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Lesson Title and Curricular Placement
Lesson Title: Geography Affects Culture Subject: Social Studies

Lesson Objectives
1. Students will practice using the pen and highlighter mode with PPT and MS Word documents. 2. In class, students will discover how the geography of a region affects its culture (specifically: Iceland). 3. After working as a class, students will research the geography of a small region (through access to the Internet) and they will create a T chart that relates the geography of the region to the culture.

Lesson Materials
1. Tablet 2. MS Word Document: Geography Affects Culture 3. PPT: Geography of Iceland

Lesson Procedures
1. Students will open Windows Journal and import MS Word file: Geography Affects Culture (a T chart) in Windows Journal Format. They will save this note in a Geography file as //Iceland GAC.// 2. Students will import PPT presentation (created by Ms. Howard) that describes the geography of Iceland. This note will be saved in the same geography file under the name //Iceland Geography//. 3. As Ms. Howard teaches the lesson about the geography of Iceland, students will take notes on the powerpoint using the pen and highlighter mode. 4. After the PPT, the students will create a T chart on the MS Word file that clearly shows how the geography of Iceland directly affects its culture. 5. HWK: Students will access article about the geography of any small region (my example: South Africa (http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/geography/geography.htm) at home. They will create a T-chart and upload it to the 6th Grade Social Studies WIKI along with a link to the on-line article.

- students view work of another student and check their T-chart? grade homework?

Lesson Conclusion
Ms. Howard will upload the class T chart that was created to the 6th Grade Social Studies WIKI and answer any questions.