Juan Bottia

FRAMING GRAPHIC: Using the Native American Regions as a Lens to Learn About
Geography
A Study of Native American Regions
Big Idea: The components of physical and human geography affect the way people live.
The interactions between those elements (landforms, bodies of water, climate, culture,
and basic necessities) shape the economy of a region and define the way people survive.
Research: After learning about one Native American region, each student will choose
another region and write a research project about its geography.
Novice:
Defining CONCEPT(S)
Landforms
Bodies of Water
Climate
Culture
Basic Necessities
Region
Geography
Prefix: Geo
Suffix: Graph
Practitioner:
Defining CONCEPT(S)
Categorize
Human Geography
Physical Geography
Map Features
Non Fiction Features
Economy
Independent/Expert:
Defining CONCEPT(S)
Economy
Research Paper vs.
Essay
Categorization
Main Idea and
Details
Essential DETAILS
Landforms, bodies of
water, climate, culture, and
basic necessities make up
the features that define
geography.
Regions are defined by
their geographical make-
ups. Hence, learning about
the features of geography
will help students
understand why the United
States is divided into 5
regions.
Essential DETAILS
Geography can be divided
into two categories:
Physical geography and
human geography. Those
two make up the essential
components of a region.
The interactions between
human and physical
geography define the
economy of a region.
Nonfiction features act as a
life raft for students to use
in order to comprehend
dense text.
Use map features to identify
the structure of a region.
Essential DETAILS
After the preliminary stages
of a research project is
completed, the Common
Core Standards ask students
to answer analytically to
literature or informational
text. However, prior to
teaching the analytical
stage, students in the
elementary grades should
practice planning the
blueprint for their research.
Through learning about
geography students will
learn to organize the
beginning stages of a
research project.
Enduring Understandings What are the overarching enduring understandings for the
unit/lesson? (Big ideas that transcend the unit)
Students will understand the impact of geography on peoples way of life.
Students will understand how to categorize information in order to write a
research projects.
Scoring Rubric
1 point
List concepts only or list
details only
1 point
List concepts only or
lists details only
1 point
List concepts only or
lists details only
2 points
List concepts and
details but not
necessarily aligned
2 points
list concepts and details
but not necessarily
aligned
2 points
list concepts and details
but not necessarily
aligned
3 points
Concepts and details
that are coherently
aligned
3 points
Concepts and details
that are coherently
aligned
3 points
Concepts and details
that are coherently
aligned