Applied+Ninth+Grade+Social+Studies

Applied Ninth Grade Social Studies

This course and this wiki are broken into seven units (and current events).

The units are:

 General Geography, Unit #1

 Climate, Unit #2

 Geographic Features, Unit #3

The Five Themes of Geography, Unit #4

GRASPS, Unit #5

Asia, Unit #6

Great Barrier Reef #7

Poverty, Unit #8

Each Unit will have  Links to helpful web sites , papers you might get in class , and end of the unit assessment (except in the case of tests which are not on the wiki.

Starting with the 2011-12 school year, a lot of units will have most of their work posted in portfolios. Open the Portfolio, save it as a PDF to your desktop and then the entire unit will be on your desktop whenever you need it. _ **


 * General Geography, Unit 1

Links to helpful web sites



[|Maps, compasses and GPS]

[|National Geographic Geoliteracy]

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">[|Geography Resources]

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">[|Garmin What is a GPS]

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">[|Globe with areas mapped out]

[|screen shots]

[|Types of maps]

[|images for types of maps]

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End of Unit Assessment is a test.

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 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 310%;">Climate, Unit #2

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 30.4px;">Links to helpful web sites

Climate information

[|climate zones]

[|weather and climate zones]

[|Interactive map of the world with climate zones!]

[|Climate zones and charts]

[|Climate regions of the world]

[|water vapor]

[|earths atmosphere and seasons info]

[|climate region maps]

[|About geography and climates]

[|National Geographic Weather Video]

Greenhouse effect

[|aerosols]

[|greenhouse effect]

Seasons

[|Why do we have seasons?]

[|Link to several videos on weather and seasons]

Biomes

[|Biomes of the World video]

[|Link to interactive web site with movies/explanations of each biome]

[|Energy pyramid video]

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 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 290%;">Current Events EXTRA NOT A UNIT

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">First article

Helpful links

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|background information on Afghanistan]

[|general information on Afghanistan]

[|Movie on Love in Kabul]

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Second article 2012-13!!!









Third Article 2012-13!!!



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 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 290%;">Unit for Geographic Features (Categories) Assessment Unit #3

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[|world culture regions interactive map]

[|culture regions]

[|Constructed response link]

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End of Unit Assessment





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 * ** World Regions Fair Assessment aka Five Themes of Geography, Unit #4 **

Pre Unit Knowledge

[|Lessons on Communication and Transportation]

[|Transportation lessons]

[|impact of humans on natural resources]

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 36px;">Papers you might get in class



Useful things for the assessment

[|Definitions of the Five Themes]

Very helpful Powerpoint explaining the Five Themes

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End of Unit Assessment



if you have forgotten your area!!!

2. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; line-height: 1.5;">Step by step instructions for writing the assessment...helpful to all. These are notes to help you to write your assessment! Use them!!!!

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">#1 Topic: Location:

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">#2 Topic:Human-Environmental Interaction

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">#3 Topic: Movement of people, ideas and goods

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">#4 Topic: Region

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">#5 Topic: Place

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Unit 4A Research Project > <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 30.4px;">Links to helpful web sites ...same as for Unit 4 > End of Unit Assessment
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">Please remember all of the ideas and hints that you used on the Worlds Region Fair when constructing this project!
 * Time line for the Project [[file:Timeline for Project.pdf]]
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">[[file:Region Project 1 - G.pdf]]
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">[[file:Region Project G2.pdf]]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">Day Two Assignment: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">Day Three Assignment:

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 30.4px;">Grading Rubrics...the first is the one that the teacher will use, the second one that classmates will use.





_ <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Some extra things that we are doing to start 2nd semester!



You will need the map and the worksheet for Spanish Speaking Countries Assignment

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 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">GRASPS Model Assessment, Unit #5 **


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 * __ The Lorax reading from You Tube: [] __**



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 * [|Persuasive videos]**
 * [|5 Persuasive Techniques]**


 * End of Unit Assessment **

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 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 290%;">Asia Unit, Unit #6
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 30.4px;">Links to helpful web sites
 * [|Life expectancy chart]
 * [|Japanese Tea Ceremony]
 * [|Traditional Japanese Dress]
 * [|History of Japanese Traditional Dress]
 * [|Geisha]
 * [|Tradition of the Geisha]
 * [|Geography of the Middle East]
 * [|Video on India]
 * [|Geography of India]
 * [|Nat Geographic Russia Guide]
 * [|geography of Asia]
 * [|Geography of Asia and the Pacific]
 * [|Wonders of Asia]
 * [|Imperialism, the age of]
 * [|imperialism in Asia]
 * [|map of imperialism in Asia]
 * [|More on imperialism in Asia]
 * [|Blank map of Asia]
 * [|rainforests in asia]
 * [|China's population issues]
 * [|environmental problems in Asia]
 * [|Poverty in Asia]
 * [|poverty in China]
 * [|Poverty video]
 * Power Points on Asia
 * [[file:middleeas.ppt]][[file:7_WR_East_Asia.ppt]]
 * [[file:Taste_of_India.ppt]]

[|Link for What is Asia Lesson?]

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s[|creen shots]



End of the Unit Assessment

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 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 33.6363639831543px;">Great Barrier Reef Unit #7 **

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 * Helpful Links for Unit #7 **


 * [|Propaganda Information]**
 * [|Information/map of Great Barrier Reef]**
 * [|Map of Entire Continent of Australia with Great Barrier Reef]**
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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 220%;">Poverty Unit, Unit #8

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 30.4px;">Links to helpful web sites for Unit #8

[|Poverty in Asia]

[|Cambodia's forgotten children part 1]

[|Cambodia's forgotten children part 2]

[|Cambodia's Forgotten Children Part 3]

[|World Poverty Video for Schools]

[|10 poorest countries in the world]

[|Reasons for poverty]

Himal's story video

[|Caroline Payne a Poor Cousin in America]

[|Making a difference]

[|Longer Greg Mortenson video]

[|Child poverty in America]

[|New insights on poverty]

[|Extreme Poverty #1]

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">[|Extreme poverty #2]

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 36px;">[|Extreme poverty 3]

[|Wealth distribution in the USA]

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 36px;">Papers you might get in class

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 32.727272033691406px;">Material World Clips



Bead for Life Materials