Welcome and great to see all you wonderful people! Today in class we will be starting to look at and work on California Geography. This is a relatively short unit that we will use to expand and look at geography and how we examine the great state we live in. Don't forget to continue working on your Current Events and Maps! Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.
Objectives:
- Describe the different regions of California through reading and annotation
- Identify and label the various regions on a map and indicate their varying attributes
- Research and map the directions to points of interest in California with the use of Google Maps
- History Today
- Prompt: California
- What do you think about when you think of California? (places, people, activities, environment, etc.)
- Intro California Unit
- CA Fun Facts
- CA Regions
- Focus on:
- The Coast Ranges
- The inland Mountain
- the Central Valley
- The Basin and Range
- Google Classroom: California Regions Activity
- Close
- Prompt: Information Learned
- What did you learn about California Regions?
- Finish and submit California Regions Reading to Google Classroom if unable to do so during class.
- Current Event #1 due Monday (North America)
- North America practice map due at the start of the period on Monday 1/28
- North America Map Test January 28
