OGA Lesson Plans

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	Grade Level	Lesson Title	Content Area	Additional Content Areas	Standards	Author
	varies	Yaks In My Yard Entire Unit	region (Asia), culture	See individual lessons within the unit.	See indivdual lessons within the unit.	participants in 1997 Summer Institute in Nepal
	1-12	Geo-Exchange Box	culture	social studies. language, science, geography	State: 2 National: 10, 11, 16
	1-8	River of Life	water	history, social studies, geography, language arts, collaboration	State: 4 National: 14, 16, 17	Nancy Williams
	2-12	Walking the Five Themes	culture	social studies, science, language arts, geography	State: 2, 3 National: 4, 10	Myrna Dunnigan & Pam Wilson
	2-6	Castles and Forts of Wales and Oregon	Physical environment, landforms, cultural landscapes, Wales	Castles and Forts	State: 1,2,4 National: 1,4	Judy T. Sweeney
	3-12	Colonial Flyers: Travel Brochures to the Colonies	maps, culture, environment	geography, social studies, math	National: 4, 6, 12	Bridget Weldon
	3-6	How Portland Has Changed	geography, culture	geography, history, writing	National: 14	Kimberly Girard
	3-6	Oregon Rainshadows	climate	geography, science, group decision making, fine motor skills	State: ?? National: 1, 7	Adapted from a Pat Bechtold lesson
	3-8	Scenes from Cameroon	climate, continents (Africa)	language arts, social studies, art, geography	State: 2 National: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6	Adapted from a Vye Carlile lesson
	4-12	Global Perceptions	maps	geography, social studies	State: ?? National: 2	Marianne Kenney
	4-12	Shakespeare: Lesson within a Lesson	culture	geography, foreign language, ESL	State: ?? National: 9, 13	Kevin Muir
	4-6	Dirt Alert	environment	geography, science	State: 4 National: 4, 14	Wendy Thelin
	4-6	Drawing A Map	maps	geography, listening	State: 1 National: 1
	4-6	The Geographic Doctor Suess	regions	literature, geography	State: 1, 2 National: 1, 5	Adapted from Kristel McCubbin
	4-6	Keep This Under Your Hat	environment, region	geography, social studies, cooperative learning	State: 2 National: 6	Adapted from Don Robertson
	4-6	Lake Billy Chinook	geography		National: 1, 14	Steve Fisher
	4-6	Size It Up	water, maps, landforms	math, geography	State: 1 National: 1, 3	Adapted from Jim Hendrickson
	4-8	Geography and Folklore	continents (Africa), maps	geography, social studies, language arts	State: 1, 2 National: 1,4
	5-6	Christmas Tree Farm	environment	geogrpahy, science	National: 1, 14	Pamela D. Wilson
	5-6	So, What's Happening Here on this Old Christmas Tree Farm?	environment, science	ecosystems, literature, environmental monitoring	National: 1, 14	Pamela D. Wilson
	5-8	Developing a Sense of Place	field/lit	geography, science, art, language arts, math	National: 2, 4	Patricia Robertson
	5-8	Where should colonists land	migration, landforms USA	human/environment interaction	State: 3 National: 9,12,17	Amanda Beveridge
	5-8	Comparative Study of Wales and Oregon	Maps, climate, landforms, culture, Wales		State: 1,2 National: 1,4,7	Gail VanderHeide
	5-8	River habitat in Wales and Oregon	Human/environment interaction, rivers, Wales	Data collection	State: 1, 4 National: 4,6,7,8,13,14,15, 16,17,18	Nancy Nichols
	5-8	Celtic Connection to Wales	Culture, maps, physical processes, human/environment interactions, Wales	History, exploration, bridges	State: 1,2,3,4 National: 1,2,4,7,8,11,15, 16,17	Pam Wilson
	5-9	Analyzing Local Environment	maps, environment, urban	geography, social studies	State: 1, 2, 3, 4 National: 2, 3, 14, 18
	5-9	Urban Planning: Plan A City	maps, culture		State: 1, 2, 3, 4 National: 1, 12 14, 18
	5-9	Where In the World?	maps		State: 1 National: 1, 2, 3	Thomas Streckert
	K-6	Wetlands: Pave or Save	wetlands, maps	geography, science, language arts	State: 1, 4 National: 1, 8, 14
	6-10	The African Puzzle	continents (Africa), regions, maps		State: 1 National: 1, 2
	6-8	Central Oregon Road Trip	maps, regions (Oregon)	geography, language arts, map skills	State: 3 National: 1,3	Donna Weins
	6-8	Exploring Canadian Cities (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)	urban, Canada	social studies, history	National: 4, 12	Donna Davidson
	6-8	Growth in a City Neighborhood	urban	social studies, history	National: 2, 6, 18	Donna Davidson
	6-8	Neighborhood Characteristics	gis	geography, science, math, technology	National: 3, 6	Nancy McDade
	6-8	Rivers to the West	maps, hunman/physical interaction	language arts, art	National: 1, 12	Mike Futter
	6-8	Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis	environment	geography, technology, speech	National: 1, 3, 15	Therese Van Reenen
	6-8	Cities and their changes over time	Cities, physical and cultural landscapes, Wales		State: 1,4 National: 1,4	Gerilyn Nichols
	6-8	The Urban Forest and Mapping in the Park	Forest		National: 1,14 State: 3	Meghan Ross
	6-8	Different Perspectives Of Oregon's Forest Economic Geography	Forest		National: 1,18 State: 3	Peggy Smith
	6-9	Water, Water Everywhere	maps, water		State: 1, 2 ?? National: 1, 2 ??	Alexander Reed
	6-9	Louisiana Purchase	landforms, climate, rivers, vegetation USA	history, writing	State:1, LAW 1 National:1,8,12,15	David Garvin
	6-9	Tree Growth in Adjacent Microclimates	forests, climate, maps	earth science	State: maps, environ. change National: 16	Mr. Crowe
	7	Passport to Oregon's Forests	forests, geography, maps		State:3 National: 1	Judy Lowery
	7-8	A Tale of Two Towns: Gwynedd, Wales and Silverton, OR	Migration, maps, Wales		State:1,3 National: 1,4,12
	7-10	Why Do Countries Trade?	economic, continents		State: 3, 4 National: 13	Scott Peters
	7-12	The Geography of Canada's National Parks	Canada, geography	economics	National: 1,4,5,14	Leslie Simmons
	7-12	Water Rights	water	geography, government, history, economics, critical thinking	State: 4 National: 16	Janet Blalock
	7-12	States' strategic locations	maps, location analysis USA	transportation, climate, natural resources	State:1 National: 1,4,12,13,18	Sarah Gates
	7-12	Take me out to the ball game	maps, migration, population USA	human/environment interation	State:1,2 National:1,9,12	Joshua Kerr
	7-12	Settlement Patterns of US	maps, human/environment interaction USA		State:1,2 National:1,4,14	Jeff Swinehart
	7-12	Southern Agriculture & Slave Trade	culture, human/environment interaction USA		National:1,4,15 State::2,4	Brant Mellor & Leslie Simmons
	7-12	Bangor, Wales and your community	Maps, cultural, Wales	University, history	State: 1,2,3 National: 1,2,3,4,11,12,18	Jeff Gentile
	8	Cartoon Characters' Population Distribution	maps, USA		State:1 National:1,2	Lisa Macomber
	8	2002 Winter Olympics	maps, landforms USA	human/environment interaction	State:1,2 National:1,2,3	Dixie Seibel
	8	What's for Dinner	maps, planning USA		State:1 National:1,18	Bryan L. Forbes
	8	If You Mess with a Wetland	environment, wetlands	geography, science	State: 1, 2 National: 1, 8, 14	Nancy Jolstead
	8-12	Earthweek	environment	global studies, english, geography	State: ?? National: 1, 15	Darryl Hrenko
	9	Tree Inventory and History	Forest		National: 1,3,14 State:	Jan Franke
	9	The Aral Sea: A Time for Change	region (E. Europe), human-physical interaction	geography, social studies, environmental studies	State: National: 1, 14, 15, 18	June Satak
	9-10	Push/pull factors in Welsh Emigration	Emigration, push/pull factors, Wales		State: 1,2,3 National: 1,6,9,12	Steve Dickerson
	9-12	Operation Genesis	maps, human/environment interaction USA		State:1 National:1,14,15	Stephen Hatfield
	9-12	Geography and Execution	culture	geography, history, civics, current events	State: ?? National: 1, 18	Jeff Smith, Rob Holveck, Stephen Travis
	9-12	GIS and Agriculture	GIS	technology, agriculture, economics	National: 1, 3, 4, 11, 18	BJ Basinski
9-12	Global Conflict: Kashmir	regions	social studies, economics	National: 4, 13, 18	Rhett J. Boudreau
9-12	Selling the Developing World	economic, continents	geography, economics	State: ?? National: 8, 11, 14, 16	Jim Saffeeis
9-12	What's My Town Like	maps, regions, urban	geography, social studies	State: ?? National: 1, 9	Adapted from Joeseph Thomas
K-12	Geography: World Dynamics	maps, earth science	social studies, english, science	State: 1, 2 National: 1, 2, 4, 5, 15

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