Saturday, March 29, 2014
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
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
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Agriculture Essay Questions
Essay Questions for
Ch. 7 Agriculture and Rural Geography
1. Name and explain
the 4 main agricultural revolutions.
3. Explain how agriculture originated and identify 6
agricultural hearths.
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.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
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)
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)
Saturday, March 15, 2014
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AivEQmfPpk&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLqs5ohhass_QZtSkX06DmWOaEaadwmw_D
Monday, March 10, 2014
Week of Mar. 17-20
SS.912.G.2.3
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.
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.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
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.
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)
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)
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
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
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