Introduction
This web quest will discuss the five different themes of geography and how they impact people's lives. The five main themes of geography is location, place, human environment interaction, movement and region. We will also discuss why historical events and people are important. Lastly, we will discuss economics and why you should care about economics. This webquest will also discuss all social studies strancs and the concepts that can aid in different activities.
Task
Question 1. What are the five themes of geography and how do they impact people’s lives?
1. Location
Location effects people's lives because of people learning the different places and where they are located in the world. Learning how far the locations are from one city to the next or from one state to the next impacts people when going on vacation. People are able to see how far they have to travel in order to get to the places.
2. Place
Place deals with the characteristics of the location. For example rivers, canals, beaches and plant life are great examples of places in the world. These places impact people lives in many different ways. The beaches for example play the role for vacationing for world. During hot summer days people love to play on the beach which are connected to the oceans. Rivers and canals tend to connect with each other to create different places in which we as humans go to vacation and spend time with our family.
3. Human Environment Interaction
This basically deals with people adapting to the environment or location. As said in the above paragraph. Students interact with certain places and locations to use for vacations or relaxing places.
4. Movement
This deals with the migration and movement of humans across the world. This impacts the world because humans are always on the move. In today’s social technology such as a GPS help people travel to different places.
5. Region
This deals with how the environment and world is divided. There are many different parts of the regions. For example you have the mountain area and the water are of the world. These are examples of two different region in which impact the peoples live by way of things like hurricanes and tornadoes.
Question 2
Why should historical events and people be important to me?
Historical events and people should be important because of what historical even the person may have achieve. For example, President Lincoln was the president who was remembering for helping freeing the slaves. This should be important to many people because who knows what would have happened if the slaves were not freed then. There are also other inventors in history who are very important because of the things in which they invented. The invention of electricity is a great example of an important historical event.
Question 3
What is economics and why should I care?
This is the part of social studies that deals with consumption and the transfer of wealth. You should care about economics because this is the way the world is set up. When the economics of the world is low this can be cause by job lost or less economics spending. As of right now the world is still struggling economy because there is still not enough jobs for everyone. Many students are graduating from college and yet they are unable to find a job. This is why economics is very important.
Process
Activity 1
For middle school, the teacher can have the play the matching game where they match each state with their capital. They can then use map puzzles to also help with the location of the states.
Activity 2
For middle school, the teacher can have the students create their own maps. Since this activity deals with places, the teacher can have the student label the different places like canal, rivers, and oceans on the map.
Activity 3
For middle school, the teacher can have the student complete a banking activity. The teacher can have each student pretend they own their own bank account with a certain amount of money in it. The students will discuss what they want to do for a living and what type of lifestyle they want to live. The student will complete a monthly budget worksheet based on information.
Evaluation
7th Grade Social Studies
American History
Concept 6: Civil War and Reconstruction
Day 1
In this day the students will be review different activities that took place in the Civil War. They will discuss what they have already learned. Students were introduced to the Civil War in the 5th grade. The students will discuss what they know about the Civil War in a small group. The teacher will give them 3 sets of questions that will help aid in the discussion. They will then continue the discussion back at their desk. They will do this by completing the questions.
Day 2
The teacher will allow them to watch a video about the civil war. After that the student will write a summary and share them in a small group.
Day 3
The students will gather all their data from the last two days and work on a power point presentation that will be presented on day 5. The students will be able to use the computer to research.
Day 4
The students will continue to research for their presentation.
Day 5
Students will present their power point.
World History
Concept 6: Age of Revolution
Day 1
In this lesson the students will focus on the technology that was used in the 1800s verses the technology that is used today. First the students will discuss what they know from their prior knowledge and prior readings in a small group. They will then go back to their seat and make mental notes so that they can use it for the final assignment.
Day 2
The teacher will have the student bring an example of technology from the 1800s. Pictures will be the main thing brought but if they have something physically that would be great. They will have to each show the picture and explain what the technology was used for.
Day 3
The students will continue sharing their technology and comparing them to today modern technology.
Day 4.
The students will work on a graphic organizer that will compare and contrast 1800s technology and today's technology
Day5.
The students will presents their graphic organizers to the classroom.
Civics/Government and Economics
Concept 3: Functions of Government
Day 1
The teacher will discuss the different types of government with the classroom. The students will lead the discussion from their prior knowledge of the government’s functions first. The teacher will then separate the students into groups and give each group a function of the government to discuss.
Day 2.
The teacher will put the students back into group and they will create their own law. They will have to use what they learned about the functions in order to debate why their law will help the world.
Day 3.
The students will watch a movie about laws and what happens when you disobey them.
Day 4.
The student will continue creating their law and write a paper as an individual about their law.
Day 5
The students will present their papers to the classroom.