Lesson Plan: Vocabulary Application
Lesson Plan: Vocabulary Application

Lesson Plan: Vocabulary Application

Powerful Geography Project

Vocabulary Application

Developed by Celaina Huckeba
Modified by Joann Zadrozny

Examples of Student Work

INFORMATION
Subject Area: Geography
Grade Level: 6-12
Time Frame/Duration: 15 minutes at beginning of new unit

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

  • Connect geographic terms with a job/career.
  • Explore different jobs/career opportunities.

 

ESSENTIAL / GUIDING QUESTIONS
1. How is geography embedded within a variety of career opportunities? 

 

CONNECTION TO CURRICULUM/UNIT
This vocabulary lesson should be included at the beginning of a new unit.
BASIC TERMS AND VOCABULARY
Environment and Society * Human Geography * Physical Geography * Places and Regions * Skills, Technology, and Perspectives

 

POWERFUL GEOGRAPHY FOCUS
This lesson potentially covers all of the Powerful Geography jobs/career categories.

OVERVIEW OF LESSON:

This lesson introduces vocabulary at the beginning of any unit to help students tie geographic terms with a variety of jobs and careers that they may find of interest.

 

RESOURCES/MATERIALS NEEDED:

For Students: For Teachers:
Student Worksheet
Geographic Vocabulary Worksheet
Computer with internet access
Colored pencils, markers, crayons

 

PREREQUISTE KNOWLEDGE:

Students do not need any pre-requisite knowledge to complete this lesson.

 

STARTING THE LESSON:

  1. Go to this website: Powerful Geography Student Resources.
  2. Explore the six different Career Paths (Building, Business, Creative, Health, Helping, and Nature), and pick one that fits you.
    1. If you don’t know which career path fits you, take the Career Path Quiz (also located at the top of the website page).
  3. Fill out the Student Worksheet with your answer.

 

THE LESSON:

  1. Under the Career Path that you chose, select the job that you find the most exciting.
  2. Fill in the Student Worksheet with your answer.
  3. Using the website and other resources, explain how the job you chose is connected to geography. You must use at least 8-10 vocabulary terms from the accompanying list.
  4. Write your summary of the job and how it is connected to geography in the space provided on the Student Worksheet.

 

ENDING THE LESSON AND CLOSING PRODUCT:

  1. On the back of the Student Worksheet, visualize the job and its connection to geography by drawing a picture.
  2. Create a border that reflects the job and geography vocabulary.
  3. Include at least 2 (two) visual images – these images can be a thing, a map, a person, etc.
  4. Fill the page with any visuals, symbols, words, colors, etc. that capture the job and geography.
  5. Be colorful, neat, creative, and have fun!

 

DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES:

  • Narrow down the Vocabulary Worksheet list to only 5-10 words to focus the student on specific terms you want them to understand.
  • Have students explore jobs only under one of the student career categories that focus on the unit being taught.
  • This lesson can be a take home/homework assignment instead of using class time.

 

EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT:

Grading can be done with points or as complete/incomplete. The main component is the use of 8-10 vocabulary words and some coherent understanding of geography’s use within the job/career.

 

EXTENSION AND ENRICHMENT:

Use this lesson to introduce vocabulary for each unit. By the end of the year, you can ask students to develop an ad for a job combining all of their geographic knowledge learned throughout the year.