Ethnic-Studies-WJUSD - Unit 2- The United States and Canada

Major Concept (Unit/Theme) Unit 2: The United States and Canada		Week	Textbook Coverage: Chapter 5 -7
Chapter/Section	Chapter Essential Questions
Chapter 5: Physical Geography of the United States and Canada The Land Climate and Vegetation	What makes the United States and Canada a region?
Chapter Concept/Skill	Academic Language- Basic	Academic Language- Complex	Instructional Strategies	Chapter/Section Assignments
The United States and Canada Compare and contrast the physical geography of the United States and Canada.	divide fossil fuel hurricane blizzard	headwaters tributary fall line fishery aquaculture chaparral prairie supercell timberline chinook		Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the physical geography of the United States and Canada.
Chapter/Section	Essential Questions
Chapter 6: Cultural Geography of the United States and Canada
Chapter Concept/Skill	Academic Language- Basic	Academic Language- Complex	Instructional Strategies	Chapter/Section Assignments
Evaluate the impact of various European countries on the early histories of Canada and the United States. Identify locations of the United States and Canada. Distinguish the differences between governments and economies in the United States and Canada. Compare and contrast the demographics of the United States and Canada. Compare the lifestyles of the US and Canada	immigration bilingual	Sunbelt urbanization metropolitan area suburb urban sprawl megalopolis Underground Railroad dry farming literacy rate jazz Loyalist province Inuit dominion Parliament Quebecois North American Free Trade Agreement separatism		Write a paragraph explaining the impact of European countries on the histories of the U.S. and Canada. Map assignment on Canada and the U.S. Map assignment directions NBA Map assignmentNBA map T-Chart on forms of government and on the economies. Public speaking for all students- Have each student share one item, including details, about the demographics of the United States and Canada and create a class chart to compare and contrast the demographics. American Culture Canadian Culture Write an essay explaining how cultural traits have spread and how people reflect their cultures.
Chapter/Section	Essential Questions
Chapter 7: The Region Today: The United States and Canada The Economy People and Their Environment				US/Canada Sub regions brochure assignment
Concept/Skill	Academic Language- Basic	Academic Language- Complex	Instructional Strategies	Chapter/Section Assignments
Describe how the culture of the United States has spread.	market economy	postindustrial central business district retooling commodity arable monopoly global economy trade deficit tariff trade surplus outsourcing
Unit Assignments
Assessment(s)	Cultural Connecting Project		Resources
			The United States and Canada 1. Glencoe World Geography and Cultures pages 114-183 2. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm (helps students identify locations) Reading Essentials 37-52
	Traditional Culture Case Study
	Land Use - the Hopi of Arizona; the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian of Alaska; Appalachian Mountain People
	Contemporary Culture Case Study - American Culture 101 US Geography DBQ
	The Global Economy P 180-183

Unit 2- The United States and Canada

Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the physical geography of the United States and Canada.

Chapter 6: Cultural Geography of the United States and Canada

Sunbelt

urbanization

metropolitan area

suburb

urban sprawl

megalopolis

Underground Railroad

dry farming

literacy rate

jazz

Loyalist

province

Inuit

dominion

Parliament

Quebecois

North American Free Trade Agreement

separatism

Write a paragraph explaining the impact of European countries on the histories of the U.S. and Canada.

Map assignment on Canada and the U.S.

Map assignment directions

T-Chart on forms of government and on the economies.

Public speaking for all students- Have each student share one item, including details, about the demographics of the United States and Canada and create a class chart to compare and contrast the demographics.

American Culture

Canadian Culture

Write an essay explaining how cultural traits have spread and how people reflect their cultures.

US/Canada Sub regions brochure assignment

postindustrial

central business district

retooling

commodity

arable

monopoly

global economy

trade deficit

tariff

trade surplus

outsourcing