1. Starting Latin America Today Get out two colored pens or pencils. Sit quietly with notebook out on your desk.

6. What do you know about Latin America?

7. (R52) Latin American Geography

8. Today’s Standard(s) SS6G1 The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean. a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert. b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.

9. Intro to Our Essential Question(s)….. What are the major physical features of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map? What are the major countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map?

13. Sierra Madre Mountains

14. The Panama Canal

15. The Andes Mountains

16. The Atacama Desert

17. Amazon River

20. Return to Our Essential Question(s)….. What are the major physical features of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map? What are the major countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map?