Today we looked over several current events pertaining to India and the crisis they are experiencing. We talked about how a large population can have pros and cons on an economy, as well as their imports and exports.
Dutch and I reviewed early migration in the United States. Dutch created a chart with the four Native American tribes discussed in the textbook. He wrote facts about each Native Americans and drew a picture in the chart. Dutch wrote a letter to a friend acting like an Inuit. He added details about what he hunted, the climate, inventions, and how life was as an Inuit. Dutch and I began reading in the textbook about European migration to the United States. We discussed Columbus' adventures and the Vikings. Dutch identified columbus' achievements, hardships, and needs to create a voyage.
Unit 2: The Changing Earth Module: Natural Hazards
Lesson Outline
Lesson 1: Earthquake Risks – Dutch learned that most earthquakes occur in oceans and along the edges of continents where tectonic plates meet. Then he was given a map of where the tectonic plates are located on the Earth. Then he learned that earthquakes result from the buildup and release of stress along plate boundaries. The movement in the ground results from movement along breaks in Earth’s crust or faults. The size of an earthquake depends on the amount of force applied to the fault. The amount of energy released by an earthquake is magnitude.
