Unit 1: How Geography Shaped Early Human Societies — What Is World Studies? NC Standard:
ECS.6.G.1.1–1.4; ECS.6.H.1.1–1.2; ECS.6.B.1.1; Inquiry I.1.1–I.1.3, I.1.5, I.1.7. 

Learning Targets:
I can explain what historians, geographers, economists, and other social scientists study.
​I can explain what historians, geographers, economists, and other social scientists study.
I can identify information shown on physical and political maps.

Landforms

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Landforms- Create a FOLDABLE - white sheet of paper- folded hotdog style              


Define each landform and then draw and color a picture of it.


Mountain

Plain

Plateau

Isthmus

River Delta

Peninsula

Valley

Island

Equator

Prime Meridian

Map Key/ Legend

Scale

Compass Rose

Cardinal Directions

Intermediate Directions
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Symbol

Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?
One day, you wake up to hear the news: the zombie apocalypse has started!. In order to survive, you and your friends must find the correct path of zombie-free safe zones throughout the world. Good luck, and remember to not get bitten!

Label it Zombie Apocalypse- label the map- by the numbers then complete the following clues.

• South America                                                 
• Africa    
• Europe        
• Asia            
• Australia
• Antartica
• North America

• Pacific
• Arctic 
• Southern
• Indian
• Atlantic

Directions:
Use each of the clues below to write which continent or ocean you need to travel to next in

1. 1ST SAFE ZONE CLUE: The continent on which you currently live_on is______________________
2. 2ND SAFE ZONE CLUE: The ocean you would have to cross to get from North America to Europe _____
3. 3RD SAFE ZONE CLUE: The continent that borders Europe. ______________________
4. 4TH SAFE ZONE CLUE: The ocean to the east of Africa __________________________
5. 5TH SAFE ZONE CLUE: The ocean that surrounds Antarctica. ____________________________
6. 6TH SAFE ZONE CLUE: The continent to the south of Europe. _______________________
7. 7TH SAFE ZONE CLUE: The ocean to the north of Europe. _______________________________
8. 8TH SAFE ZONE CLUE: the continent that borders both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean _____
9. 9TH SAFE ZONE CLUE: The northernmost ocean. _______________________________________
10. 10TH SAFE ZONE CLUE: the ocean you would have to cross to travel from Asia to South America.____
11. 11TH SAFE ZONE CLUE: The continent that is also an island. ______________________
12. 12TH SAFE ZONE CLUE: The largest continent. _____________________________________________
13. 13TH SAFE ZONE CLUE: The continent to the south west of Africa. ___________________
14. 14TH SAFE ZONE CLUE. The ocean at the bottom of the world. ___________________________
15. THE 15TH SAFE ZONE is the Indian Ocean. Write a clue to help other fellow survivors figure out where to go:_

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Inquiry: What Can a Picture Tell Us?

Directions: Look carefully at each picture. You do not need to know anything about the place yet. Use what you see to make observations and ask questions.

Picture 1 — Great Wall of China OBSERVE — What are 2 things you notice?

 QUESTION — What is something you wonder?

PREDICT — Why do you think this was built?


Picture 2 — Mount Rushmore OBSERVE — What are 2 things you notice?

QUESTION — What is something you wonder?

PREDICT — Why do you think these people were chosen?


Picture 3 — Egyptian Pyramids OBSERVE — What are 2 things you notice?

QUESTION — What is something you wonder?

 PREDICT — What do you think these structures were used for?




Now Be an Inquiry Detective!Choose ONE of your three pictures.
Picture I chose: ______________________________
What is the ONE question you would most like to research?

Where could you look to find the answer?
Book
Website
Video
Museum
Ask an expert
After researching, what did you learn?


⭐ Exit Ticketn Inquiry starts with being curious. What is one new question you have after today's activity?