Cliffchandlerslessonplan


 * Direct Instruction Lesson Plan**

**Instructor Name:** Mr. Clifton Chandler Standard 1: Students will understand the interaction between Utah's geography and its inhabitants. Familiarize students with some of Utah's geographic features by using Google Earth. Teach students how to use the tour function of Google Earth **Anticipatory Set:** As students enter the classroom, have Google Earth tour of sites in and around Salt Lake City playing on the projector. It shows places such as Temple Square, Ensign Peak, The Great Salt Lake, and the canyons in the mountains. Have a voice recording over it that explains the different places that the tour stops at. **Explain Objectives:** Explain to the students that today we will be exploring Utah's geography through Google Earth and making tours that could show a visitor to Utah some of the interesting places here in Utah. **Modeling:** On the projector, using your computer, show the students the steps that they take to create a tour in Google Earth. Show them how to fly to different places, both by searching and by drawing a path, depending on the kind of tour they want to make. Show them how to record audio over the tour. Explain that in their assignment they will need to create a tour that has the following: – At least five locations of interest, which should include: – One significant mountain (e.g. Timpanogos, Nebo, King's Peak) – One historical site (e.g. Salt Lake Temple, Ensign Peak, St. George, etc.) – One important lake (e.g. Great Salt Lake, Lake Powell, Utah Lake) – One National Park (e.g. Arches, Capitol Reef, Zion, Bryce, Canyonlands) – One or more other place of their choosing. – Audio at each location that they stop at explaining the location and why it is significant. – A title with their names in it. **Check for understanding:** Ask the students if they have any questions. Then ask them questions about the assignment, such as, “How do you find a place you want to fly to?” or “How do you draw a path on Google Earth?” or “How do you record audio over the tour?” **Guided Practice** Put students into pairs and go to computer lab. Write guidelines for project on the white board so that that students can see what they are supposed to be doing. While students are working go around and check to see that they are still working and being productive, and correcting any mistakes that they may be making, as well as praising good work. Help any students who ask for help. **Summary** Explain to students that it is important for them to understand the geography of their own state. They live there, and they should know something about it, and why it's significant. We will be covering the significance more in class in the next week or so, but this was a good introduction to the geography of Utah.
 * Subject:** Utah
 * Grade Level:** 7th Grade
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