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Wright State Basketball SPORTING GEOGRAPHY®
The Wright State University Raider
Basketball SPORTING GEOGRAPHY program is
available to teachers in Dayton
and surrounding counties. Each packet contains reproducible lesson plans, desk
maps, and background information, to take you through the 2007-08 basketball
season (January thru March '08 games).
This
program is ideal for grades four through eight. Materials address
National Social Studies Standards, with emphasis on History and Geography.
Kit materials are free to
teachers thanks to sponsorship from Wright State University Athletics and
program sponsors Pepsi, The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, and McDonald’s.
You can download a FREE copy of the packet at ...
http://wsuraiders.cstv.com/ot/sportinggeography.html
If you have any
trouble downloading the packet,
register
by sending us an email with your school
information and we'll email you a free PDF copy of the packet.
About this
program's content in relation to Ohio Standards -
The lesson plan materials are
designed around the five themes of geography, and align with the Ohio Department
of Education Academic Content Standards for Social Studies and Geography. Below are a
sampling of the Standards that are addressed in the reproducible lesson plans
provided in the 2007-08 Wright State University Basketball packet:
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Social Studies Benchmarks by the end of the 3-5
grade program:
B. Use a variety of sources to organize information and draw inferences.
C. Communicate social studies information using graphs or tables.
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Geography Benchmarks by the end of the 3-5 grade
program:
A. Use map elements or coordinates to located physical and human features of
North America.
B. Identify the physical and human characteristics of places and regions in
North America.
C. Identify and explains ways people have affected the physical environment of
North America and analyze the positive and negative consequences.
D. Analyze ways that transportation and communication relate to patterns of
settlement and economic activity.
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Geography Benchmarks by the end of the 6-8 grade
program:
A. Identify on a map the location of major physical and human features.
B. Define and identify regions using human and physical characteristics.
C. Explain how the environment influences the way people live in different
places and the consequences of modifying the environment.
D. Explain reasons that people, products and ideas move from place to place and
the effects of that movement on geographic patterns.
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Fairborn 4th Grade Social Studies Grade Level
Indicators for History:
A. 1. Construct time lines... Ohio history.
B. 2. Describe the earliest settlements ... in Ohio.
B. 3. Explain the causes and effects of the frontier wars... Battle of Fallen
Timbers.
C. 4. Explain how Ohio progressed from territory to statehood... Northwest
Ordinance.
C. 5. Explain how canals and railroads changed settlement patterns in Ohio.
C. 6. Explain the importance of inventors... Wright Brothers.
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Fairborn 4th Grade Social Studies Grade Level
Indicators for People in Societies:
A. 1. b. describe the early inhabitants of Ohio.
A. 1. b. describe the historic Indians of Ohio.
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Fairborn 4th Grade Social Studies Grade Level
Indicators for Geography:
A. 1. use a linear scale...
A. 2. use cardinal directions...
A. 3. describe the location of Ohio in relation to other states...
A. 4. a-g. Use maps to identify Lake Erie, rivers, plains, the Appalachian
Plateau, bordering states, the capital city, other major cities.
C. 8. Identify how environmental characteristics (glaciation) ... influence
human settlement in Ohio.
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Meet the Players
If you would like a visit from a Raider Coach and/or Player, please write a
letter to the address listed below.
Requests will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis within a
thirty-mile radius of Dayton, Ohio.
No requests are guaranteed. Please mail your request at least 30 days before
your requested date.
Because of student-athlete responsibilities in the classroom and on the
basketball court, limited visits are available during the regular season. Player
visits may include student-athletes from various Wright State sports teams, not
just basketball.
Send requests to: WSU Athletics
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
356 Nutter Center
Dayton OH 45435
Be sure to include your name, grade, school, address, phone, and e-mail.
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