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.