Grade 8 Geography Modified Bundle Ontario Curriculum

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Total Pages: 365 pages
Answer Key: Included with Rubric
Teaching Duration: 1 Year 
File Type: Zip

In this Modified Grade 8 Geography Bundle, teachers are equipped with 40 engaging lessons. These lessons will enable teachers to immerse their modified Grade 8 students in geography. Each of the 40 lessons aligns with a critical concept in the Ontario Grade 8 Geography Curriculum, but has significantly reduced reading and writing expectations within the lesson. This bundle covers the two Grade 8 Geography Units: Strand A Global Settlement Patterns and Sustainability, and Strand B Global Inequalities: Economic Development and Quality of Life.

This modified geography unit is for classroom teachers who are required to teach the Grade 8 Geography Ontario Curriculum, but have students working significantly below grade level in reading, writing, and comprehension. An MP3 audio file of each student reading has been provided. This resource was designed to meet the needs of ELL students and/or students on a modified IEP.

• Curriculum Alignment: Ontario Geography Curriculum 2023, Grade 8 Strand A and B.

• Video Overview: Check out the overview video of this resource. Automated captions for the video have been included.

Please review the provided sample lesson in the preview PDF. 

Unit Includes:

✅ 40 Engaging Lessons: Immerse your students in captivating learning experiences that will keep them engaged throughout the unit.

✅ Teacher Slideshows:  Two structured slideshows to guide instruction and keep students on track.

✅ MP3 Audio Files: Elevate student learning and accessibility by incorporating audio recordings of the student readings.

✅ Easy-to-Use Lesson Plans: Streamline your teaching experience with comprehensive daily lesson plans, saving prep time.

✅ Self-Marking Google Forms: Simplify your assessment process by automating grading and gaining rapid insights into your students' progress with self-marking Google Forms.

✅ Graphic Organizers: Provide your students with empowering graphic organizers that facilitate information organization, making complex concepts more accessible.

✅Assignment Exemplars, Assessment Rubrics & Answer Keys:  Time-saving resources for quick and effective grading.

✅Sub Plans: Ready-to-use lessons to ensure continuity when you're away.

✅Individual PDFs of Student Pages: Easily upload to Google Classroom™ for digital learning.

✅Print and Digital Formats: Access materials in both print and digital formats, effortlessly adapting to diverse teaching environments and meeting student needs.

Do you have students working at grade level? Check out this comprehensive bundle - Grade 8 Geography Strand A & B. 

Strand A - Lesson Overview & Modifications:

1. What Is Geography? (Cut & Match)
2. Vocabulary (Reading, Cut & Match)
3. Mapping Skills Review (Cut & Match, Numbered Map)
4. Quiz (Fill in the Blanks)
5. Spatial Patterns in Human Settlement Part 1 (Multiple Choice)
6. Spatial Patterns in Human Settlement Part 2 (Reading, Cut & Match)
7. Population Density (Reading, Cut & Match)
8. Settlement Factors (Interactive Folding Notes)
9. Global Settlement Patterns (Multiple Choice)
10. Settlement Trends: Land Reclamation, Remediation, and Redevelopment (Cut & Match)
11. Land Use (Reading & Scaffolded Exit Card)
12. Mid-Unit Test (Circle, Fill in the Blanks, Matching)
13. Trends in Human Settlement (Reading, Cut & Match, Multiple Choice)
14. Environmental Impacts of Human Settlement (Reading & Scaffolded Poster Assignment)
15. Settlement Issues: Rising Sea Levels (Reading, Multiple Choice)
16. Sustainable Settlements (Scaffolded Home & School Audits)
17. Personal Plan of Action (Scaffolded Challenge)
18. Guided Inquiry (Videos and True/False)
19. Geographic Data Analysis (Cut & Match)
20. Sub Plans: Cost of Living – Small Town Living & Micro Condos (Multiple Choice & Graphic Organizer)

Strand B - Lesson Overview & Modifications:

1. Examining Quality of Life (Reading & Cut and Match)
2. Geographic Inequalities Vocabulary (QR Codes & Cut and Match)
3. Quality of Life Indicators (Fill in the Blanks)
4. Millennium Development Goals (Cut and Match & Journal Entry)
5. Sustainable Development Goals (Cut and Match & Journal Entry)
6. Quality of Life Research Presentation (Scaffolded Inquiry)
7. Population Pyramids (Fill in the Blanks and Questions)
8. Interrelationships (Cut and Match)
9. Mid-Unit Test (Multiple Choice & Short Answer)
10. Media and Quality of Life (Reading & Scaffolded Assignment)
11. Quality of Life Assignment (Slideshow Creation)
12. Quality of Life Inquiry (Scaffolded Inquiry)
13. Economic Systems (Cut and Match)
14. Economic Sectors (Cut and Match) 
15. Developed Versus Developing (Cut and Match)
16. Economics Systems and Sectors Quiz (Match Columns)
17. Global Distribution of Wealth (Word Bank Questions & Cut and Match)
18. Clothing Waste (Videos and Fill-in-the-Blanks)
19. Unit Test (Scaffolded Assessment)
20. Sub Plans: Charitable Celebrities (True or False & Thinking Question)

The modified geography bundle offers a tailored solution for classroom teachers tasked with instructing the Grade 8 Geography Ontario Curriculum to students significantly below grade level in reading, writing, and comprehension. This comprehensive resource aims to create an inclusive learning environment, ensuring all students can actively engage with the material and thrive in their geographical exploration.

Teacher Feedback: 

1. “Amazing resource to support scaffolding and modifications for MLLs and students with IEPs.”
2. “Amazing resources to provide access to curriculum for my learners. Thank you!”
3. “This is a ready to use resource for students who need modifications.  It was great for a teacher who was suddenly teaching Geography part way through the year for the first time.”

Notes: The internet is required to access videos in this unit.