Lesson Content:
-We will focus on how to use geography and geographical tools to describe the area around us.
-How to use maps, studies and search tools
-We will watch videos that relate to geography and help us prepare for them by seeing good examples.
Unit Goals:
-To be able to understand and use geographical tools and functions.
-To be able to understand Swedish and some world geography.
-To reflect on the world around us
-To use the correct tools when researching a new topic
Important Links:
-To be updated as we move through the unit!
Types of Assessment:
-Weekly check-ins
-Field Study Assignment
-Map work in class focusing on Sweden
-Final Assessment: Deep Dive on a Swedish Province
-Class participation, teacher observations.
English Translation of LGR 11 Curriculum:
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Analyze natural and cultural landscapes
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You have basic knowledge of natural and cultural landscapes
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You have good knowledge of natural and cultural landscapes
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You have very good knowledge of natural and cultural landscapes
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Analyze the Earth
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You have a simple understanding and simple reasoning of the processes that form and change the Earth
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You have a developed understanding and relatively well reasoned points on the processes that form and change the Earth.
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You have a well- developed understanding and very well reasoned points on the processes that form and change the Earth.
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Analyze and compare natural and cultural landscapes, and the movement/placement of peoples.
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In your reasoning, you can describe simple connections between natural/cultural landscapes, natural resources och how people are placed/where they live.
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In your reasoning, you can describe developed connections between natural/cultural landscapes, natural resources och how people are placed/where they live.
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In your reasoning, you can describe well developed connections between natural/cultural landscapes, natural resources och how people are placed/where they live.
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Use of geographic concepts
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You can use geographic concepts in a basically functional way.
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You can use geographic concepts in a functional way.
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You can use geographic concepts in a very functional way.
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Examine, analyze and assess with the use of maps and geographic sources.
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You can examine the outside world and use maps and other geographic sources in a basically functional way.
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You can examine the outside world and use maps and other geographic sources in a functional way.
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You can examine the outside world and use maps and other geographic sources in a well developed way.
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Explore and Analyze
Maps and geographic tools.
FIELD STUDY
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Through field studies, you can use maps and simple geographic tools in a basically functional way.
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Through field studies, you can use maps and simple geographic tools in a relatively appropriate way.
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Through field studies, you can use maps and simple geographic tools in an appropriate and effective way.
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Assess and analyze different sources' usefulness.
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You can make simple reasonings on a source's usefulness.
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You can make developed reasonings on a source's usefulness.
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You can make well developed reasonings on a source's usefulness.
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Examine and compare "name geography"
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You have basic knowledge of Sweden's, Scandinavia's and Europe's "name geography."
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You have good knowledge of Sweden's, Scandinavia's and Europe's "name geography."
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You have very good knowledge of Sweden's, Scandinavia's and Europe's "name geography."
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Examine and compare area and size relations.
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You can, with some certainty, describe the size and relations between different geographic objects.
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You can, with relative certainty, describe the size and relations between different geographic objects.
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You can, with good certainty, describe the size and relations between different geographic objects.
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Assess and analyze sustainable development.
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You can reason about issues relating to sustainable development, and then give, to some extent, suggestions for environmentally friendly choices and priorities in everyday life.
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You can reason about issues relating to sustainable development, and then give developed suggestions for environmentally friendly choices and priorities in everyday life.
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You can reason about issues relating to sustainable development, and then give well developed suggestions for environmentally friendly choices and priorities in everyday life.
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Explore, analyze and compare different standards of living.
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You can reason about causes and consequences of different standards of living in the world and give simple and somewhat developed suggestions on how to improve them.
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You can reason about causes and consequences of different standards of living in the world and give developed suggestions on how to improve them.
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You can reason about causes and consequences of different standards of living in the world and give well developed suggestions on how to improve them.
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