Mr. Ambrose’s
6th Social Studies Class: 2002-2003
GEOGRAPHIC
LITERACY: Part 2. GEOGRAPHY of PCMS: A Hands-On Development of Geogrpahick Concepts. And Themes:
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The formula is simple: L = TBC |
LEARNING = |
THINKING and
Background Info.
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BUILDING Knowledge & Concepts
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COMMUNICATING What Has Been Learned |
Part 1. Thinking
and Background Information:
1. IDENTIFY PROBLEMS to be Solved: A whole-class
CrossTalk to identify problems to be solved.
- Team 6-4 must create a map which focuses on
all 5 themes of geography.
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LOCATION,
REGION, PLACE, MOVEMENT, HUMAN-ENVVIRONMENT INTERACTION, PCMS
CAMPUS….Team 6-4 puts it all together !!! |
2.
BACKGROUND: One week of Direct Instruction by the teacher. Worksheets, skill development, _notes from text, and vocabulary assignments by the
student..... with quizzes, etc.(Students usually work by
themselves.)
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CARTOGRAPHY SKILLS: Team 6-4 will learn the skills
involved in created a “Blueprint Map” . Team 6-4 will view examples
of finished PCMS Maps. Cartography
Teams will apply their developing skills by constructing a map of PCMS..
- Five THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY: (see text p.4-5)
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VOCABULARY: Map-Making Vocab –Found text p. 6-15. Each member of a rookie Catography Team
must complete the vocabulary Database Notes
3.
VOCABULARY CERTIFICATION:
- Each coop group must pass a Map
Vocabulary Quiz in order to become certified “Cartography
Teams”.
- Only Cartography Teams can
participate in field trips throughout PCMS and increating the PCMS maps.
Part 2. Building Knowledge and
Concepts:
1. THE STUDENTS BECOME EXPERTS: The students are problem solvers who research, work
at Print Media Stations and Educational Technology Stations in order to get
information and data which they think about, rebuild into a personal library of
information and personal experiences.
2. THE STUDENTS REFLECT on the information they have found; they re-sequence
the information and re-think it. Small group discussions, study groups,
collaborative On-Line discussions (The TALKING PLACE), and interactive quizzes
provide opportunities to refine learning and build understanding. The students relate the details they
find during their research to the concepts introduced (in Part 1) and thereby
develop a deeper understanding of those concepts.
(The
following tasks are to be completed as Rotations … )
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W) performed by the
entire class at the same time (with the help of the teacher)
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G) performed each coop group (with the help of the teacher if
needed)
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S) performed by each student-by self-
within a coop group (with the help of the teacher if needed)
3. GEOGRAPHY of PCMS: —“BUILDING KNOWELDGE” ROTATIONS
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JOB #1 Field Trip Around PCMS (W) 1. Sketch, take notes
during 20 minute trip around PCMS. |
JOB #2 Field Trip Through PCMS (W) 1. Sketch, take notes
during 20 minute trip through PCMS. |
JOB #3 In-Depth Field Trip (G) 1.
Cartography Teams observe and gather data throughout PCMS Campus…. 15
min, site-specific field trips. |
JOB #4 Preliminary Map Construction (G) 1.
Cartography Teams use field trip data to construct preliminary sections of
PCMS Map. |
JOB #5 Laser Research – Map Vocabulary
(G) 1.
Cartography Teams complete HyperStudio
research stacks on Map Vocab Grade_____S-I______T-I_____ |
4. THE TEACHER MANAGES all these opportunities for students to explore and to build knowledge and concepts.
Part 3. Communicating
What Has Been Learned: 
1. THE EXPERTS CERTIFY THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS: The students respond to test questions and test
activities in order to certify their knowledge of details and understanding of
concepts.
· Team 6-4 “Vocabulary
Specialists”:
2. THE WORKSHOP: STUDENTS PREPARE TO TEACH: The
students create multi-media presentations in which they demonstrate through
informative cross-teaching, the quality of their knowledge of details and
understanding of concepts.
3. GEOGRAPHY of PCMS: —“COMMUNICATING
WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED” TEST, WORKSHOP
AND TEACHING - PRESENTATION
ROTATIONS
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JOB # 1. Vocab Review
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JOB # 2. Map
Construction (G) |
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JOB # 3. TALKING PLACE: (S)- Self Evaluation 1. Each
student must join the Talking Place discussion 2.Each student
must write a “Self-Group
Evaluation Report |
JOB # 4. . VIEW
Finished PCMS Maps (W) 1.Learn
from maps made by other teams. |
TEST SCORECARD: (Map
SCORE) _______
(Geog Vocab
SCORE)___________
