Lesson Plan

Date: February 9, 2018

Grade/Class: Grade 7 Social Studies
Time: 2:15-2:45
Topic: People and Places in the World

Lesson Outcomes
Essential Understandings
Human & physical geography and their
connections to themselves. Focusing on maps and
mapping, population clusters, principal regions,
bodies of water, vegetation, and climatic zones,
more and less developed nations, and zones.
Essential Questions
- What kind of influences does my area, I live
in/grew up in, have on how myself and
others in the same place?
- How might they differ if I were to be up
brought in a different place?
Curricular Outcomes
The student will be able to:
7-S-302 Draw conclusions based on research and
evidence.
7-S-400 Listen to others to understand their
perspectives.
7-KG-032 Identify on a world map the more and
less developed nations and explain why a nation is
considered to be more or less developed.

Materials Differentiation Strategies

- Blank map of the World - Verbal instruction (explain what needs to be

- Crayons/Pencil Crayons/markers done)
- Pencils - Visual instruction (do it yourself as an
- Erasers example and show on the board or hand out
a paper with instruction on it)
- Have a student, that is comfortable doing so,
do theirs in front of class or on a board

Assessment FOR learning
- Having them discuss will
allow me to see what the
students mind set is and
what type of life
experiences that are
brought to the class.
Personal feedback focusing
on encouraging their work
regardless of grammar and
spelling
Assessment Evidence
Assessment AS learning
- After discussion, getting
them to consider what
they would change about
their paper, different
opinions from different
students will allow them
to see what else they can
learn from their peers.
Assessment OF learning
- The same assignment after
the unit is nearly over,
checking what would be
correct in terms of topics
and information covered.
Topics are climatic zones
and development in the
world.
 Learning Plan
Activating Timeline
- Hand out paper with blank map of World, have them draw what makes them 8 mins
remind them of that Continent/Country. There is no limit, to what they can draw
(of course keeping it appropriate).
- Have them share and talk about why they put down what they did on the paper.
The goal is to have them talk about their life experiences or opinions about that 6 mins
part of the world.

Acquiring
- Explain the different types of climatic zones and development of
continents/countries.
- Have the students discuss their opinions on those countries in regards to those
topics. (First ask about climate of each continent/country and what people in that 9 mins
area do to survive and make a living. Secondly ask them about the development of
each area. Discuss.)

Applying
- Explain to them the process of how different and diverse each continent/country is 5 mins
and how each area contributes to our society assists in shaping us as a whole. Ex.
USA and UK are big music influences which is some focus of today’s society in
terms of clothes, trends, media coverage, etc.

- Answer any questions that are raised. Assign them to bring back a few things that
show examples how each area contributes to society. (it’s very open and does not 2 mins
limit to what they bring back for next class)

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