Writing a Travel Article for the 6th Grade Social Studies

Writing a travel article

1. Lesson 1.4 Gathering Information: Preparing to Write a Travel Article Focus: How do people learn about the geography of a place? Do Now: Quick Write: If you could travel to any place in the Eastern Hemisphere, where would it be and why? Write quietly for three minutes. Then we will share responses, and identify which theme of geography fits best with each response. For example, if a student wants to travel to the Alps to go skiing, it can be considered a human-environmental interaction.

2. PBA Students receive their country assignments for the PBA. ies for classroom research, the following is a suggested list of countries to use for classroom work: – Africa: Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya – Asia: Japan, Vietnam, Bhutan, India, and Israel – Europe: Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, and Sweden Explain the expectations of the PBA. Answer any questions that come up about the task from students, such as: – How long is my imaginary trip? – How long is the article? – When is the completed article due?

3. I t is important not only to record information, but also to record where the information was found. Every piece of information found must be sourced, which means writing down where the information was found.

4. You will be working with various sources throughout the unit to complete the organizer. Initially, you will examine the theme of location, particularly relative location. While researching this theme, you You need to identify a map that contains the country you will study. Explain to students that this could be done using some common features of books, such as the table of contents or the index. (Instructions may vary depending on the atlases available.)

5. Relative Location F ind a map that contains the country you will study. Do a turn-and-talk about the information that their map provides. R elative location is best found on a political map, which focuses on where a country is in relation to other countries. It could also be relative to a physical feature. I dentify one place that borders your country. H ow would you describe the country that borders the country in the example. In geography, phrases like “next to” are not used, but rather, more specific directional words are used called cardinal and intermediate directions . What are the cardinal and intermediate directions on a compass? I dentify a country that borders the model country using directional terms.

6. Summary 2–5 Minute Quick Write: A nswer the following question, to be collected as a post-assessment: • On a sticky note, answer the following question: – Why is it important to record the sources used for research? • Sticky notes are placed on a class chart titled “Recording Sources Is Important Because...”