World Geography Grade 9 Monday, April 20 – Friday, April 24

Purpose New Learning

Grade Level Expectations: Mapping Australia and Oceania – WG.1.4

I can locate major political and physical boundaries in the Australia and Oceanic region of the world.

I can describe major landforms that shake the Australian continent. Watch Monday: Physical, historical, economic, and cultural geography of Australia and Oceania: Major political and physical areas. Note: Isolation has helped to develop unique plants and animals throughout the region, but globalization has also helped to shape development.

Watch introduction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0PvMmTAUAQ

Using the video and internet research, complete the scavenger hunt below: 1. What is the capital of Australia? 2. What is the capital of New Zealand? 3. What score did both countries get on the human development index? 4. Where does Australia rank among the world in terms of land size? (For example, Russia is the largest, followed by Canada—where does Australia rank?) 5. True or false: Australia is the oldest continent. 6. True or false: Australia is the driest continent. 7. Look up a picture of the flags (of Australia and New Zealand), and then research what it means. 8. Which cities are the most populated, and where are they located? 9. True or false: Most people in Australia live in the center of the continent. 10. Look up a population map of Australia, where does most of the population live? 11. What are at least 4 major landforms of Australia? 12. What are at least 2 major landforms of New Zealand? 13. What role does the Pacific Ring of Fire play in the physical development of Oceania?

Practice Tuesday: Regions of Australia Note: When reviewing a map always think about why the location of boundaries are set, and how landforms and regions received their names. Below are two map quizzes; play these until 100% is achieved at least 3 times in a row.

• https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3061 (Australia and Surrounding Countries) • https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3455 (Australia’s Physical Features) • Note: It’s always a good idea to know an area’s neighbors because than can help us understand how economic, political, and cultural geography have all developed!

Thursday: Mapping Oceania: Australia’s political and physical regions.

Review of landforms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNOa_XXt8xY&t=56s Note: This video reviews some of the major landforms researched yesterday—this is an opportunity to revisit information gathered yesterday.

Complete the following activities: Note: play these until 100% is achieved at least 3 times in a row.

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3061 (Australia and Surrounding Countries) https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3455 (Australia’s Physical Features) https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3128 (Oceania Countries and Territories)

Discuss Wednesday: Physical features of Australia

Internet scavenger hunt: - Using the graphic organizer below, investigate some of Australia and Oceania’s major landforms. - Which major landform would you visit and why? - Interview one of other person and discuss their choice. - Each of you will rank your choices on a list from favorite to least favorite and defend your ranking. - Discuss how people have adapted to living in such a harsh environment (in some parts of the continent.)

Physical Feature Where is it located? 2-5 Facts about this feature (Use cardinal (you can include pictures.) direction—Ex: Central Australia) Uluru (formerly Ayer’s Rock) Great Barrier Reef Daintree Rainforest The 12 Apostles Great Dividing Range Central Lowlands Great Sandy Desert Great Victoria Desert Coral Sea Choose your own

Choose your own Product Friday: Using the CER writing model described below, complete the following writing prompts:

 Imagine you are one of the first explorers to reach Australia; write a journal entry on your last day in Australia—what did you see? What scared you? What did you like best? Use at least 8 facts you gathered from throughout the week.  Think about all of the physical features of Australia; which one would be the most difficult for a society to develop around? Which one could produce a thriving society? If you had to AVOID one, which would you avoid?

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) model consists of: A claim that answers the question. Evidence from data. Reasoning that involves a rule or scientific principle that describes why the evidence supports the claim.

Screen Free Activity Week 5

CER Writing Model

Screen Free Social Studies Week 5 Grades 7-12 The United States Preamble • Background: According to the National Constitution Center, the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution—the document’s famous first fifty-two words— introduces everything that is to follow in the Constitution’s seven articles and twenty-seven amendments. It proclaims who is adopting this Constitution: “We the People of the United States.” It describes why it is being adopted—the purposes behind the enactment of America’s charter of government. And it describes what is being adopted: “this Constitution”—a single authoritative written text to serve as fundamental law of the land. Written constitutionalism was a distinctively American innovation, and one that the framing generation considered the new nation’s greatest contribution to the science of government.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. – Preamble to the United States Constitution (1787) - Justice: fairness; equity - domestic: existing within a particular country - Tranquility: the state of being calm; peace - common defence: note - defense in the Preamble is spelled in the British form. - general Welfare: concern of the government for the health, peace, morality, and safety of its citizens - Liberty: freedom - Posterity: future generations of citizens - ordain: officially rule; order; decree - constitution: a plan of government

• Read and interpret the Preamble to the United States Constitution. To help you more clearly understand the document, try replacing the bolded vocabulary with the definitions below. o According to the Preamble, what are the purposes of the United States Constitution? o Are those purposes clear in today’s society? Create a potential list. • Write the Preamble in your own words. Create a document that could easily be understood by others today. • Interview two adults about their knowledge of the Preamble. Also, have them read your interpretation of the Preamble. o Asks the adults if they agree with your interpretation. o Asks the adults if they can provide examples of how the purposes outlined in the Preamble are clear in today’s society. o Create a potential list of their responses. • Read and/or watch news stories to see if the purposes of the Preamble can be identified. o Create a potential list of examples identified from the outside sources. o Discuss these examples with the two adults interviewed.

• Write an Essay: Using the sources and your knowledge of the Preamble, write an argumentative essay that tells whether you believe the Preamble is still relevant today. Support your answer with evidence. o Use the Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) strategy to provide written answers to the prompt. (Refer to the ELA Screen Free Activities section for guidance).