Welcome to 6th grade geography--western hemisphere. Thanks for checking out my web page. You might want to bookmark the page so you can come back often throughout the year. This site will give you updates about assignments each week. It's great for catching up if you are absent and keeping parents informed about what we do in class. You can also use this site for review or to check for a worksheet/paper you might have misplaced or forgotten to take home; just click on the links in red. There will also be links to videos viewed in class so that you can watch them again or share them with your family. I'm looking forward to a great year with my new students! Welcome to Oneta Ridge!
May 9-May 13
Finish South America Country Packet
ABC South America book
Semester Test Review
May 2-May 6
Read "The Spanish in South America" pg. 206-207
Read "Brazil and the Slave Trade" pg. 208-209
"The Spanish in South America"/"Brazil and the Slave Trade" questions
"Travel Brazil--Deep Inside the Rocinha Favela" video
"'They smoke crack...' Being 11 in a Rio Favela--BBC News" video
"Is This Brazil's Moment?" article
"Brazil's Scariest Slums are a Must-See for Tourists" article
"Brazil cleaning up favelas ahead of World Cup" video
"Project Favela--Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" video
"Favela Paining Kickstarter 2013" video
Read "The Impact of the Olympics" pg. 234-235
GeoActivity "Explore Brazil's Olympic Plans"
GeoActivity "Analyze a Government Program"
South America Country Packet
Apr. 25-Apr. 29
Read "Life at Different Elevations" pg. 192-193
Read "The Pampas Economy" pg. 224-225
OCCT Math (AM)
Coil Pots activity (PM)
Read "The Inca" pg. 200-201
Plickers Inca Quiz
"Grass Bridge" video
"Ghosts of Machu Picchu" video
Plickers Ghosts of Machu Picchu Quiz
Read "Cold and Warm Currents" pg. 196-197
"Rain Shadow Effect" video
Apr. 18-Apr. 22
"World Geography South America" video
South America video notes
"Oklahoma City Bombing-Flashback-NBC News" video
"How OKC bombing unfolded on live TV 20 years ago" video
"CNN: Don Lemon speaks with the child survivors of Oklahoma City bombing" video
"Voices: Oklahoma City bombing 20 years later" video
"Oklahoma City bombing: 20 years later" video
"Remembering the Oklahoma City Bombing" video
OCCT Reading (AM)
"Think Like an Archaeologist" activity (PM)
Read "The Amazon River" pg. 194-195
Read "Rain Forests and Climate Change" pg. 198-199
Plickers Rain Forest Quiz
"WWF Rainforest: Deforestation Effects" video
"Amazon Rainforest deforestation" video
"Amazon deforestation animation in Google Earth" video
"Amazon Deforestation: Timelapse" video
Apr. 11-Apr. 15
Finish "Living on One" episodes & Plickers quiz
"Living on One" documentary link
"Living on One" website link
South America Political/Physical Map
Atlas pg. 112-113 (to complete map)
South America Physical/Human Geography atlas worksheet--use atlas pages below
Atlas pg. 111
Atlas pg. 112-113
Atlas pg. 114-115
Atlas pg. 116-117
Atlas pg. 118-119
Atlas pg. 120
South America: Locations of Major Cities/Physical Features bonus worksheet--use atlas pages above
Introducing South America/Regions atlas worksheet--use atlas pages above
Apr. 4-Apr. 8
Read "Trade Across Continents" pg. 152-153
"Crash Course: Haitian Revolutions" video
Read "Comparing Cuba and Puerto Rico" pg. 158-159
"Should Puerto Rico Become a State?" video
Read "Challenges in Haiti" pg. 172-173
Read "Migration and the Caribbean" pg. 176-177
"4 Guys Live on $1/Day for 28 Days in Haiti" video
"Challenges in Haiti"/"4 Guys Live...in Haiti" questions
"Migration and the Caribbean"/"4 Guys Live...in Haiti" questions
Watch "Living on One" episodes:
"Episode 1: The First Step" video
"Episode 2: Water From a Pipe?" video
"Episode 3: Hunger and Tortillas" video
"Episode 4: Disaster Strikes" video
"Episode 5: We Need a Job" video
"Episode 6: Extreme Budgeting" video
"Episode 7: (Not) Going to School" video
"Episode 8: Back in the U.S." video
"Living on One" Plickers quiz
Mar. 28-Apr. 1
Columbian Exchange activity
"Crash Course: The Columbian Exchange" video
"Animaniacs--Panama Canal" video
Panama Canal animation
Panama Canal article & activity choices
Where's Panama? map link
Panama Canal History Channel link
The Panama Canal Fact Monster link
Important Historical Facts on Panama for Kids link
Panama Canal Facts link
Yellow Fever and Malaria in the Canal link
Read "The Impact of Globalization" pg. 128-129
"The Impact of Globalization" questions
"Maquilapolis: City of Factories" video
"Maquilapolis" video questions
"Mexico's Geographic Challenge" video
"Mexico City: Megacity" video
"Mexico's Smog Eating Buildings" video
Read "Rainforests of Central America" pg. 146-147
Read "Conserving the Rain Forests" pg. 178-179
Rain Forest questions
Color version of pg. 146 to answer graph questions
Mar. 21-Mar. 25
Middle America Political/Mexico Physical map--use atlas pages to complete maps
Atlas pg. 100-101
Atlas pg. 102-103
Middle America Physical/Human atlas worksheet--use atlas pages below
Atlas pg. 100-101
Atlas pg. 102-103
Atlas pg. 104-105
Atlas pg. 106-107
Atlas pg. 110
Middle America Political map game
Mexico Physical map game
Mexico/Latin America map activity
"Engineering an Empire--The Maya: Death Empire" video
"The Maya: Death Empire" video questions
Read 3.1 "The Maya and the Aztecs" pg. 102-103
"Horrible Histories: Angry Aztecs" video (start at 24:00, Episode 14)
Mar. 14-Mar. 18
Spring Break
Mar. 7-Mar. 11
Finish Regions Review worksheets from Fri.
Great State Plate Project
Learn About the States kids.gov website link
US States enchanted learning website link
Feb. 29-Mar. 5
Finish Regions of the US Gallery Walk/notes
"The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill--Flashback NBC News" video
"Memories of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill" video
"Lingering effects 2 years after BP oil spill" video
"3 Years On, BP Oil Spill Effects Linger" video
"Scientists get first look at seabed near BP oil spill site" video
"BP Oil Spill 5 Years Later: Wildlife Still Suffering--msnbc" video
Human-Environment Interaction: Oil Spills video questions
"Oil, Oil, Everywhere" article
"Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico Worst in US History" article
"The Gulf Oil Spill: One Year Later" article
"Hair Helps Out" article
Human-Environment Interaction: Oil Spills Part 2 article questions
"Millions of Miles of Garbage in an Ocean Near You!" video
"The Garbage Patch" video
"Midway a message from the Gyre" video
"Midway--Plastic Beach" video
"Midway--Plastic Water" video
"Midway--Ghost Net" video
"Chris Jordan on the Midway Project" video
"This 21-Year Old is Cleaning Up Our Oceans" video
"Revolutionary Future Ocean Cleanup" video
"Suzannah, the Spy for the FBI"/"The Northeast Beast" regions review
"Clem's Oil Caper"/"Prospector Pete" regions review
Feb. 22-Feb. 26
Review "Contiguous States"/"Major Cities," "Geographic Locations," & US atlas worksheet
50 United States political map game
"Great Indian Nations" video
Regions of the United States Poster Project in class
"The Northeast" for poster project
"The South" for poster project
"The Midwest" for poster project
"The West" for poster project
IN: Regions of the United States pg. 32-35--Do Gallery Walk to complete notes
Feb. 15-Feb. 19
"Contiguous States"/"Major Cities" Map
"Pyramid of Places"/"Link the Locations" worksheet
Atlas pg. 68-69 (to complete map and worksheet)
"Geographic Locations: Bodies of Water"/"Mountains, Deserts, Islands, & Landforms" Map
Atlas pg. 70-71 (to complete map)
Atlas pg. 72-73 (to complete map)
Atlas pg. 82-83 (regional map of northeastern US for rivers/lake)
Atlas pg. 84-85 (regional map of east central US for Mammoth Cave)
Atlas pg. 96-97 (regional map of southwestern US for Carlsbad Caverns & Painted Desert)
US atlas worksheet--use atlas pages to complete worksheet
Atlas pg. 70-71
Atlas pg. 72-73
Atlas pg. 74-75
Atlas pg. 68-69
Atlas pg. 76-77
Atlas pg. 78-79
Atlas pg. 80-81
Feb. 8-Feb. 12
Discuss "Ontario and Quebec: Connecting Two Cultures"
"Compare Climates"--climographs
Boreal Forest
"The boreal forest" video
Read "Climographs" pg. 70-71
"Build a Climograph" GeoActivity
"Canada Quiz Review"
Feb. 1-Feb. 5
Grade Canada atlas worksheet
Canada Territories & Provinces map game
Read "A History of Canada"/"Daily Life"
"A History of Canada"/"Daily Life" questions
Canada Physical Features map game
"The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System--A Vital Waterway" video
Read "The St. Lawrence Seaway"/"Trade"
"Canada's Third Seacoast" worksheet
"Levi from Canada"--Inuit boy
"Postcards from Buster: Spring Break (Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada)" video
"Shelter Building: Building an Igloo" video
Read "Ontario and Quebec: Connecting Two Cultures"
"Ontario and Quebec: Connecting Two Cultures" questions
Jan. 25-Jan. 29
Canada Political/Physical Map
Atlas pg. 54-55 (to complete map)
IN: Geographic Regions of Canada pg. 31
Geographic Regions of Canada PowerPoint for notes
"Canada & The United States (Bizarre Borders Part 2)" video
Canada atlas worksheet--use atlas pages to complete worksheet
Atlas pg. 54-55
Atlas pg. 56-57
Atlas pg. 58-59
Atlas pg. 60-61
Atlas pg. 67
Jan. 19-Jan. 22
"Economics and Geography Activity" GDP worksheet
Government and Economy Review
Government and Economics Quiz
Government and Economics Quiz corrections--retake on Tue
"The Geography of Canada" video
"The Culture of Canada" video
Jan. 11-Jan. 15
"What is Economics?" video & quiz
IN: Levels of Economic Activity pg. 28
IN: Economic Systems pg. 29
"Business Sectors" video
"The Modern Economy" video
Read "Economic Geography" pg. 62
IN: Notes on pg. 28-29--Power Point notes link
"Types of Economic Systems" video
"The Economic Systems Song" video
Set up EasyBib account--see History Day tab
History Day Exhibit and Thesis statement videos--see History Day tab
Jan. 4-Jan. 8
Geography Bee--classroom contest
History Day--work day
"Going Global: Forms of Government" video
"The Seven Types of Government" video
IN: Types of Government pg. 26-27
"Political Geography" pg. 64-65
Dec. 14-Dec. 18
Semester Test Review
History Day Phase II--see History Day Tab
Semester Test
Dec. 7-Dec. 11--See History Day Tab
History Day Research in the Library
History Day Research in the Classroom on Computers
Nov. 30-Dec. 4--See History Day Tab
Set up History Day research folder
Discuss History Day expectations
History Day Topic Exploration in the Library
History Day Topic Selection/Topic Proposal worksheet
History Day Topic Exploration on Computers
Nov. 23-Nov. 27
World Water Day (March 22):
"Why Water?" video
"The Power of Water" video
"World Water Day 2015" video
"World Water Day: Animated Short" video
"World Water Day-Compassion International" video
"4 Year Olds Bucket List-Water is Life" video
"charity: water PSA with Jennifer Connelly" video
"World Water Day, 22 March 2013" video
"Water Changes Everything" video
"Three Mothers Three Stories" video
"Water Walk: Water Aid" video
"A Birthday Story: Meet Lory" video
"Refresh" video
"World Water Day Video from charity: water" video
"What is Your Water Day?" video
History Day introduction with Ms. Hennesy in library
Nov. 16-Nov. 20
IN: Climate Characteristics pg. 24
IN: Religion pg. 25
Religion Gallery Walk activity
"7 Billion, National Geographic Magazine" video
"First World vs Third World Problems" video
"What Does 'Third World Country' Mean?" video
"Developed and Undeveloped Countries" video
Developed vs Developing Power Point review
Developed vs Developing Collage
World Toilet Day Nov. 19:
"World Toilet Day 2013 Louie the Loo sings Thank You toilet" video
Interactive Game Show with Matt Damon/"Where Would You Go?" videos
"World Toilet Day Campaign 2015" video
"Domestos: World Toilet Day Sick Days" video
"World Toilet Day 2015-Action Against Hunger CA" video
"United Nations Headquarters marks World Toilet Day" video
"Happy World Toilet Day from Super Toilet! (Part 2)" video
"World Toilet Day 2013" video
"Can you imagine life without toilets?" video
"Solving the world's toilet shortage" video
"World Toilet Day" video
"World Toilet Day-where you go matters" video
Nov. 9-Nov. 13
"I Fought for You" video
Finish & grade "Weather and Climate"/"A Weather Map" and "Exploring World Climate Zones"
Guest speaker Mr. Jerry McDaniel--Vietnam veteran
Veterans Day Assembly
"Freedom is not Free" video
Veterans Day presentation by Mrs. Trolinger, Ms. Tanner, & Airman Knaust
Freedom Week: Reminisce Articles set 1
Religion Gallery Walk
Religion Handbook pg. R52-R54
Freedom Week: Reminisce Articles set 2
Nov. 2-Nov. 6
"Bill Nye: Earth's Seasons" video
"Seasons" Quiz
"The Water Cycle--Untamed Science" video
"The Water Cycle" video
"The Water Cycle Rap" video
Water Cycle Diagram
The Water Cycle Diagram (scroll to Answer Key)
Draw, label, and color a diagram of the water cycle
IN: Seasons of the Northern Hemisphere pg. 21
IN: The Water Cycle pg. 22
IN: Climate and Weather pg. 23
Read "Climate and Weather" pg. 44-45
Take notes on T-chart in IN over Climate and Weather
"Weather vs Climate" video
"Weather and Climate"/"A Weather Map" atlas work/worksheet
"World Biomes: An Introduction to Climate" video
"Earth: Climate and Weather" video
"Exploring World Climate Zones" worksheet
World Climate Regions map (color version)
Oct. 26-Oct. 30
"Landforms and Plates" atlas work
"Oceans" atlas work
"Mr. Lee Layers of the Earth Rap" video
"Geology Kitchen #8-Layers of the Earth" video
"Geology Kitchen #9-Plate Tectonics" video
"Plate Tectonics" video
IN: Landforms Flipbook pg. 17
IN: Earth's Layers pg. 18
IN: Tectonic Plate Movements pg. 19
Milky Way Plate Tectonics activity
IN: Earth's Layers--color the layers of the earth
"Sharkbait, Ooh Ha Ha" video
"Geology Kitchen #10 Volcanoes" video
"Hawaii Geology" video
Read "The Ring of Fire" pg. 40-41
"Explore the Ring of Fire!"
IN: Volcanoes pg. 20
"What is an Earthquake?" video
"How tsunamis work" video
"Japan Tsunami" video
On Your Feet: Build Models activity
Oct. 19-Oct. 23
Finish "Reading Map Legends" and "Locating Places" atlas work
"Exploring Landforms and Bodies of Water for Kids" video
Landforms flipbook activity
Landforms Glossary website
Landforms Bingo activity
"Landforms and Plates" atlas work
"Oceans" atlas work
Oct. 12-Oct. 16
"Reading Map Legends" atlas work
"Locating Places" atlas work
Oct. 5-Oct. 9
"Types of Maps" video
Types of Maps/Special Purpose Maps
"Thematic Maps" pg. 26-27
IN: General and Special Purpose Maps pg. 13-14--notes
"Using Map Scale to Calculate Distance" video
IN: Map Scale pg. 15-16
Read "Map Scale" pg. 20-21
Read "Comparing Maps of Different Scale"
Scale Walk/GeoActivity 2.2 Map Scale--group activities
"Pony Express"--group activity
"What is Topography?" video
"Topographic Maps" video
"Understanding Topographic Maps" video
"Topographic Map Activity" video
Topographic Map Play Doh activity
Sept. 28-Oct. 2
"How Globes Are Made" video
Super Venn Diagram: Maps vs Globes
IN: Maps and Globes pg. 9--notes
"Mercator projection" video
"Map Projections and GIS" video
"Map Projections-reading lesson for kids" video
"Objection Projection Chat Show" video
"Map Merging" activity
"The Globe Unwrapped" activity
IN: Compass Rose pg. 10--notes
IN: Map Projections pg. 11--notes
"Map Projections" explanations
"5 Map Basics Rap" video
"Longitude and Latitude: Asia" crossword
IN: Parts of a Map pg. 12--notes
"There's a Map on My Lap" video
IN: General and Special Purpose Maps pg. 13-14
Sept. 21-Sept. 25
History Day guest speakers Sarah Dumas and Rachel Keller
Message in a Bottle (round 2)
Orange Map Projections
"Map Projections" video
Latitude and Longitude Quiz
IN: Maps and Globes pg. 9-10
IN: Map Parts and Projections pg. 11-12
Sept. 14-Sept. 18
Picture Day
IN: Imaginary Lines pg. 7 (Notes)
Happy Spider story
"Longitude and Latitude Song" video
"Longitude and Latitude-reading lesson for kids" video
"Latitude and Longitude"/"Plotting South American Cities" worksheet
"Message in a Bottle" partner game
Constitution Day (9/17):
"Schoolhouse Rock Preamble" video
"We the People (Constitution Song)" video
"Preamble to the Constitution"/"Preamble in Your Own Words" class discussion
"Preamble Unscramble"/"Bystander Story" worksheet
Sept. 7-Sept. 11
IN: Hemispheres pg. 4-5
"Hemispheres" Power Point for notes
IN: The Physical World pg. 6
"Latitude and Longitude is Useful" video
IN: Imaginary Lines pg. 7-8
"Longitude and Latitude" video
Latitude/Longitude Cheer
Patriot Day (9/11):
"Where were you when the world stopped turning" video
"I was 11 on 9/11" article
"9/11 Timeline" video/weblink
"New Visitor Center Opens at 9/11 Site in Pennsylvania" video
"911 Memorial Museum 10,000 artifacts on show" video
Aug. 31-Sept. 4
Finish MR HELP Posters
IN (Interactive Notebook): Set up Table of Contents
IN: The Five Essential Themes of Geography pg. 3
IN: Five Themes of Geography notes
"5 Themes of Geography" (PowToons) video
Aug. 24-Aug. 28
Collect & organize supplies
Discuss school & class procedures
Discuss bellwork expectations & website
"5 Themes of Geography" video
"5 Themes of Geography" (Minecraft version) video
MR HELP Posters
Aug. 20-Aug. 21
Class Syllabus
Information Sheet
Trolinger Times e-mail form
Please try to return paperwork by Mon, 8/24.
Play games to get acquainted