |ISBN |Summary |
|Axelrod, Amy |THE NEWS HOUNDS IN THE GREAT |2000 |0-689-82409-2 |Map skills are fun when helping the TV News Hounds work the |
| |BALLOON RACE: A GEOGRAPHY RACE | | |story of the Great Balloon Race. As they cover the race, readers|
| | | | |interpret a Texas map, examine a chart to select a balloon, and |
| | | | |get footage of a tree dotted field. |
|Brisson, Pat |KATE HEADS WEST |1990 |0-027-14345-7 |In a series of letters to her relatives and friends, Kate |
| | | | |describes her trip through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and |
| | | | |Arizona with her best friend Lucy and Lucy’s parents. |
|Cherry, Lynne |THE ARMADILLO FROM AMARILLO |1994 |0-152-00359-2 |An armadillo leaves his home in San Antonio to discover his |
| | | | |place in the world |
|Kovacs, Deborah and |BENEATH BLUE WATERS: |1996 |0-670-85653-3 |Studying the ocean and its inhabitants is a logical topic for |
|Madin, Kate |MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE DEEP-SEA | | |students living in Texas, a state with a long coastline. The |
| |CREATURES | | |text and photographs present the natural regions that are found |
| | | | |beneath the oceans. The text includes an author’s note and a |
| | | | |glossary. The text could be used to introduce a study of the |
| | | | |ocean along the Texas coast and to compare it with other bodies |
| | | | |of water. |
|Lourie, Peter |RIO GRANDE: FROM THE ROCKY |1999 |1-563-97706-0 |The author provides a guided tour of the river from its source |
| |MOUNTAINS TO THE GULF OF MEXICO | | |to its mouth. |
|McCave, Marta |COUNTING HEADS AND MORE: THE WORK |1998 |0-7613-3017-8 |The history behind the Census and its importance is presented in|
| |OF THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU | | |this book. |
Reading Response Sheet
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________________________
Title of Book: ___________________________________________________________________
Author’s Name: ___________________________________ Pages read today: ________________
My reactions/feelings to today’s reading: _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What’s really great about this book so far: ________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How does the information in the book relate to the textbook or research you have done (check accuracy): ______ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
New words from this book: ___________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Lasting thought: ____________________________________________________________________________
* Adapted from Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrenner ©2001. Free Spirit Publishing Company Inc. Minneapolis, MN 866/703-7322.*
Reading Response Sheet
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________________________
Title of Book: ___________________________________________________________________
Author’s Name: ___________________________________ Pages read today: ________________
My reactions/feelings to today’s reading: _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What’s really great about this book so far: ________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How does the information in the book relate to the textbook or research you have done (check accuracy): ______ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
New words from this book: ___________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Lasting thought: ____________________________________________________________________________
* Adapted from Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrenner ©2001. Free Spirit Publishing Company Inc. Minneapolis, MN 866/703-7322.*
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