The Mapping of Texas History:   Geography & Regions of Texas

The first layer of our map is the perfect way to introduce the geographical features of our state to our students. It is recommended that prior to completing this first lesson, students should have set up the overall structure of the map. Once students create the map, they can easily view and interact with their creation on their iPads from Google Drive. 

Here is a suggested order of completion:
  1. Teachers and students view the video to create their map layer.
  2. Teachers ask questions that spark their students' curiosity (these have been added to each Doc after the essential questions).
  3. Students learn any other content needed for this unit's topic.
  4. Students answer essential questions to show mastery of concept.

Guess that Region Game
Review the regions of Texas by giving groups of your kids screenshots of various places around the state. Make them describe what they see in the pictures and justify which region they believe the image is from. Allow them to use the map they created for reference.

Natural Bridge Caverns Google Expedition

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Check out the Google Expedition on the Natural Bridge Caverns. Take your kids on a virtual field trip using Google Expeditions or contact your Instructional Technology Coach to check out a class set of VR goggles. ​Use this lesson plan template to help plan out your Expedition lesson. 
Once you have the game pin, have kids go to Kahoot.it to play.
Quizizz is similar to Kahoot, but all of the answer choices show up on kids' device. The quizzes are even self-paced. Kids will go to quizizz.com/join to enter in their game code.