TEKS High School World Geography Units 1 to 3 VALUE BUNDLE! Google Apps
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The TEKS High School World Geography 1 to 3 VALUE BUNDLE comes COMPLETELY READY for BOTH in-person and online digital classroom learning (via Google Apps) and is PERFECT for high school world geography teachers! ALL of the amazing resources included with this value bundle may easily be used with any textbook or no textbook at all, and they have been successfully used with thousands of students!
These incredible Units have been designed and curated specifically for the TEKS High School Social Studies and Geography standards to help save you countless **HOURS** of your time each week you're using them.
If you're unsure or need some help figuring out if this Unit aligns with the standards you or your district follow, just shoot me an email at jillian@lessonplanguru.com and I'd be happy to help you find out!
The 3 Units included with this awesome High School World Geography VALUE Bundle are:
Unit 1: Physical Patterns and Processes
Unit 2: Human Geographic Systems
Unit 3: Physical and Human Geography of the United States and Canada
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These three incredible units cover about 10 WEEKS of classes and can easily be condensed or stretched out as needed to better accommodate your respective school calendar!
What you receive with the TEKS High School World Geography Units 1 to 3 VALUE Bundle:
- Unit Outline and Suggested Pacing Guide with Lesson-by-Lesson Overview
- 29 Presentations featuring colorful and immersive slides with built-in Discussion Based Questions (DBQ) and Bell Ringers in both PowerPoint (PPT) & Google Slides formats
- 50+ Student Exercise Assignments ALL with teacher answer key
- 11 Projects and Activities (Individual and collaborative team projects designed to engage and challenge your students!)
- 65+ links to supplemental YouTube videos
- Guided Notes Handouts for students to help them follow along with every lesson and better retain the subject matter (come in 3 options: Cornell Method Notes handout, Outline Notes, and Guided Notes!)
- Jeopardy Unit Review Games: Interactive, fun, and EASY-TO-USE
- Unit Assessment for each unit, including teacher answer key and recommended grading scale
Each unit comes complete with ALL the fantastic lesson plans, presentations, guided notes handouts for students, student exercises, teacher answer keys, unit review activities, and assessments that you'll need.
You'll receive EVERYTHING needed to cover these topics (and more!):
UNIT 1: Physical Patterns and Processes
What IS Geography? Intro to High School World Geography
- Geography as a social science
- Levels of Examination (local, regional, and global levels)
- The Five Themes of Geography (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions)
- The Six Essential Elements of Geography
- Components of physical geography and human geography
- The advantages and disadvantages of using maps and globes
- How to read and interpret Lines of Latitude (parallels) and Longitude
- Significance of the prime meridian
- Uses for conic projection, cylindrical projection, and flat-plane projection maps
- Examples of physical, political, and thematic maps
- Why some places on Earth receive more solar energy than others
- How the Earth's revolution, rotation, and tilt influence climate and weather
- How the Earth's tilt affects seasons
- Why in some parts of Earth, seasons are based on rainfall
- Composition of Earth's water supply (salt water vs. freshwater)
- Breakdown and overview of the water cycle on Earth
- Exposure to various issues that impact humans ability to access clean, safe water
- Root-cause analysis of the Flint, MI, water problems during the mid-2010s
Earth's Interior and Landforms
- Overview of Earth's five layers (crust, upper mantle, lower mantle, outer core, and inner core)
- Scientific theory of plate tectonics and how Earth's plates influence landforms such as volcanoes
- How physical environmental processes like weathering and erosion impact landforms
- The difference between weather and climate
- How the Earth's rotation, tilt, and revolution may influence a location's weather and a region's climate
- How wind, such as prevailing winds, and water, such as the ocean's currents, make different areas of Earth warmer or cooler
- Causes of weather phenomena like thunderstorms, hurricanes/typhoons, and storm surges
- The five major classifications of climate types: tropical climate, dry climate, temperate climate, highland climate, and polar climate
- Characteristics of the subtypes of climates that make up four of the five major types of climate classifications (Highland climate has no subtypes):
- Tropical Climates: Humid Tropical Climate and Tropical Savanna Climate
- Dry Climates: Desert Climate and Steppe Climate
- Temperate Climates: Mediterranean Climate, Humid Subtropical Climate, Humid Continental Climate, and Marine West Coast Climate
- Polar Climates: Subarctic Climate, Tundra, and Ice Cap
Ecosystems, Habitats, and Soil
- What an ecosystem is and how fragile they are
- Difference between an ecosystem and a habitat
- Impact of deforestation and reforestation
- What humus is and why it's important
- Analysis of the three layers of soil (topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock)
- How wind erosion, water erosion, and poor land management impact soil
Earth's Natural Resources and Sources of Energy
- Examples of fossil fuels
- Where fossil fuels come from
- Geopolitical implications from the use of fossil fuels
- Overview of renewable sources of energy such as hydroelectric power, wind, solar, and geothermal energy
- Pros and cons of nuclear energy
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UNIT 2: Human Geographic Systems
- Why national boundaries matter
- Examples of natural and artificial boundaries
- How natural boundaries are different from artificial boundaries
- How artificial boundaries are commonly formed
- Real-world examples of disputes over national boundaries
- How nations are often divided into smaller political entities such as states and counties
Geopolitics
- How geography influences policy
- Geographic characteristics of a nation (size, shape, and relative location)
- Types of governments and their characteristics
Globalization, Free Trade, GNP & GDP
- What GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and GNP (Gross National Product) are
- What GDP and GNP tell us
- How to analyze various measures and statistics, such as GDP, to interpret the level of economic development of a nation
- What defines an ethnic group of people
- The meaning of globalization
- How globalization has contributed to free trade
- What free-trade zones are
Economic Systems & Economic Activities
- The traits and characteristics of the four types of economic systems:
- Traditional Economy
- Command Economy
- Market Economy
- Mixed Economy
- The traits and characteristics of the four levels of economic activity:
- Primary Economic Activities
- Secondary Economic Activities
- Tertiary Economic Activities
- Quaternary Economic Activities
- How natural resources influence economic geography
- Role of infrastructure in economic development
- How to analyze population trends and patterns
- The significance of numerous statistics and how to interpret them, for example:
- Population Density
- Mortality Rate (aka Death Rate)
- Life Expectancy
- Birth Rate
- Fertility Rate
- How physical factors such as landforms and climates influence where people live
- What push-pull factors are
- How the global population has transitioned from rural to urban areas
- What suburbs and exurbs are
- What defines a metropolitan area and a megalopolis
- Why many of the world's major cities are located on bodies of water
- Urban land use patterns
- The concentric zone model, sector model, and the multiple nuclei model
- The difference between a culture and a society
- What defines an ethnic group of people
- Core factors that drive cultural and societal change
- Meaning of innovation, diffusion, and acculturation as they relate to cultural and societal evolution
- Special emphasis on how language and religion may help define a culture
- What language families and dialects are
- Influence of language diffusion
- Monotheistic, Polytheistic, and Animistic religions
- Overview of the world's five major religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism
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UNIT 3: Physical and Human Geography of the United States and Canada
Geographic Regions & Sub-Regions of the U.S. and Canada
- Overview of the location and characteristics of geographic regions such as the Interior Lowlands, Canadian Shield, the Great Plains, etc.
- Influence of physical geography in the U.S. and Canada
Human-Environment Interactions in the U.S. and Canada
- First inhabitants of North America
- How the earliest North Americans transitioned and adapted from being a hunter gather society to one that relied on agriculture
- Development of settlements and the eventual role and influence of cities
- Significance of various transportation methods and networks, specifically by sea
Climates of the U.S. and Canada
- What biomes are
- The polar, temperate, and dry climate types that may be found in the U.S. and Canada
- Where various climate types may be found in the U.S. and Canada
- How climate affects vegetation and weather found throughout the U.S. and Canada
- Canada's early reliance on the fur trade and fishing industries for its economy
- Trade between the French and Native Americans of Canada
- Role of voyageurs as the fur trade expanded westward
- Analysis of Canada's modern-day economy
- Canada's trade partnership with the U.S.
- Cultural diffusion of Canada
- Why Canada has two official languages (French and English)
- Canada's rich artistic heritage
- Popular recreation and sports in Canada
- How free enterprise, a skilled labor force, and a substantial consumer market have influenced the U.S. economy
- Meaning of discretionary income
- Role of voyageurs as the fur trade expanded westward
- How the U.S. is an industrial and agricultural economic giant
- The postindustrial economy of the U.S.
- The United States' role as a major importer and exporter of goods
- How language and religion have influenced American culture
- The United States rich artistic heritage
History & Government of Canada
- European colonization, specifically the French and English colonization of Canada
- The beginnings of two distinct Canadian cultures in Upper Canada and Lower Canada
- The Dominion of Canada
- Selection of Ottawa as the capital of Canada
- Expansion of Canada into 10 provinces and 3 territories
- Infrastructure and development of Canada
History & Government of the U.S.
- Settlement of the U.S. including European colonization
- The displacement of Native Americans
- Institution of slavery in colonial America and the U.S.
- The Columbian Exchange
- Establishment of the United States government
- Geographic expansion of the U.S.
- Influence and impact of sectionalism in the U.S.
- Causes and effects of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws
- Transition of the U.S. to an urban society
- U.S. becoming a superpower
- Causes and effects of the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement
Political Subregions of Canada
Physical and Human Geography of:
- The Atlantic Provinces (New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island)
- The Core Provinces (Ontario and Quebec)
- The Prairie Provinces (Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan)
- The Pacific Province and the Territories (British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Yukon Territory)
Political Subregions of the U.S.
Physical and Human Geography of:
- Northeast
- South
- Midwest
- West
History, Culture, & Landscape of Texas
- Overview of Spanish and Mexican rule of Texas
- Influence of Spanish missions in Texas
- Role of empreasrios
- Overview of the Texas Revolution and Texas annexation
- The physical geographic regions of Texas (Gulf Coastal Plains, Great Plains, Interior Lowlands, and Basin & Range)
- Economy of Texas
- Various historical elements that have contributed to Texas society and culture as we know it today, for example:
- Cowboy culture and how it was influenced by the Mexican vaquero
- Symbolism of the Alamo
- Tejano culture (Tex-Mex, Spanglish, etc.)
Plus, MUCH MORE!!
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TEKS Standards that these resources cover:
WG.1B; WG.2A,B; WG.3A,B,C; WG.4A,B,C; WG.5A; WG.6A,B; WG.7B,D; WG.8A,B; WG.9A,B; WG.10B,D; WG.11B,C; WG.12A; WG.13A; WG.16A; WG.17A,D; WG.18D; WG.19A; WG.20A; WG.21A,B,C,D,E; WG.22A,B,C,D; WG.23A,B,C
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