First Class

Welcome to Grade 9 Geography!

This is the official blog of Dr. G's grade 9 geography class.

Learning Goals: Understand what you will be learning this term.

Success Criteria: 

• You can describe what the study of geography is.  
• You know where to find all the information you need for this course.

Today we got to know each other a little better with student information sheets and got to know everyone's names.

Handout: Student Information Sheet

Then we discussed the course itself.

Handout: Course Outline

Then we did some trivia questions just to see how much you know about Canada.  Have a look at this powerpoint:

PowerPoint: What is Geography?

Next you all tried to draw your own map of Canada from memory... hmm... that was tough!

Homework:

Find three LOCAL news stories.  Jot down this information for each story:

• Title:
• Who:
• What:
• When:
• Where: GTA
• Why: What is that makes this story important?

We will discuss this in class tomorrow.