Week of May 27-30

5/27/14
results of pre-post tests
award for most improved
crossword opportunity for extra credit
finish cool map sites


5/28/14
MLA review and quiz


5/29/14
Human Planet film


5/30/14
Review game

Week of May 19-22

5/19/14
Collect exemptions
Brainstorm possible test responses.
Presentations of class awards


5/20/14
Collect exemptions
Teacher presentation of interesting maps.
Students meet in groups of 4 to vote on interesting maps.
Begin presentations


5/21/14
Continue presentations
If time, finish Human Planet film


5/22/14
crossword opportunity for extra credit
post test

Week of May 12-16

5/12/14
Practice test


5/13/14
review practice test
Review game


5/14/14
Interesting web sites
Homework:  be thinking about an interesting website that you would like to present to class.  Printout page or web site. Make sure you cite it correctly.


5/15/14
In groups of 4, vote on interesting website to be presented to the class.
Planet Earth film


5/16/14
Planet Earth film
Homework:  be thinking about an interesting website that you would like to present to class.  Printout page or web site. Make sure you cite it correctly.
Coming up:  How to use MLA to site correctly.

AP Human Geography Practice Tests

https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-human-geography/exam-practice

Week of May 5-9

 Learning Goal:  to prepare and review for HG AP exam

5/5/14
Finish cityscape presentations
Discussion:
What is the counterpoint to the megacity?  Is Mumbai a world city or a megacity?
Introduce "Slum Future"
Ch. 6 quiz ((Economic)
Homework:  Review Ch. 7

5/6/14
Finish "Slum Futures"
Quiz on "Slum Futures"
Homework:  Review Ch. 7

5/7/14
Powerpoint on Mumbai 
Agri. & Slum quizzes
Rank Size rule  
Homework:  Review all chapters.  Pay close attention to practice tests. Review Urban vocab.

5/8/14
Ch. 8 quiz (Urban)
Practice test
Homework:  review

5/9/14
Practice test
Homework:  review

Coming Up:
review games
post test

Week of Apr. 28-May 2

4/28/14
Ch. 1 quiz (What is Human Geography?)
volunteers will speak on sketches
collect urban morphology sketches and model they conform to
What are the problems of urban sprawl?
What are the top cities today?  Compare to Barron's.
collect city charts
Homework:  Review Ch. 2 vocab and concepts for quiz tomorrow

NOTE:  LESSONS PLANS MAY HAVE TO BE READJUSTED ACCORDING TO FCAT SCHEDULE.

4/29/14
Ch. 2 quiz  (Maps, Scale, Space, and Place)
Groups will sketch their city model on poster board.
Use google map and/or city map to plot paths, edges, districts, nodes, and landmarks.
Which sector model does it most resemble?
Drawing on Barron's, what kind of city is it?
Homework:  Review Ch. 3 quiz

4/30/14
Chs. 1-3 test
Finish and present sketches.
Homework:  Review Ch. 4

5/1/14
Ch. 4 quiz (Culture)
cityscape presentations
Homework: Review Ch. 5

5/2/14
Ch. 5 quiz (Political)

In preparation for May 13 exam, students need to:
•    Fill in AP answer sheets carefully and consistently. Especially important are name, date of birth, sex, mailing address, and email address.
   
•    Sign up for a College Board account at [ http://noreply.collegeboard.org/1c760b555layfousiao3irhyaaaaaaawoescqtabyoayaaaaa ]apscore.org. Students must have an account to access their scores. Some students may already have an account. Have them confirm this by signing in.
   
•    Remember their College Board username and password and their 2014 AP number (or student ID number if they provided it on their AP answer sheet).
   
•    Look for an email at the email address they put on their AP answer sheet reminding them how and when to access their scores.    

Finish cityscape presentations

Discussion topics:

• What are megacities?
• Where are they?
• What are their problems?
• Who has lived/visited a megacity?
• Do you want to live in a megacity in the future?  Why or why not?

Homework: Review Ch. 6





   

Scoring Guidelines for Human Geo. exam

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/sg_human_geo_02_11558.pdf

Week of Apr. 21-25

Human Geography
Learning Goal:  to understand the processes of agriculture; to introduce student to urbanization processes.

4/21/14
Address the following in a paragraph: 

• Who is Lynn Henning? 
• What did she do? 
• When did she do it? 
• Where did she do it?
• Why did she do it?
• Do you agree with her actions?

Urban Geography vocab. and reading quiz.
Finish Promethean Board Review
Homework: Start reviewing agricultural vocabulary.  Pay particular attention to practice quizzes at end of chapter in Barron's.

4/22/14
Promethean Board vocab review
Draw a von Thunen model and label the following: 

• highest rent
• lowest rent
• intensive land use
• extensive land use
• inexpensive transportation costs
• expensive transportation costs
• dairying
• grazing
• fruit and vegetable gardening
• cattle ranching
• orchards

Homework: Review all aspects of Agriculture in Barron's.  Test tomorrow. 

4/23/14

Agriculture crossword test

Agriculture MC test

Agriculture essay test

Homework:  reread "Historical Geography of Urban Environments"

4/24/14
warm up:  How did cities first appear? In chronological order, list how cities came to be.
Compare your list with LP
Make timeline of events which includes the following:


Neolithic Revolution
deindustrialization
colonial period
feudal cities
renaissance
US cities explode due to migration
Industrial Revolution
CA Gold Rush




Homework:  Make a chart with the following heading:  Types of Cities. Subheadings:  Colonial, Gateway, Medieval, Islamic, Latin American.  Under each subheading list characteristics and then bullet 5 examples.

4/25/14
Check homework
Think about the town in which you live
Group students depending on town
Sketch a depiction of your town's urban morphology.  Which model does it mostly conform to?
Homework:  Reread remaining Urban Geography chapter.  List 5 problems of urban sprawl.
Make a chart with the following subheadings:  Primate cities; megacities; top-tier world cities; second-tier world cities.  Research the top 5 cities today and compare their populations to your Barron's book.

Starting Monday, be prepared for a vocabulary quiz beginning with Ch. 1 in Barron's.

Week of Apr. 14-17

Human Geography

MAKEUP UKRAINE TEST TODAY AFTER SCHOOL!

4/14/14
Learning Goal:  to understand Boserup's land use progression
Quick write:  Explain Boserup's 5-stage land use progression.
Share with partner.
Promethean Board:  Boserup's 5-stage model
Ticket Out:  Explain Boserup's model of agriculture.
Homework:  Focus on Von Thunen's model; review Green Revolution

4/15/14
Learning Goal:  to understand the consequences of the Green Revolution
Oral Review of Agricultural Revolutions
Introduce Podcast vocab.
Podcast of Indian Green Revolution
Homework:  How has the Green Revolution affected your cultural hearth?  Write one paragraph to address this problem.


4/16/14 Independent Study (substitute)
Outline/Main Idea "Urban Geography" in Barron's.  When finished, begin studying vocabulary.
Finish for homework.



4/17/14
Learning Goal:  to understand the consequences of modern agricultural practices.
Collect urban notes.
Review Boserup's Model, etc. on Promethean board.
Think, Pair, Share Von Thunen's model
Lenn Henning video
Homework:  In Barron's read Urban Geography.  Be ready for vocab. and reading quizzes on Monday. Write two connections to agriculture practices and urbanization

Ukraine Quiz

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/geography/geography_of_ukraine/quiz4841.html

WEEK OF APR. 7-11

AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Learning Goals:  To research from various sources.
Standard:  LA910.1.7.3

4/7/14
Collect agri. questions
Monday Vocab. test
Ukraine presentations: Carlos' and Cameron's groups
Homework:  Complete the Multiple Choice Agricultural Practice Tests

4/8/14
Ukraine presentations: Jared's and Cameron's groups
Construct two individual Ukraine questions (one can be T/F)
Homework:  Review the Green Revolution.  Find a web site that addresses the problems with it. Summarize it in a paragraph. Make sure you cite the source.

4/9/14
Ukraine presentations: Vishnu's, Marie's groups.
Meet with groups and choose the two MC/TF for the student-made Ukraine test.  Send them to me via email with all the names of your group.  Make sure you designate the correct answer.
Homework:  study for Friday's test

4/10/14
Promethean Board Agriculture presentation
Homework:  Review Ukraine knowledge and connect it to human geography vocab.  You will be asked one of those questions for a 15-minute write test on the subject of Ukraine.

4/11/14
Ukraine knowledge test.
Ukraine MC/TF test.
Homework:  finish/study Agricultural Questions.  Be ready to discuss Esther Boserup's theory.





Begin reviewing all vocab. words in Barron's and Rubenstein for AP test.


MAKEUP UKRAINE TESTS WILL BE MONDAY AFTER SCHOOL!

Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

http://www.c-span.org/video/?315844-5/book-discussion-countdown

Week of Mar. 31-Apr.4

AP Human Geography

AP Standard: to understand political conflict; to introduce students to the origin and spread of agriculture; to understand the impact of agricultural change on the quality of life and the environment.

Agenda/Activity
3/31/14
collect outlines/main ideas
Barron's Agri. multiple choice quiz
Review essay tests
Distribute bathroom passes
Homework:  Finish outlines & main ideas from Barron's Agri. Chapter

4/1/14
Review Scoring Guide for AP test
Model exemplar test.
Homework:  Map Analysis (Analyzing primary sources)--in Rubenstein on p. 314 analyze the map by addressing the following issues:
a.  What is the map about?
b.  What do you notice first?
c.  What kind of map is this?
d.  Why was this map made?
e.  Relate this map to something else you have studied in this class.  Be specific.

4/2/14
Review homework.
Ukraine Presentations
Homework:  Study Vocab.  Quiz on Friday; Test on Monday

4/3/14
Ukraine Presentations
Homework:  Work on first 6 Agricultural questions. There will be a quick check tomorrow.

4/4/14
short vocab. quiz
check first six questions
Ukraine presentations
collect hard copies of presentations
Homework:  Study Barron's agriculture vocabulary for Monday test.  Finish Agricultural Questions

good review of globalization

http://www.globalization101.org/problems-of-development-today/

Free Response Tips

http://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/kmroyce/5-FRQ-Strategies.pdf

AP Scoring Guide

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/sg_human_geo_02_11558.pdf

Green Revolution and Indian Farmers

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102893816

Lynn Henning Video

http://www.goldmanprize.org/2010/northamerica

Agriculture Essay Questions

Essay Questions for Ch. 7 Agriculture and Rural Geography 

1.  Name and explain the 4 main agricultural revolutions.

               

2.  Name and explain the 3 different types of economies that have traditionally governed agricultural production and distribution.

                

3.  Explain how agriculture originated and identify 6 agricultural hearths.

               

4.  Identify and explain 2 methods used to cultivate the land.

            

5.  Identify and explain the different forms of subsistence farming.

6.  Identify Esther Boserup’s five-stage progression from extensive subsistence forms of agriculture to more intensive land cultivation.

7. What were the results of the Green Revolution?

8.  Discuss the consequences of agribusiness?

               
9.  Name and explain 4 types of commercial agriculture.              

 10.  Draw and explain the von Thunen model

 11.  Explain how biotechnology and agribusiness have had negative effects on periphery countries.

                

Sample AP Human Geography Essay Questions

https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-human-geography/exam-practice

Repost: Economic Essay questions

These are questions for the Economic Geography Unit:1.  Identify and explain 4 Institutions of Economic Development.  What are the costs and benefits of dealing with these institutions for the periphery countries?  Extra credit if you can relate these institutions to your cultural hearth.

2.  Discuss the history of US industrialization and the causes and effects of the shifting economic geography of American manufacturing since the 1970s.

3.  Identify and discuss Rostow's stages of development in terms of its assumptions, predictions, strengths, and weaknesses.

4.  Support and/or oppose globalization.

5.  Economic activities are often categorized as being either primary, secondary, tertiary, or quaternary.

a.  What is deindustrialization?  How does it fit into this categorization of economic activities from a geographic and development perspective?
b.  What are the effects of deindustrialization?
c.  How does deindustrialization fit into the global geography of production that has emerged in the last 30 years?  What are its backwash effects?


6.  What are the characteristics of a less developed country? Use examples of economic indicators for classification.


7.  What is the relationship between the developing and the developed world.  Use two specific examples.


8.  List and define different economic sectors of a country's economy and explain the relationship between them.


9.  What are maquiladoras?  Describe their spatial characteristics?
How do they affect the US/Mexican economy?


10.  How can disparities between MDCs and LDCs be reduced according to the UN?  (Hint: UN 8 Millennium Development Goals)

MLA Writing Lab

Google Perdue MLA writing lab.

How many countries are there?

Great YouTube video sent in by Felipe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AivEQmfPpk&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLqs5ohhass_QZtSkX06DmWOaEaadwmw_D

Week of Mar. 17-20

SS.912.G.2.3

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Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of regional issues in different parts of the world that have critical economic, physical, or political ramifications.

                       

Standard: Understand physical and cultural characteristics of places.

Learning Targets: 
to understand the current geographic situation in Ukraine
to review economic geography vocab. and critical questions
to introduce Rural/Agriculture geography

CCWAA:  constructing essay responses to critical questions

Research focus problem:  How to deal with critical questions in Ukraine conflict and connecting conflict to human geography.

Gifted accommodations:  promote questioning; hypothesizing


3/17/14
"The Janus Face of Globalization" quiz
Presentations
Homework:  Review Ukraine work.  Be sure to view the Youtube video.  Construct two critical for our Russian guest speaker.
Multiple Choice Test on Wednesday and Essay Test on Thursday

3/18/14
Russian guest speaker will explain Ukraine conflict and take audience questions.
Homework:  Study for MC test.  (make sure you do the practice tests in Barron's.)

3/19/14
Multiple choice test (This will be the last grade for this qt.)
Homework:  Study for essay test.

3/20/14
Essay test (Grades for these will not be until next quarter)
Distribute comprehensive topics and practice tests.
Homework:  In Barron's read each section of Rural/Agriculture.  Make sure you know all vocabulary and do the practice tests.  Either outline or write the main ideas for each section and subsection.  Reading test will be on Mar. 31.

Ukraine project questions

1.Identify and explain some geographical ways in which you could categorize Ukraine. (Two ways you must include are buffer and pro-upted)
2.Summarize the recent and current conflict in Ukraine.

3.Relate Ukraine and Crimea to border issues.

4.Why is Ukraine important to Russia?

5.How is the US involved?

6.Why is the us involved?

7.How is Ukraine related to Europe?

8.Relate Ukraine to globalization.

9.Describe Ukraine economically.  GDP, GNP, HDI, GDI and GEM?

10.Relate Ukraine to relate to the East-West divide.

11.How is Ukraine ethnically and culturally diverse?  

12.Why does Russia want Crimea?




Rubric
____fully answered question (20)
____clear and coherent explanation (10)
____geographic vocabulary (10)
____writing conventions (grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.) (10)
____visuals (maps, graphs, etc.) (10)
____research quality (10)
____correct citation format (10)
____typed one to two page (10)
____submitted on time (10)

Ukraine history explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2nklduvThs

Sent in by Vishnu.

Week of Mar. 10

Learning Target: 

to understand opposing arguments in globalization debate

to understand economic issues in human geography

Common Core:  to present two opposing view points using legitimate Internet sources

3/10/14

Globalization debate practice

Homework:  prepare for debates

3/11/14

Globalization debates

Homework:  Begin answering economic questions posted on this blog.

3/12/14

Writing exercise on connecting events in Ukraine to HG vocab.

HINT:  go to index in Rubenstein and find "Ukraine"

Homework:  Groups divided into Ukraine research questions.  Due on Monday.

3/13/14

Work on Ukraine projects

Prepare for Friday's video lecture

Homework:  Work on essay questions.

3-14-14
Globalization video lecture
Take notes; there will be a quiz on Monday.
Homework:  review globalization video quiz; work on Ukraine research questions

  

Week of Mar. 3-7

3/3/14
Learning Target:  to understand importance of GDP.
Standard: 

• Gather relevant information to understand a subject.
• Florida Standard:  Draw evidence form informational text to argue point of view.

Activities:

• finish Macroeconomics BEEP video
• complete vocab. worksheet
• take quiz
• explain homework

Homework in Rubenstein: 

• View Figures 9-1 and 9-11 on pages 275 and 282 respectively. 
• Be ready to explain the HDI in MDCs and LDCs. 
• Read pp. 282-288. 
• On a T-Chart list MDC and LDC regions from highest to lowest noting their respective HDI numerical value.

3/4/14

Check homework.

Jigsaw Reading:

Rubenstein:  p. 284 & 289.

Homework:  Read pp. 288-293.  Be ready to explain the GDI and GEM.  In a paragraph, choose a country that would be the most friendly towards females.  Support your choice with evidence.

3/5/14
Present your homework findings to rest of class.
Homework:  Choose a map projection from Rubenstein Ch. 9 that you think is the most importance for human awareness.  Support your choice.
Homework:  Review Barron's section on Globalization. 

 3/6/14
collect best place to be a woman paper
Jigsaw article "The Best Place to be a Woman"
Pair/Share
Prepare for debate

Practice for debate

3/7/14
Review globalization issues.
Debate practice.
Homework:  Prepare for debates on MONDAY (change of date).

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY:  I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE OR SOME GROUP TO RESEARCH THE CURRENT SITUATIONS IN UKRAINE AND VENEZUELA AND RELATE THEM TO GEOGRAPHIC TERMS, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF CONFLICT, BORDERS, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMICAL, AND ANY OTHER HUMAN GEOGRAPHIC CONNECTIONS YOU CAN FIND.  THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED AS A POWER POINT WITH VISUALS.  READING PARAGRAPHS OF INFORMATION IS DISCOURAGED.  YOU CAN ONLY USE MINIMAL NOTES. 

Climate Change and Development

http://www.economist.com/node/14447171/print

Week of Feb. 24-28

2/24- (25/14 No class)
Learning Target:  understand economic indicators
Florida Standards:  Determining the meaning of words and models.
Warm-up:  review of Rostow

1. Activity: 

• From Barron's, bullet one/two word summary of each  Rostow stage.
• Illustrate stages on wall.
• Replicate on handout.

2. Promethean Board review of GDP, GNP, etc.

3.  BEEP segment: Macroeconomics
Homework:
In Rubenstein, review sections that pertain to what we've talked about in class.
Review BEEP notes.  Be ready for eco. test coming next week. 

2/26/14
Learning Target:  understand various economic sectors
Florida Standards: 

• Use technology to find and link information.
• Draw evidence from multiple texts to support ideas.

Sectors of the economy
Promethean Board:  Demonstrate sectors of economy and provide examples
Activity:  sort various jobs within each sector.
Homework:  Review "Global Eco. Patterns"
Research this on reliable Internet site:  Why will periphery countries suffer more during rapid climate change?  Find two different points of view on this topic and evaluate them in terms of evidence. Be ready to present on Friday.



2/27/14
Learning Target:  to understand how to support an evidence based argument
Florida Standard:  to demonstrate ability to construct academic argument
Finish Macroeconomics BEEP video.
Complete notes
Complete vocab exercise
Take quiz
Homework:  Review "Location Principles".  Work on climate change and economy papers.



2/28/14
Learning Target:  to analyze an argument
Florida Standards:  Compare and contrast treatment of the same topic.
Present different points of view. Volunteer presentations of climate change and periphery countries.

Activity 1:  Students will present investigation of climate change effect on periphery countries.
Activity 2:  Finish Macroeconomics, vocab., notes, and quiz.

Week of Feb. 18-21

Learning Goal:  To understand spatial geographic issues.

2/18/14  (No 3rd Period)
Make sure you have thoroughly read Economic Geo.; have studied the vocab., and have completed the practice tests.

2/19/14
Oral quiz on econ. vocab
Crossword on econ. vocab
Homework:  Review notes on IR film; review bulk gaining industries, bulk reducing industries & break-bulk point, and 5 types of economic activities.

2/20/14
Eco. Reading Accountability Test
Warm-up:  Notes quiz on Industrial Revolution
Homework:  Review Rostow's stages of development

2/21/14


Activity: 

1. With LP, note similarities and differences
2. In your own words explain what each stage means.  Carefully read each explanation and explain what it means.

 
5 minute write on Rostow


 
Homework:  Review Measures of Productivity (GDP, etc.).  Review GNP, GDP, NNP, PPP, and HDI.  Make a 5-column chart to help you understand these terms.  (a. spell acronym out; b. define; c. indicate importance.)

 

2/24/14
economic sectors exercises

Economic Development Essay Questions

These are questions for the Economic Geography Unit:
1.  Identify and explain 4 Institutions of Economic Development.  What are the costs and benefits of dealing with these institutions for the periphery countries?  Extra credit if you can relate these institutions to your cultural hearth.

2.  Discuss the history of US industrialization and the causes and effects of the shifting economic geography of American manufacturing since the 1970s.

3.  Identify and discuss Rostow's stages of development in terms of its assumptions, predictions, strengths, and weaknesses.

4.  Support and/or oppose globalization.

5.  Economic activities are often categorized as being either primary, secondary, tertiary, or quaternary.

a.  What is deindustrialization?  How does it fit into this categorization of economic activities from a geographic and development perspective?
b.  What are the effects of deindustrialization?
c.  How does deindustrialization fit into the global geography of production that has emerged in the last 30 years?  What are its backwash effects?


6.  What are the characteristics of a less developed country? Use examples of economic indicators for classification.


7.  What is the relationship between the developing and the developed world.  Use two specific examples.


8.  List and define different economic sectors of a country's economy and explain the relationship between them.


9.  What are maquiladoras?  Describe their spatial characteristics?
How do they affect the US/Mexican economy?


10.  How can disparities between MDCs and LDCs be reduced according to the UN?  (Hint: UN 8 Millennium Development Goals)

Week of Feb. 10

Learning Goals: 
to understand the results of the Industrial Revolution
to understand development models and measures of productivity

2/10/14
Collect vocabulary paragraphs
Multiple Choice Test
Homework: Study questions

2/11/14
Political Geography essay test
Homework:  In Barron's read "Industrialization" section.  Make sure you know all the vocab. words from this section.



2/12/14
vocab. oral quiz
Discussion:  What was the Industrial Revolution?  How did it change the world?
View BEEP presentation "Living in the Industrial Revolution"
Homework:  research Maquiladoras and write a paragraph on what you found.



2/13/14
Discussion of maquiladoras:  Who, what, where, why, how?
Show parts of City of Factories
Homework:  Connect Valentine's Day to globalization.  Where did it originate?  How has it diffused?  Where is it celebrated?  Why?  What does it have to do with the Industrial Revolution? 



2/14/14
Show CNN's Japan's Valentine's Day celebration.
Homework:  Read and study entire Barron's Economic Geography section with special emphasis on vocabulary.  Also complete all the practice tests.


OUR NEXT DEBATE WILL BE ON THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION.
BE READY TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR DEBATE SKILLS!

Political Geography Essay Questions

Political Geo. Essay Questions
1. Discuss the concepts of state, nation-state, multinational state, and stateless nation.

a. Define terms.

b. Give examples and identify place (location and region).

c. Discuss problems of each.

2. Discuss the history and function of the United Nations. Identify one current UN issue? How effective has the UN been in solving world problems?

3. Choose three international organizations. Discuss their

purpose and list important members. What are the advantages
and disadvantages of membership?

4. Define irredentism and devolution and illustrate with examples.

5. List advantages and disadvantages of different types of boundaries and provide real-world examples.

6. Discuss the concepts of imperialism and colonialism and illustrate some of their consequences occurring today.

7. List advantages and disadvantages of different shapes of states and provide examples.

Week of Feb. 3-7

Learning Goal: To review Political Geography

2/3/14
Spot quiz:  Was your hearth a colonizer or colonizee?
Review Organizations chart
Promethean Board Review
Homework:  Define irredentism and devolution and illustrate with examples. YOU WILL NOT FIND THIS IN BARRON'S OR RUBENSTEIN.  RESEARCH ON COMPUTER.

2/4/14
Check homework.
Practice quiz.
Promethean Board review
Homework:  Summarize the history of the UN and identify issues of current importance. BRING RUBENSTEIN TOMORROW!

2/5/14
Address the following in Rubenstein or Barron's.
1. Explain the concept of state by:
     a.  identifying necessary qualifications and characteristics
     b.  giving 2 examples
     c.  listing examples of states in various regions (identify region)
    
2.  Describe the problems of multinational states and stateless nations.

Homework:  Study for vocab test.

2/6/14
Learning Goal:  To understand political geography vocab. and issues
Go over essay questions.  Start preparing.  Essay test on Tues.
Game review
Homework:  Study for Political Geo. test


2/7/14
Vocab. crossword
Write a paragraph using 10 vocab. words.
Political Geography Vocab and Unit Test on Monday; essay test on Tuesday.
Homework:  Review essay questions under Unit Objectives and Activities handout.

Human Geography AP Testing Information

There will be a Human Geography testing review at South Plantation High School on March 15.  Presenters will be offering tips on how to pass the test.  Mark your calendars.  More info. will follow.

THE AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY WILL BE MAY 13TH IN THE AFTERNOON.

Week of Jan. 27

1/27/14
Learning Goal:  Understand apartheid.
Collect Political Papers final drafts.
Seminar:  address student-made questions about SA apartheid.
Homework:  Reread and review different kinds of boundaries.  Make a 6-box chart with the following headings:  physical, geometric, subsequent, antecedent, superimposed, and relic. Indicate whether type is physical or cultural. Inside the box, define each type and give two examples.  Now explain why understanding the type of border is important in understanding human geography.  Provide examples.

1/28/14
Learning Goal: Understand borders and their importance.
Introduce and view "The Outsiders"
Quiz on Outsiders
Homework:  Reread International Political Geography; concentrate on theories and organizations

1/29/14
Learning Goal:  Understand borders and their importance.
Finish Outsiders
Discussion
Homework:  Review theories

1/30/14
Finish Outsiders & quiz
Learning Goal: Understand Heartland and Rimland theories
Whole group discussion of Organic, Rimland, and Heartland theories
Homework:  In Rubenstein, read "Colonialism" on page 244-247.  Complete Colonization handout.

1/31/14
Learning Goal:  Understand colonialism and post colonialism
In Barron's read section on colonialism.  Describe to your learning partner how the lingering effects of colonization have affected contemporary countries in Africa, Asia, and South America.
Whole Group discussion of Colonialism
Check colonization homework.
Research your hearth. Did it colonize or was it colonized?  How did it affect you personally?
Continue studying vocab. and Barron's political geography chapter.  Test next week.

 

Week of Jan. 21

Learning Goals:

To understand South Africa apartheid

To differentiate between economic systems

To compare and contrast systems of government

To understand how a state’s shape affects state’s status

To understand the role of international organizations

To understand the political tensions inherent in states

1/21/14
collect homework
Review substitute directions.
Whole group: List the characteristics of communism, capitalism, and socialism.
Ticket out: List the system you would prefer to live under with evidence to support that choice.
Homework:
a. Research another stateless nation and be ready to explain some disadvantages of being a stateless nation.
b.  Do Political Papers (Due Friday)
c.  Review all of Political Geography.  Political Geography vocabulary test Monday.  Unit test on Friday.

1/22/14  Substitute
Essential Question:  What are the different kinds of states in terms of shape, size, and location and how do these factors affect it?
Activity 1:  Construct a 6-column or 6-box graphic organizer and lists different kinds of states mentioned in Barron's under "Territory, Borders, and the Geography of Nations". Entitle each box with the name of a kind of state.  Give an example and sketch its shape. You cannot use the ones already drawn in Barron's.  At the bottom of the box, state how its shape, size, or location affected its status.
Activity 2: Make a 6-box chart with the following titles:  EU; UN; NAFTA: OPEC; NATO; & CIS

Under each title:

a. spell out acronym

b. identify the kind of organization

c.  write purpose of organization

d.  list three examples

Homework:
a. Review meaning of centrifugal and centripetal forces.  What are the forces that hold the US together?  What are the forces that have the potential to separate it?  Be ready to discuss this in class.
b. Finish any classwork not completed.

1/23/14
1.  Review capitalism & communism
2.  Move to part of room that you most believe quote.  Be ready to support your move.
3.  Ticket out:  Choose one system and defend your choice.
4.  6-box organization papers will be collected tomorrow.
5.  Homework:  work on papers

1/24/14
Peer edit political papers.  Final drafts due Monday.
Handout review of Capitalism/Communism
Capitalism/Communism quiz.
Homework:  Correct Political Conflict papers. Review Political Geo Vocab.

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Week of Jan. 13-17

This week's tasks will be flexible depending on the testing schedule.  Therefore, plans are subject to change.

1/13/14
LP discussion of Roma culture
Finish viewing Roma
Homework:  make a three-column chart with the headings communism, socialism, and capitalism.
Define each and give examples of communist and capitalist countries.

1/14/14
whole group discussion on three economic systems.
Roma quiz
Silent Reading:  Read "The Roma:  During and After Communism"
Highlight or underline important points and places.
One LP explain during and the other after
Homework:
a. Make a three-column chart with the headings communism, socialism, and capitalism. Define each system and give examples of communist and capitalist countries.
b.  Identify all countries studied on world map.

1/15/14 NO CLASS (TESTING)

1/16/14  NO CLASS (TESTING)

1/17/14  NO CLASS (TESTING)
Homework:  Work on Political Conflict essays; Study Barron's Political Geography Chapter as you will be tested next week.



 

Political Conflict Paper

Research an ethnic conflict either in your hearth or one of the many places around the world.  

Summarize the conflict (quote source).  Be ready to address the origin of the conflict along with who, what, when, where, how, and results.  Was ethnic cleansing or ethnic apartheid involved?

You must use at least 10 geographic vocab. words from Barron's Political Geography chapter. Highlight or underline the words in a 1-2 typed paper due on Friday. I suggest the following paper structure:

Paragraph 1:  Describe the state where the ethnic group resides.  (Here is your opportunity to use

several vocab words.)
 
Paragraph 2:  Describe the conflict.  Transition from the 1st paragraph with something like: "Within the state of _______, resides an enormous amount of tension between _____ and _______." Then summarize the conflict as directed above.


Paragraph 3:  Summarize if and how the conflict was resolved.  Could the conflict have been resolved in a better, more humanitarian way?  If, so how? If the conflict is unresolved, suggest how it could be resolved.

Printout rubric and attach to front.

Rubric:

_____Coherent description (20)
_____Writing Conventions (grammar, spelling, punctuation, formatting, etc.) (20)  
_____Vocab. usage (20)
_____Innovative thinking (10)
_____Reputable sources (10)
_____Proper citation (Check MLA web site to see model) (10)
_____Followed directions (10)

Review: Patterns of Human geography

Watch Mr. Mac's Patterns of Human Geography, Parts 1 & 2 on YouTube to review population.