Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Week of Sept. 30-Oct. 4
Week's Learning Goals
To understand geographic map principles
To understand how maps enables geographers to measure desertification
To identify regional man-made regional environmental concerns
Standards:
Standard 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
Standard 14: How human actions modify the physical environment.
Week's Learning Objective:
To produce a coherent essay incorporating applicable vocabulary and concepts that explains how human actions modify the environment and the importance of maps as a tool for understanding the relationship between humans and their physical environment.
9/30/13
Learning Activities:
Review notes from Friday's Power of Place #1
Continue Power of Place#1 addressing questions handout
(In depth lesson plans available at Power of Place Episode 1.)
http://aralseaisshrinking.weebly.com/why-is-it-important.html
Homework: visit this site and read each section
10/1/13
Learning Activities::
Finish Power of Place #1
Each student constructs one confusing question.
Essential questions:
a. What has happened to the Aral Sea and why is this important?
Homework: Research the Aral Sea online and write a paragraph summarizing your findings. (Don't forget to cite your source.) YOU MAY WATCH A YOUTUBE PRESENTATION AND REPORT ON THAT.
b. What is meant by the phrase "Jihad vs. McWorld"? Why is this an important focus of study?
10/2/13
Learning Activities:
Collect homework
Warm-up: From memory, write one interesting fact about the Aral Sea. What is meant by Jihad vs. McWorld
Share with learning partner.
Share with class.
Finish watching Power of Place #1
Review board vocab. in terms of how they can be applied to the Power of Place video.
Homework: Research a different place where desertification is an ongoing problem
10/3/13
Learning Activities::
Ask for volunteers to share their findings on desertification.
Finish Power of Place #1
Homework: Carefully read Notes on Middle East Conflict found on adjacent link. Define list of new vocab. words from board. Study all board vocab. words and be reading for writing activity on Friday.
10/4/13Activities:
Integrate vocab. words into a coherent paragraph.
Practice quiz handout
Homework: Study all notes, handouts, and vocabulary from Power of Place video. Don't worry about page 2 of questions. That will come later. You can review video as it is available online.
To understand geographic map principles
To understand how maps enables geographers to measure desertification
To identify regional man-made regional environmental concerns
Standards:
Standard 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
Standard 14: How human actions modify the physical environment.
Week's Learning Objective:
To produce a coherent essay incorporating applicable vocabulary and concepts that explains how human actions modify the environment and the importance of maps as a tool for understanding the relationship between humans and their physical environment.
9/30/13
Learning Activities:
Review notes from Friday's Power of Place #1
Continue Power of Place#1 addressing questions handout
(In depth lesson plans available at Power of Place Episode 1.)
http://aralseaisshrinking.weebly.com/why-is-it-important.html
Homework: visit this site and read each section
10/1/13
Learning Activities::
Finish Power of Place #1
Each student constructs one confusing question.
Essential questions:
a. What has happened to the Aral Sea and why is this important?
Homework: Research the Aral Sea online and write a paragraph summarizing your findings. (Don't forget to cite your source.) YOU MAY WATCH A YOUTUBE PRESENTATION AND REPORT ON THAT.
b. What is meant by the phrase "Jihad vs. McWorld"? Why is this an important focus of study?
10/2/13
Learning Activities:
Collect homework
Warm-up: From memory, write one interesting fact about the Aral Sea. What is meant by Jihad vs. McWorld
Share with learning partner.
Share with class.
Finish watching Power of Place #1
Review board vocab. in terms of how they can be applied to the Power of Place video.
Homework: Research a different place where desertification is an ongoing problem
10/3/13
Learning Activities::
Ask for volunteers to share their findings on desertification.
Finish Power of Place #1
Homework: Carefully read Notes on Middle East Conflict found on adjacent link. Define list of new vocab. words from board. Study all board vocab. words and be reading for writing activity on Friday.
10/4/13Activities:
Integrate vocab. words into a coherent paragraph.
Practice quiz handout
Homework: Study all notes, handouts, and vocabulary from Power of Place video. Don't worry about page 2 of questions. That will come later. You can review video as it is available online.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Week of Sept. 23-27
Learning Goals:
To understand how maps help us learn geography.
To read and interpret maps.
9/23/27
Learning Objectives:
1. Collect confusions about Ch. 2
2. Finish Promethean Board games
3. Vocab. quiz 2 (This one is 90% on first 28 words)
4. Homework: Review all vocabulary. Multiple test on Wed. Essay test will be after Power of Place video.
9/24/13
Learning Objectives:
1. collect confusions
2. review for vocabulary terms
3. Homework: Studyfor Ch. 2 vocab. test
9/25/13
Learning Objectives:
warm-up: go over confusions
1. Ch. 2 test
2. Introduce "Power of Place: Map Scale..."
9/26/13
Learning Objectives: To view visual explanation of interpreting maps.
Pre-viewing Activity: Identify places on maps.
9/27/13
Learning Objectives: To view visual explanation of interpreting maps.
Begin Power of Place Series
Homework: Begin reading Population Geography in Barrons
To understand how maps help us learn geography.
To read and interpret maps.
9/23/27
Learning Objectives:
1. Collect confusions about Ch. 2
2. Finish Promethean Board games
3. Vocab. quiz 2 (This one is 90% on first 28 words)
4. Homework: Review all vocabulary. Multiple test on Wed. Essay test will be after Power of Place video.
9/24/13
Learning Objectives:
1. collect confusions
2. review for vocabulary terms
3. Homework: Studyfor Ch. 2 vocab. test
9/25/13
Learning Objectives:
warm-up: go over confusions
1. Ch. 2 test
2. Introduce "Power of Place: Map Scale..."
- vocabulary handouts
- critical questions
3. Homework: highlight main idea in Power of Place handout and key words in questions.
9/26/13
Learning Objectives: To view visual explanation of interpreting maps.
Pre-viewing Activity: Identify places on maps.
9/27/13
Learning Objectives: To view visual explanation of interpreting maps.
Begin Power of Place Series
Homework: Begin reading Population Geography in Barrons
Friday, September 13, 2013
Week of Sept. 16-20
Learning Goals:
To use and think about maps and spatial data
To recognize and interpret map patterns and processes
9/16/13
Learning Targets:
1. Introduce "Map Fundamentals" by using class dot map and Promethean Board
2. Label Middle Eastern countries on map outlines
3. Homework: Read "Cognitive Maps" and "Describing Location" in Barron's
9/17/13
Learning Targets:
1. Learning partner share on "Cognitive Maps" and "Describing Location"
2. Whole group discussion on "Cognitive Maps" and "Describing Location"
3. Finish Promethean Board flipchart
4. Homework: Finish reading Barron's Ch. 2. and study vocabulary (Review Ch. 1 for those of you with newer book.) Write down one question you would like to address. Vocab. quiz on Friday
9/18/13
Learning Targets:
1. Partner Share (Ask partner question that you would like to address).
2. Whole group (address questions)
3. Special emphasis: time space convergence, friction of distance, distance decay effect, gravity model, spatial diffusion
3. Homework: Study Ch. 2 (Maps...) vocabulary
9/19/13
Learning Targets:
1. Group vocabulary game.(Powerpoint for first questions)
2. Homework: continue studying vocab.
9/20/13
Warm-up: copy board notes
Learning Targets:
1. Vocabulary Quiz on Maps, Scale, etc.
2. Topics: Spatial Diffusion and Distance Decay Effect
Promethean Board Review
3. Homework: Ch. 2 rereading; write down any confusions to ask in Monday's class.
To use and think about maps and spatial data
To recognize and interpret map patterns and processes
9/16/13
Learning Targets:
1. Introduce "Map Fundamentals" by using class dot map and Promethean Board
2. Label Middle Eastern countries on map outlines
3. Homework: Read "Cognitive Maps" and "Describing Location" in Barron's
9/17/13
Learning Targets:
1. Learning partner share on "Cognitive Maps" and "Describing Location"
2. Whole group discussion on "Cognitive Maps" and "Describing Location"
3. Finish Promethean Board flipchart
4. Homework: Finish reading Barron's Ch. 2. and study vocabulary (Review Ch. 1 for those of you with newer book.) Write down one question you would like to address. Vocab. quiz on Friday
9/18/13
Learning Targets:
1. Partner Share (Ask partner question that you would like to address).
2. Whole group (address questions)
3. Special emphasis: time space convergence, friction of distance, distance decay effect, gravity model, spatial diffusion
3. Homework: Study Ch. 2 (Maps...) vocabulary
9/19/13
Learning Targets:
1. Group vocabulary game.(Powerpoint for first questions)
2. Homework: continue studying vocab.
9/20/13
Warm-up: copy board notes
Learning Targets:
1. Vocabulary Quiz on Maps, Scale, etc.
2. Topics: Spatial Diffusion and Distance Decay Effect
Promethean Board Review
3. Homework: Ch. 2 rereading; write down any confusions to ask in Monday's class.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Week of Sept. 9-13
Week's Learning Goals
To understand geopolitical issues in Syria
To identify Middle Eastern countries on a map
To understand the importance of using maps
To understand different kinds of maps and their function
9/9/13
Learning Targets:
1. Paper distribution
2. Whole group discussion on using Syrian vocab. terms. and collect homework.
3. Homework: watch Charlie Rose interview Bashar al-Assad tonight on PBS at 9:00 p.m. TEST ON SYRIA ON THURS. (changed from Wed.)
9/10/13
Learning Targets:
1. 1 minute write on interview/share with partner
2. Syrian practice quiz
3. Homework: study for Syrian test; be thinking about this question: What does 9/11 have to do with Syria?
9/11/13
Essential Question: What does 9/11 have to do with Syria? Whole group discussion.
Vocab. bingo
Homework: Study
9/12/13 (Early Release)
Learning Targets:
1. Bingo review
2. Homework: Study for Syrian Test
9/13/13
1. Syrian vocab. & writing test.
2. Homework: Read "Map Fundamentals" section of Barron's. Study first 10 Ch. 2 vocab.
To understand geopolitical issues in Syria
To identify Middle Eastern countries on a map
To understand the importance of using maps
To understand different kinds of maps and their function
9/9/13
Learning Targets:
1. Paper distribution
2. Whole group discussion on using Syrian vocab. terms. and collect homework.
3. Homework: watch Charlie Rose interview Bashar al-Assad tonight on PBS at 9:00 p.m. TEST ON SYRIA ON THURS. (changed from Wed.)
9/10/13
Learning Targets:
1. 1 minute write on interview/share with partner
2. Syrian practice quiz
3. Homework: study for Syrian test; be thinking about this question: What does 9/11 have to do with Syria?
9/11/13
Essential Question: What does 9/11 have to do with Syria? Whole group discussion.
Vocab. bingo
Homework: Study
9/12/13 (Early Release)
Learning Targets:
1. Bingo review
2. Homework: Study for Syrian Test
9/13/13
1. Syrian vocab. & writing test.
2. Homework: Read "Map Fundamentals" section of Barron's. Study first 10 Ch. 2 vocab.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Monday, September 2, 2013
Syrian Vocabulary
Alawite
secular
ethnic group
nation
sovereign
global conflict
minority
sectarian
superpower
United Nations
United Nations Security Council
Arab League
NATO
global norms
superimposed boundaries
subsequent boundaries
Domino Theory
geopolitical
international law
colonialism
democracy
theocracy
dictatorship
OPEC
refugee
secular
ethnic group
nation
sovereign
global conflict
minority
sectarian
superpower
United Nations
United Nations Security Council
Arab League
NATO
global norms
superimposed boundaries
subsequent boundaries
Domino Theory
geopolitical
international law
colonialism
democracy
theocracy
dictatorship
OPEC
refugee
Week of Sept. 3-6
Week's Target Learning Goals:
To understand the crisis in Syria in terms of location, region, and geopolitics
To understand the importance of human geography in global events
9/3/13
Target Learning Objectives:
1. Review vocab. quiz & test
2. Free Response essay test
3. Homework: Watch a news outlet reporting on the crisis in Syria. Summarize report IN YOUR OWN WORDS". Note network source. e.g. CNN, FOX, etc.
9/4/13
Target Learning Objectives:
1. Volunteers will share knowledge of Syria.
2. Identify Syria on map and note absolute and relative location.
3. Lecture on Crisis in Syria
4. Homework: Read "9 Questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask" found at www.washingtonpost.com. NOTE: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO GOT THE ARTICLE, THEY WERE NOT STAPLED; THEREFORE YOU ONLY GOT HALF OF THE ARTICLE. MAKE SURE YOU READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ONLINE.
9/6/13
Target Learning Objectives:
1. On Promethean Board, practice identifying countries in the Middle East region, Sunni and Shia areas, relative and absolute location.
2. Construct a T-Chart with the titles Shia and Sunni. Depending on the dominant sect, place the following countries under either Sunni or Shia: Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, Kuwait, Turkey, Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, and Afghanistan
3. Homework:
a. Define geographic vocab. by using online sources or use Barron's.
b. In one or two sentences describe how word relates to Syria.
c. Make sure you note your source at the end of each definition. If only one source is used, note the source at end of page. Some definitions can be found in Barron's political chapter.
Coming Up
Middle East map quiz
T-Chart denoting sides of conflict
Syria quiz next Wed.
To understand the crisis in Syria in terms of location, region, and geopolitics
To understand the importance of human geography in global events
9/3/13
Target Learning Objectives:
1. Review vocab. quiz & test
2. Free Response essay test
3. Homework: Watch a news outlet reporting on the crisis in Syria. Summarize report IN YOUR OWN WORDS". Note network source. e.g. CNN, FOX, etc.
9/4/13
Target Learning Objectives:
1. Volunteers will share knowledge of Syria.
2. Identify Syria on map and note absolute and relative location.
3. Lecture on Crisis in Syria
4. Homework: Read "9 Questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask" found at www.washingtonpost.com. NOTE: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO GOT THE ARTICLE, THEY WERE NOT STAPLED; THEREFORE YOU ONLY GOT HALF OF THE ARTICLE. MAKE SURE YOU READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ONLINE.
9/6/13
Target Learning Objectives:
1. On Promethean Board, practice identifying countries in the Middle East region, Sunni and Shia areas, relative and absolute location.
2. Construct a T-Chart with the titles Shia and Sunni. Depending on the dominant sect, place the following countries under either Sunni or Shia: Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, Kuwait, Turkey, Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, and Afghanistan
a. Define geographic vocab. by using online sources or use Barron's.
b. In one or two sentences describe how word relates to Syria.
c. Make sure you note your source at the end of each definition. If only one source is used, note the source at end of page. Some definitions can be found in Barron's political chapter.
Coming Up
Middle East map quiz
T-Chart denoting sides of conflict
Syria quiz next Wed.
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