Lesson 2: 3.2- Human-Environment Interaction in Latin America Guided Notes
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
Students will be able to describe the ways pre-Columbian Latin American societies used and modified their environment.
Students will be able to explain how modern Latin Americans have adapted to life in the Andes Mountains.
Students will be able to explain how modern Latin Americans use natural resources.
Students will be able to analyze the impact of hurricanes on life in the Caribbean.
How have people in Latin America used and modified the environment?
irrigation, adapt, adaptation
4.INQ 6-8.11 - Construct explanations using reasoning, correct sequences, examples, and details with relevant information and data, while acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of the explanations.
GEO 6-7.3 - Explain how cultural patterns and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people.
GEO 6-7.5 - Explain the connections between the physical and human characteristics of a region and the identity of individuals and cultures living there.
Planning instruction to cognitively engage students in the content/ DOK 2 Conceptual Thinking.
The Core Interactive Text provides reading at the appropriate level of text complexity for grades 6–8. These readings can be completed with or without scaffolding from graphic organizers and reading tools.
The Reading Passages— Farming in the Andes, Urban Farming in Cuba, and A Hurricane's Fury—provide informational texts at the appropriate level of text complexity for grades 6–8. These readings are accompanied by selected and constructed response questions that can gauge student comprehension.
Chromebook, Google Classroom, Section 3.2 Human-Environment Interaction in Latin America Slides