Geography in Latin America Reading Activity (SS6G1, SS6G1a)

Resource Includes:

➊ Passage (leveled for 6th grade)

➋ Two Map Activities

➌ Fill-in-the-Blank Activity

➍ Application of Knowledge Activity

➎ Answer Keys

Standards Covered:

❏ Georgia Standards of Excellence

✓SS6G7. Locate selected features of Europe.

✓a.Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Amazon Rainforest, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert.

❏Common Core ELA

✓CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.4 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

✓CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

✓CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.