Unit 1: The Geography of Texas



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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