1. Daily Questions: What is responsible for the disparities between nations, people, races, etc.? Is your environment your destiny? Worksheet # Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Socratic Seminar 3.Reflection Unit 1: Geography Essential Question: Is your geography your destiny? Lesson #5

2. Daily Questions: What is responsible for the disparities between nations, people, races, etc.? Is your environment your destiny? Worksheet # Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Socratic Seminar 3.Reflection Warm-up  Journal: Full sentences for full credit  Review the your HW ideas, and Guns, Germs and Steel  What is responsible for the disparities between regions, nations, people, races, etc.?  Geography – resources  People – groups and/or individuals  Disparities – a great difference

3. Daily Questions: What is responsible for the disparities between nations, people, races, etc.? Is your environment your destiny? Worksheet # Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Socratic Seminar 3.Reflection Rights and Responsibilities  REMINDER:  How can we create a safe, reflective space and community in this class?  What do you need in order to be successful in this class?  Specifically, what do we need during a collaborative conversation/discussion to be successful?

4. Daily Questions: What is responsible for the disparities between nations, people, races, etc.? Is your environment your destiny? Worksheet # Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Socratic Seminar 3.Reflection Socratic Seminar  Is your environment your destiny?  You can use any of the following to support your answer:  Guns, Germs and Steel  HW ideas  Examples from the media (world)  Your own personal experiences

5. Daily Questions: What is responsible for the disparities between nations, people, races, etc.? Is your environment your destiny? Worksheet # Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Socratic Seminar 3.Reflection Reflection *  Which do you agree with? And, explain why.  Your environment is your destiny. OR  An individual creates his or her own destiny.

6. Daily Questions: What is responsible for the disparities between nations, people, races, etc.? Is your environment your destiny? Worksheet # Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Socratic Seminar 3.Reflection Homework *  Decide if…  Your environment is your destiny. OR  An individual creates his or her own destiny.  Brainstorm EVIDENCE for why you believe that

7. Daily Questions: What is responsible for the disparities between nations, people, races, etc.? Is your environment your destiny? Worksheet # Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Socratic Seminar 3.Reflection Warm-up *  Which do you agree with?  Your environment is your destiny. OR  An individual creates his or her own destiny.  List at least THREE pieces of EVIDENCE for why you believe that.

8. Daily Questions: What is responsible for the disparities between nations, people, races, etc.? Is your environment your destiny? Worksheet # Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Socratic Seminar 3.Reflection Reflection  Written reflection on the importance of geography versus the individual.  Is your environment your destiny? OR  Does an individual create his or her own destiny?  Use three pieces of evidence to support your answer. Begin writing three paragraphs. Each piece of evidence should be explained in it’s own paragraph.

9. Daily Questions: What is responsible for the disparities between nations, people, races, etc.? Is your environment your destiny? Worksheet # Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Socratic Seminar 3.Reflection Paragraph Structure  Topic sentence – opinion or idea presented that summarizes the focus of the paragraph  Introduce evidence – where is the evidence from? Whose idea is it?  Evidence – quote or paraphrase (say in your own words) the evidence  Analysis – explain and analyze how the evidence supports your opinion or idea that should have been presented within the topic sentence.

10. Daily Questions: What is responsible for the disparities between nations, people, races, etc.? Is your environment your destiny? Worksheet # Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Socratic Seminar 3.Reflection Reflection  Option 1: My environment is my destiny.  Example Paragraph (you should have THREE)  Topic Sentence: My environment is my destiny because [evidence 1].  Introduce evidence: In [evidence 1: hw, book, movie, news, experience, etc.] it clearly shows that a person’s environment is essential in determining who and what you can be and do.  Evidence: For example, [evidence 1] shows that…  Analysis: Without [evidence 1] it would be impossible for…  Option 2: An individual creates his or her own destiny.  Example Paragraph (you should have THREE)  Topic Sentence: An individual creates his/her destiny because [evidence 1].  Introduce evidence: In [evidence 1: hw, book, movie, news, experience, etc.] it clearly shows that no matter what environment you live in you can make a change or do anything you want to do.  Evidence: For example, [evidence] shows that…  Analysis: Without [evidence] it would be impossible for…

11. Daily Questions: What is responsible for the disparities between nations, people, races, etc.? Is your environment your destiny? Worksheet # Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Socratic Seminar 3.Reflection Homework  Finish your three paragraphs that present evidence