ALP Honors World Geography Assignments, Activities and Assessments
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Fall
2009
The following dates and activities are subject to adjustments due to unforeseen
events at Pope;
please check class assignment board and teacher announcements for the
most accurate information
Essential Materials: 8 1/2" x 11" spiral notebook - 5 section, gluestick & color pencils;
August 10 - Review syllabus and have parent sign form; Review Student
Handbook information; Explain Interactive Notebook; Review State Standards
and Essential Question; Continent Activity; Issue Textbook
August 11 - Pre-Test on Geography Basics; Organize Interactive Notebook;
Introduce Sub-Saharan Africa;
Geo Basics: Geo Theme: Location
August 12 - Physiographic PowerPoint; analyze population growth;
Geo Basics: Geo Theme: Place
August 13 - Desertification, climate, vegetation & resources;
Geo Basics: Geo Themes: HEI (Human Environmental Interaction); Movement;
August 14 - Africa in Transition;
Geo Basics: Geo. Theme: Region; Geography Themes Worksheet on Critical
Thinking; Read chapter 2;
Assign: Super Hero Project (due August 18)
August 17 - History Alive: Human Imprint;
Geo Basics: Notes: Geographer's Tools, Types of Maps; Quiz:
Map (Chapter 18)
August 18 - History Alive: Human Imprint -- Acrostic Poem;
Geo Basics: Nature & Structure of Earth; Create diagram of earth's
internal structure;
* Super Hero Project due
August 19 - Scavenger Hunt on history; History Alive Timeline
(Introduc);
Geo Basics: Landforms and waterways
August 20 - History Alive Timeline;
Geo Basics: Illustrate water cycle in notebook
August 21 - Research (laptops) on Colonialism;
Geo Basics: Earth's Resources
August 24 - Research analysis;
Geo Basics: Notes: Earth's Rotation & Revolution
August 25 - Economics of Colonialism and Civil Wars; PTSA
OPEN HOUSE
Geo Basics: Latitude and Longitude
August 26 - Environment: Desertification and Crippling Droughts;
Geo Basics: Latitude, Elevation, Wind & Ocean Currents and Landforms
affect on Climate;
Create diagram of Rain Shadow
August 27 - SPAWN: writing; Cultural of region
Geo Basics: Climate Regions; Climate & Vegetation Graph
August 28 - Socratic Questioning: Nelson Mandela, Prince
Henry the Navigator, Lost Boys of Sudan, Idi Amin,
Geo Basics: Climate Regions; Graphic Organizer; Pep Rally Schedule
August 31 - Socratic Questioning: Infectious Diseases, Aids,
Apartheid & Boers; Environmental Issues in SSA
Sept. 1 - Explanation of group project Earthweek; Study for Sub-Saharan
Africa Test tomorrow; Organize Notebook for Evaluation; Create
Title Page
Geo Basics: Peds and Pings
Sept. 2 - **Note: test date change from 9/4 to 9/2 - Unit 1 Test: Sub-Saharan Africa; Notebook Evaluation
Sept. 3 - History Alive Response Groups: Nigeria
Geo Basics: Farming and Population;
Sept. 4 - Complete Response Groups on Nigeria; Roots
Geo Basics: Culture hearths; Cultural diffusion; Demographics
Sept. 7 - LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
Sept. 8 - Introduce Middle East - Political and Physiographic
Map Study;
Geo Basics: Environmental Hazards; Cultural and Economic regions; Assign:
Lab: Web Design on Culture (use as Cover Page for Interactive Notebook):
Sept. 9 - Physiographic Study Groups: seas, gulfs, mountains, deserts and rivers
Sept 10 - Climate, Vegetation and resources; Aswan Dam; Earthweek Explanation and preparation
Sept. 11 - Political Map Study; Assign: Terrorism Reports
Sept. 14 - Population Demographics: Demographic Stations
Sept. 15 - Impact oil an water resources; Water Shortage Activity
Sept. 16 - Ethnic Groups; Customs/Traditions
Sept. 17 - History Alive: Timeline -- sequencing of events
Sept. 18 - The Hajj
Sept. 21 - Venn Diagram: Christianity, Judaism & Islam
Sept. 22-23 - School closed for flooding; **Essay Test rescheduled for Friday, Sept. 25
Sept. 24 - Venn Diagrams; Thesis statements; Assign: Introduction to essay
Sept. 25 - Essay Test: Religions of the Middle East (Timed)
Sept. 28 - Complete Essay: Conclusion; Ancient Civilizations: Egypt, Sumerians and Phoenicians
Sept. 29 - News Team: EARTHWEEK: Middle East; Demographic Stations (Lab)
Sept. 30 - GHSWT schedule; Economics of region- imact of Oil; Dubai
October 1 - Environmental Failures; Town Meeting: Debates
October 2 - Introduce Latin America (PowerPoint); Physiographic maps
October 5- Physiographic map study; Assign: Diversity Poster - due Monday, October 12
October 6 - Climate, vegetation and resources of region; Highland Climate chart; Study for quiz
October 7 - Quiz on Physical Features, Climate &
Vegetation and Resources (rescheduled for Friday, October 9);
Urbanization; Primate Cities
October 8 - One-way migration; Ethnic Diversity; Population Distribution;
Physiographic Diversity Poster (*due Monday)
October 9 - Map Study of countries and capitals; Desert Activity (group) -* rescheduled for October 15
October 12 - History of region; Native Indian Chart; Assign: Conquistador Poster - Two Perspectives (due Wednesday, October 14)
October 13 - Vertical Timeline; VT: Latin America in Transition
October 14 - PSAT; schedule adjustment with morning
SHUT DOWN; **afternoon classes will resume with 3rd period;
* Conquistador Poster due
October 15 - Excavation of Inca Mummy; Desert Activity (group)
October 16 - Culture of region: Diego Rivera (Mural Study); Assign research: Illegal Drug Trafficking and Drug Cartels
October 19 - Economic Issues; VT: Latin America in Transition (politics of region)
October 20 - Environmental Issues; Rainforest Essay; Rainforest Destruction Critical-Thinking Worksheet
October 21 - Latin American EARTHWEEK; Drug research due
October 22 - Introduce South Asia - History Alive Physiographic Map with matrix; Assign: Read Chapter 24
October 23 - Test: Latin America (*adjustment made to accommodate Social Studies testing day schedule); notebook due
October 26 - Complete Physiographic Map of S. Asia; Mohenjo-Daro
excavation
October 27 - Climate - Monsoon Map; Resources; Study for Chapter
24 Quiz (physical features, climate, vegetation & resources)
October 28 - *Quiz: Chapter 24; Hindu Activity
- History Alive, slides, description of beliefs & symbols used to
illustrate;
Assign: *Create a Mandala (due Monda, November 2)
Octobr 29 - Complete Hinduism; Population notes - Analyze Population Pyramids
October 30 - Buddhist Activity: Buddha’s Path - History Alive slides, create captions
November 2 - *Mandala due; History notes and timeline; Beatles
November 3 - SCHOOL CLOSED - Teacher Professional Day
November 4 - British Colonialism, Gandhi and Kashmir
November 5 - Play on South Asian culture - Ramayana
November 6 - ; Economic Issues of region: agriculture, exports and manufacturing;
November 9 - (rescheduled): *South Asia Earthweek;
South Asia Environmental Issues;
DBQ: write thesis statement (three-prong)
November 10 - Unit 4 Notebook evaluations; Analyze DBQ
documents (POV); read Chapter 27
November 11 - Unit 4 Notebook evaluations (complete);Write topic sentences for paragraphs of essay body
November 12 - Assign: Construct DBQ, type double space, New Times Roman, font 12 - due Monday, November 16
November 13 - S. Asia in Transition; Introduce
East Asia: physiographic map & mapping questions on China;
**Unit 4 Test rescheduled: Tuesday, November 17
November 16 - South Asia DBQ essay due; S. Asia "Bingo"; Assign: Political Map on East Asia
November 17 - *Test: Unit 4 - South Asia; Assign: Phyiographic Map on China
November 18 - Continue Physiographic study of East Asia
- PPT; HEI: Three Gorges Dam
November 19 - Climate of region: monsoons, typhoons, earthquakes &
volcanoes; Japan Climate: wind currents, water currents;
November 20 - East Asia in Transition; Confucianism
November 23 - 27 - Thanksgiving Break
November 30 - Comparative Chart of physical
and human features in US and China; *Study for East Asia Quiz,
Tuesday, December 1
December 1 - *Quiz: Physical Features, climate, vegetation & resources; Population Dilemmas, One-Child Policy discussion
December 2 - Japanese map and handout;
December 3 - East Asia Timeline - group project (in class)
December 4 - East Asia Timeline - group project (in class)
December 7 - Human Rights violations; Korean Education
December 8 - Chinese Ideograms; Asian Tigers
December 9 - Donkey Activity; Hiroshima
December 10 - Review Groups - create review games; Assign: write & submit 25 questions (each person)
December 11 - Review Groups continued
December 14 - Games Review
December 15 - Games Review
December 16 - Essential Vocabulary Review
December 17 - No 4th period class today
December 18 -**Final Exam for 4th period Honors World Geography
Exam Schedule for Fall 2009:
Tuesday, December 15 - 7th period exam
Wednesday, December 16 - 5th and 6th period exams
Thursday, December 17 - 1st and 3rd period exams; EARLY RELEASE
Friday, December 18 - 2nd and 4th period exams; EARLY RELEASE
No current assignments beyond this point...
Assign Earthweek regions; Introduce Europe; Data Tables; Map study - physical
& political;
Read Chapter 12
January 29 - Climate, Vegetation and Resources of region;
Factors affecting climate
January 30 - Population Pyramids; Population notes; Reading from Geography
Alive; Read Chapter 13
Sept. 5 - Wireless Lab: research on historical periods;
Sept. 8 - European Culture; Culture Map; Cultures and Conflicts; Cover
Page on heritage due
Sept. 9 - Art History of Europe; Create Title Page for Unit
2 incorporating European art; Research European Union member nations
(create list)
Sept. 10 - European Union; EU Play; Position Papers "Immigration"
(due Friday, Sept. 12)
Sept. 11 - Economic/Environmental Issues of region; Web designs; Read
Chapter 14
Sept. 12 - Essay Test (European Art History - Styles
of Art)/Notebook due; Group activity on the Balkans
Sep. 15 - Model UN vocabulary; Day 1: Model UN Conference of European
Nations
Sept. 16 - Europe EARTHWEEK; Day 2: Model UN Conference
of European Nations; Physiographic Map on Russia;
Early Release Day
Sept. 17 - Introduce Russia and the Eurasian Republics: Physical Features; Read Chapter 15
Sept. 18 - Climate, Vegetation and Resources of the region
Sept. 19 - Population; Ethnic Groups of region; Web designs;
Quiz: Physical Features, Vegetation and Resources
(Chapter 15)
Sept. 22 - History of Russia (PowerPoint);
Sept. 23 - SPAWN activity - Historical Briefing assignment;
Culture notes
Sept. 24 - The Last Tsar; assignment: Video Jacket (due Sept. 25)
Sept. 25 - Economic & environmental issues of region; EARTHWEEK
Sept. 26 - Unit 5 Test - Russia and the Eurasian Republics; notebook due;
Physiographic Map on Middle East
Sept, 29 - Physical Features of the Middle East (color code);
Reading: History of Israel;
Assignment: research and write report on terrorism in the Middle East
(al' Qaeda and
another terrorist group); report due Wed., Oct. 1
Sept. 30 - Climate, vegetation and resources of the region; Reading: Answan Dam; read Chapter 21
October 1 - Population; Political Map study; Impact of oil and water resources;
October 2 - The Hajj; Venn Diagram of the three
major religions; Quiz: Physical Features,
Vegetation and Resources
October 3 - Ethnic groups of region; Customs and traditions; Assign groups
for Stolen Lives play
October 6 - History Alive Middle East Timeline; Create stick
puppets, scenery, narration and dialogue for play
October 7 - Earthweek: Middle East; Article Critiques
October 8 - Essay Test; groupwork on Stolen Lives scenery and script
October 9 - Economic and Environmental issues; groupwork on play
October 10 - Culminating Activity: class play on Stolen Lives; Political maps on Subsaharan Africa
October 13 - Introduce Sub-Saharan Africa; Physiographic Map
October 14 - Tour of Africa; Climate & Vegetation; Resources
October 15 - PSAT (10th & 11th graders); Note: Special Schedule for all students due to testing - 9th graders will be taking their ADEP class
October 16 - History Alive activity (human imprint); Acrostic Poem (due October 20)
October 17 - Quiz: Chapter 18; Scavenger Hunt on African History (laptops); Africa in Transition
October 20 - History Alive Timeline; Research on African topics (assigned in class)
October 21 - Economic & Environmental Issues
October 22 - SPAWN writing activity; Roots
October 23 - Sub-Saharan Africa Earthweek; Discussion on African research
October 24 - History Alive Response Groups
October 27 - Unit 5 Test: Sub-Saharan Africa; notebook evaluation; Latin America maps
October 28 - Introduction to Latin America; Physiographic maps; Assign: Diversity Poster (due Friday)
October 29 - Climate, vegetation and resources of region; Highland Climate chart; Study for tomorrow's quiz
October 30 - Quiz on Physical Features,
Climate & Vegetation and Resources; Urbanization; Primate Cities;
Map study of countries and capitals in region; Assign:
research Conquistadors
October 31 - One-way migration; Ethnic Diversity; Population Distribution; Desert Activity; Diversity Poster due
Nov. 3 - History of region; Native Indian Chart; Vertical
Timeline; Excavation of Inca Mummy;
Assign: Conquistador Hero/Wanted Poster - two perspectives
(due Nov. 5)
Nov. 4 - Election Day; Student Holidy/Teacher Professional Learning Day
Nov. 5 - Culture notes; Murals - Diego Rivera; Hero/Wanted Poster due
Nov. 6 - Latin America Earthweek; Economic & Environmental issues
Nov. 7 - Unit 6 Test on Latin America; Interactive Notebook evaluation; Assign: Political Map for South Asia
Field Trip Notice **
Wednesday, December 3, 2008: Tutankhamun The Golden King and The Great
Pharaohs at the Atlanta
Civic Center and China's Terracotta
Army at the High Museum; all checks ($50.00 payable
to Pope High School) and permission
forms are due by Thursday, November 13. Students
must be passing all subjects to be eligible to attend.
Nov. 10 - Introduce South Asia; Physiographic Map with Matrix; Critical-Thinking Questions; Read Chapter 24
Nov. 11 - Climate - Monsoon Map; Resources; Study for Chapter 24 Quiz (physical features, climate, vegetation & resources)
Nov. 12 - Quiz, Chapter 24; Hindu Activity; Assign: Mandala (due Thursday, Nov. 13)
Nov. 13 - Population Pyramids; History Alive: Buddhist's Path; Hindu Mandala due today;
Nov. 14 - History notes and timeline; British Colonialism and Gandhi
Nov. 17 - South Asia Earthweek; Play on South Asian culture - Ramayana; Economy notes
Nov. 18 - Environmental Issues; South Asia Bingo
Nov. 19 - Unit 6 Test; Notebook due; Physiographic map & mapping questions on China
Nov. 20 - East Asia Earthweek; Intro to East Asia; PowerPoint on Physical Features of region
Nov. 21 - Climate, Vegetation & Resources of region;
East Asia in Transition; Assign: Report on
King Tutankhamun and Terracotta Statues (due Dec. 2)
Nov. 24 - 28 - Thanksgiving Holiday
* Email and Pinnacle are unavailable during the Thanksgiving break while the county works on the system
Dec. 1 - Chart: Comparing US and China; Population Distribution
and Density; Population Dilemmas;
One-Child Policy discussion;
Dec. 2 - Quiz: Physical Features, Climate, Vegetation and Resources; Japanese map and handout
Dec. 3 - **Field trip to Tutankhamun The Golden
King and The Great Pharaohs at the Atlanta
Civic Center and China's Terracotta
Army at the High Museum
Dec. 4 - Group Project: Chinese History Timeline on wall; History notes;
Assign: Maps on SE Asia
Dec. 5 - Human Rights Discussion; Korean Education; Cultural Differences; Confucius
Dec. 8 - Chinese Ideograms; Asian Tigers; Assign: Australian Essay
Dec. 9 - Donkey Activity; Hiroshima
Dec. 10 - Maps: Pacific Theater; Australia and Oceania; Antarctica; Assign: US Physiographic Map
Dec. 11 - Earthweek: US/Canada; State Study;
Climate/Vegetation; Assign: Canadian Map
Dec. 12 - Province Review; Population; Native American Chart
Dec. 15 - History of region; French/British influences
Dec. 16 - Review Games
Dec. 17 - Review Games
Dec. 18 - Final Exam - 1st and 2nd period classes
Dec. 19 - Final Exam - 3rd and 4th period classes
Dec. 22 - Jan. 6 - Winter Break
Jan. 7 - First day of classes for 2nd semester
Reminder - required reading quiz will
be on Friday, January 16 over Stolen Lives by Malika
Oufkir.
January 7- Explain Interactive Notebook; Review State Standards and Essential
Question; Continent Activity; Geography Theme: Place
January 8 - Organize Interactive Notebook; Themes of Geography - Human
Environmental Interaction, Movement and Region;
Assign: Super Hero project (due January 12)
January 9 - Notes: Geographer's Tools, Map Skills; Geography Themes Worksheet
on Critical Thinking;
Geography Skills review on map skills and geographer's tools
January 12 - Notes: Nature & Structure of Earth; Super Hero Project due; Assign: Landform research (due Tuesday, January 13)
January 13 - Notes: Landforms and waterways; Illustrate water cycle in notebook; Assign: Create a Continent Project (due January 20)
January 14 - Notes: Resources; Climate project research - wireless lab
January 15 - Notes: Earth's Rotation & Revolution; Climate project research - wireless lab
January 16 - Quiz: Stolen Lives; Notes:
Latitude, Elevation, Wind & Ocean Currents and Landforms affect on
Climate;
Climate project presentations;
January 19 - Martin Luther King Holiday
January 20 - Climate Project presentations (complete); Explanation of group project Earthweek; Create a Continent due
January 21 -Study for Unit I test; organize notebook for
evaluation; States review
January 22 - Unit 1 Test, Chapters 1 - 3; notebook evaluations;
Trace language family
January 23 - Chapter 4: Peds and Pings; Farming and Population;
US Population activity
January 26 - Culture hearths; Cultural diffusion; Demographics
January 27 - Environmental Hazards; Cultural and Economic
regions; Wireless Lab - Web design on culture
(use as notebook cover page, due Monday, February 2)
January 28 - Chapter 4 Quiz; Assign Earthweek regions;
Introduce Europe; Data Tables; Map study - physical & political;
Read Chapter 12
January 29 - Climate, Vegetation and Resources of region;
Factors affecting climate
January 30 - Population Pyramids; Population notes; Reading from Geography
Alive; Read Chapter 13
Feb. 2 -Lab on Population Pyramids - Immigration problems in Europe; Free
Response Essay on Push & Pull factors;
Inspiration cover page due
Feb. 3 - Quiz: Chapter 12; European Culture; Culture
Map; Cultures and Conflicts; historical time periods
Feb. 4 - Art History of Europe; Create Title Page for Unit
2 incorporating European art; Research: European Union member nations
(create list); Early Release Day
Feb. 5 - Complete Art History of Europe; European Union; EU Play;
Feb. 6 - Economic issues of region; Read Chapter 14
Feb. 9 - Essay Test (European Art History - Styles
of Art)/Notebook due;
Feb. 10 - Environmental Issues of the region; Europe in Transition
Feb. 11 - Europe EARTHWEEK; ***Just Announced: Class Meetings
in theater explaining new schedule
(note: 1st period class will need to present Earthweek
on Thursday due to this conflict);
Political Map on Russia; Introduce Russia and the Eurasian Republics:
Physical Features;
Feb. 12 - Read Chapter 15; Complete: Physical Features of region; Climate,
Vegetation and Resources of the region
Feb. 13 - Quiz: Physical Features, Vegetation and
Resources
(Chapter 15); Population; Ethnic Groups of region and diversity; Web
designs (Inspiration)
Feb. 16 - Teacher In-Service/Student Holiday
Feb. 17 - History of Russia (PowerPoint); Cyrillic Alphabet;
Create Unit 3 Title Page using photos of Russian history:
include title and name using Cyrillic alphabet
Feb. 18 - Culture (notes and slides) of region; The
Last Tsar (Czar); Document 10 quotes that characterize the historical
context of the era;
Assign: Create a cover using quotes and analysis from historical documentation;
Read Chapter 17; PTSA Spring Open House
Feb. 19 - SPAWN Essay activity - historical analysis (five
essays on problem solving and POV); The Last Tsar cover due
Feb. 20 - Economic & environmental issues of region; Create a Before
and After cartoon comparing Russia's past
Command Economy to its present Market Economy
Feb. 23 - Russia EARTHWEEK; Geography Alive: "The
Shrinking Aral Sea" documentary (skits) presenting POV of
fishermen, farmers and government agents; Study for Unit 3 Test; Organize
for notebook evaluation (Tuesday)
Feb. 24 - Unit 3 Test - Russia and the Eurasian Republics; notebook
due;
Assign: Political and Physiographic Maps on Middle East
Feb. 25- Physical Features of the Middle East (color code
map);
Assignment: research and write report on terrorism in the Middle East
(al Qaeda and
another terrorist group); report due Friday, Feb. 27
Feb. 26 - Climate, vegetation and resources of the region; Reading: Answan Dam; read Chapter 21
Feb. 27 - Quiz: Physical features, climate, vegetation and resources of Middle East; Population; Political Map study; Impact of oil and water resources;
March 2 - Ethnic groups of region; Customs and traditions;
water resources activity
March 3- History Alive: Middle East Timeline; The Hajj;
Early Release Day
March 4 - Earthweek: Middle East; Venn Diagram of the
three major religions;
March 5 - Venn Diagram of the three major religions;
Article Critiques and demographic study
March 6 - Essay Test; Notebook due
March 9 - Economic and Environmental issues; Political maps on Subsaharan Africa
March 10 - Introduce Sub-Saharan Africa; Physiographic Map
March 11 - Tour of Africa; Climate & Vegetation; Resources
March 12 - History Alive activity (human imprint); Acrostic Poem (March 16)
March 13- Quiz: Chapter 18; Scavenger Hunt on African History (laptops); Africa in Transition
March 16 - History Alive Timeline; Research on African topics (assigned in class); Acrostic Poem due
March 17 - Economic & Environmental Issues; Roots
March 18 - Sub-Saharan Africa Earthweek; SPAWN writing activity; Roots
March 19 - Discussion on African research; History Alive Response Groups
March 20 - Unit 5 Test: Sub-Saharan Africa; notebook evaluation; Latin America maps
March 23 - Introduction to Latin America; Physiographic maps; Assign: Diversity Poster (due Thursday)
March 24 - Climate, vegetation and resources of region; Highland Climate chart; Study for tomorrow's quiz
March 25 - Quiz on Physical Features, Climate
& Vegetation and Resources; Urbanization; Primate Cities;
Map study of countries and capitals in region; Assign:
research Conquistadors
March 26 - One-way migration; Ethnic Diversity; Population Distribution; Desert Activity; Diversity Poster due
March 27 - History of region; Native Indian Chart; Vertical
Timeline; Excavation of Inca Mummy;
Assign: Conquistador Hero/Wanted Poster - two perspectives
(due March 30)
March 30 - Culture notes; Murals - Diego Rivera; Hero/Wanted Poster due
March 31 - Latin America Earthweek; Economic & Environmental issues
April 1 -Pre-AP Field Trip to: Tutankhamun The
Golden King and The Great Pharaohs at the Atlanta
Civic Center and China's Terracotta
Army at the High Museum; all checks ($50.00 payable
to Pope High School) and permission
forms are due by March 6. **Students must be
passing all subjects in order to attend
April 2 - Unit 6 Test on Latin America; Interactive Notebook evaluation; Assign: Political Map for South Asia
April 3- Introduce South Asia; Physiographic Map with Matrix; Critical-Thinking Questions; Read Chapter 24
April 6 - 10 - SPRING BREAK
April 13 - Climate - Monsoon Map; Resources; (* * NOTE: April 3 and April 13 activities reversed)
April 14 - Hindu Activity; Assign: Mandala (due April 16); Study for Chapter 24 Quiz
April 15 - Quiz, Chapter 24; Population Pyramids; History Alive: Buddhist's Path;
April 16 - History notes and timeline; British Colonialism and Gandhi; Hindu Mandala due today;
April. 17 - Play on South Asian culture - Ramayana; Economy notes; S. Asia DBQ
April 20- South Asia Earthweek; Environmental Issues; S. Asia DBQ
April 21 - South Asia Bingo; S. Asia DBQ
April 22 - S. Asia DBQ
April 23 - Unit 6 Test; Notebook
due; Physiographic map & mapping questions on China
April 24 - Intro to East Asia; PowerPoint on Physical Features of region
April 27 - Climate, Vegetation & Resources of region; East Asia in Transition
April 28 - Chart: Comparing US and China; Population Distribution
and Density; Population Dilemmas;
One-Child Policy discussion;
April 29 - Quiz: Physical Features, Climate, Vegetation and Resources; Japanese map and handout
April 30 - East Asia Earthweek; History
notes; Human Rights Discussion;
May 1 - Group Project: Chinese History Timeline on wall; Assign:
Maps on SE Asia;;
May 4 - Korean/Japanese Education; Cultural Differences; Confucius
May 5 - Chinese Ideograms; Asian Tigers;
May 6 - Donkey Activity; Hiroshima
May 7 - Unit Test: E. Asia; Maps: Pacific Theater; Australia and Oceania; Antarctica;
May 8 - Australian Essay - write and share; Assign: US Physiographic Map/Political Map
May 11 - Physiographic study US/Canada; Venn Diagrams
May 12 - State Study; Climate/Vegetation; Assign:
Canadian Province Map
May 13 - Earthweek: US/Canada; State Study;
Province Review; Population;
May 14 - Quiz: States, Provinces and Territories; Native American Chart; History of region
May 15 - French/British and Cultural influences; Assign
Review Groups
May 18 - Units 1 - 9 Review
May 19 - Review Games: Groups 1 & 2
May 20 - Review Game: Group 3
May 21 - Final Exam - 1st and 2nd period classes
May 22 - Final Exam - 3rd and 4th period classes
SUMMER VACATION - May 25 - August 7
No current assignments beyond this point