3rd+Grade+Geography

=3rd Grade Geography: Global Geographical Features=


 * * Suggested Materials
 * Key Vocabulary
 * Essential Question(s)
 * Enduring Understandings
 * Unit Objectives
 * Beginning the Unit
 * As the Unit Continues
 * Toward the End of the Unit
 * Teacher Suggestions
 * Work Samples ||

=Suggested Materials= World Atlas Harcourt Social Studies Text Book Unit Introduction (supplemental text)
 * Books:**

Time For Kids Time For Kids Around the World
 * Magazines:**

Time for Kids [] Time for Kids Around the World [] Google Earth [] Google Maps []
 * Internet:**

Daily Geography- Grade 3

=Key Vocabulary=

geography climate rain forest oceans deserts tundra grasslands plains rivers lakes mountains mountain range island harbor peninsula plateau natural resources

= = __ Essential Questions: __ __ Enduring Understandings:  __ · ** Students will understand that how people live is affected by where they live. ** ·  ** Students will understand members of world communities adapt to the geographical features of the region. ** ·  ** Students will understand that natural resources are based on geographical features and location and can change over time. ** __  Unit Objectives:  __ · **  Students will explain how a world community has developed and adapted to its geographical location and natural resources. ** · **  Students will examine how geographical features in a world community change over time naturally and because of human activity. **
 * ** How do geography, climate, and natural resources affect the way people live and work? **
 * ** What impact do people have on the natural resources of a community as they strive to support their existence?  **
 * · ** ** Students will understand that humans can positively change the environment and physical features in a community but can also have a negative impact on the environment and its natural resources. **

= = = = =Lesson Ideas=

Incorporate map skills through the year Daily geography

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