September Mental Map Region: Africa Students Should Know Where Country Is, Major Capitals

September 2010 Sa Su Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri t n Unit 1 Geography and Its Perspectives 1 2 3 4 5 Signed syllabus Bring back Geog notes and reasons Rubenstien ch.1 1-20 +Q What is geog ppr De Blij Ch. 2 23-37, 43-45 Mental map Q N Africa

WL: Introduction to class and geography Reading speech

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rubenstien ch1 20-30 +Q CE ENTRY Mental Map Q W. Africa Kuby ch.1 Introduce Mental map project Introduce Africa guide map project Reading speeches

WL: Map PPT, Projection, Sri Lanka case study, Longitude, latitude, timezones

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rubenstien ch 1 30-40 +Q CE ENTRY Mental Map Q Work on Africa guide map project Work on Africa guide map Proj Central Africa and E Africa Work on Africa guide map Proj Mental map project DUE

WL: Regions /culture lecture, Globalization, Space

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Work on Africa guide map Proj CE ENTRY Mental Map Q Review for unit test (using Mali as an Southern Africa example) Work on study guide Unit 1 Test Africa guide map proj DUE Study Guide DUE WL: Types of Diffusion CE Portfolio:DUE Unit 2 Population and Migration 27 28 29 30 Rubenstein ch 2 Q 1 44-57 Rubenstein p. 57-75 +Q World in a Balance video + notes (Q 1 Finish World in a balance + notes due Friday) Begin power point lecture + transparencies

WL: Population concentrations and clusters/land and population/Density/Fertility/Natural increase

September mental map region: Africa – students should know where country is, major capitals of Africa, major landforms October 2010 S S Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri a u t n 1 2 3 Question 1 of population analysis 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Kuby Ch 5 + reading speeches Graphs from Rubenstein ch. 3 80-96+Q Kuby Activity 1 ch 5 transparency lecture Mental Map Q – S. Africa + discussion WL: Continue from last week/Demographic transition/Age distribution/population pyramids/stages of demographic Demographic transition thinking transition/World population growth/Malthus/Birthrates/Health activity threats

1 1 11 12 13 14 15 6 7 Rubenstein ch 3 97-109 +Q De Blij ch. 5 + reading After school Unit 2 Exam (Ch. 2 & Population pyramid assignment speeches study 3) session Study Guide DUE available 2 Population website analysis WL: Continue from last week + Migration if gotten to or more needed 2 2 18 19 20 21 22 3 4

OCTOBER HOLIDAY

UNIT 3 CULTURE (Language/Religion) 3 3 25 26 27 28 29 0 1 Review Population test briefly Notes for pgs112-126 `Rubesnstein Ch. 4 +Q Kuby reading and activity 3 Introduce CULTURE unit 3 Cultural Landscape Notes for pgs 126-141 Introduce unit project: Becoming a Windshield Geographer activity (photos) Notes taken for each half of chapter: outline/main ideas etc

WL: Folk and Popular culture ppt/Differences in culture wbst/cultural landscape ppt November 2010 S S Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri a u t n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Notes for ch 5 144-150 Notes for ch. 5 150-175 Language Rubenstein Ch. 5 +Q Language Introduce Language project Exercises Africa Map Q (internet + paper) Assignment

WL: Language: English/language groups/Language distribution/language tree/language maps

1 1 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 Instead of Notes: Religion Table Assignment 2 of the 6 religions Rubenstein Ch. 6 +Q Religion Table done Western Europe mental map Q Assignment

STUDY SESSION AT 3:30? WL: World religion maps/diffusion/places of worship/conflict/etc 2 2 15 16 17 18 19 0 1 Windshield Geographer project + presentations PART ONE: PART TWO: Unit 3 Exam + Study time – if finish presentations Unit 3 Exam (Ch. 4, 5 & 6) (Ch. 4, 5 & 6) Study guide

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UNIT 4 Political Geography and Ethnicity NEEDS TO BE REWORKED!!29 30 Final piece for unit 3: Finish presentations/maps of war video/religion indicator quiz

Assign Ethnic table – in place of notes Assign Genocide project

WL: Definition of ethnicity, race/ethnic traits and groups/acculturation/assimilation/homelands/neighborhoods/ghett os/nation states/nationalism/self determinism/multi-ethnic states + Case study Sri Lanka December 2010 S S Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri a u t n 1 2 3 4 5 Rubenstein chapter 7 + Quiz Mental map quiz – All of Europe

1 1 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 Take notes on Ch. 8 – make a GO Introduce Supra- Rubenstein ch. 8 + Quiz Ethnic table due nationalism + Offer extra credit assignment (Antarctica Supra- assignment Question) Genocide presentations nationalism WL: Defining state/nation/county/district. Boundaries/types of assignment due shapes/ /types of governments

1 1 13 14 15 16 17 8 9 Introduce Africa power point assignment (GO/Essay choice) Work on PPT Map activity – shapes of states + mini research on those states assignment in class UNIT 4 EXAM STUDY SESSION 3:30 Antarctica Extra credit assignment due Africa essay

WL: Gerrymandering/Economic power versus military power/colonialism/Africa 2 2 20 21 22 23 24 5 6

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UNIT 5 Agriculture and Rural 1 1 Development10 11 12 13 14 5 6 Chapter 10 main idea and vocab assignment – work on in class – Kuby Ch. 8 + activity 1 Mental map Q Asia Kuby activity 1 finish on own: DUE IN PLACE OF STUDY GUIDE –started in class DUE mental map help website: www.ilike2learn.com

WL: Origins of agriculture/subsistence vs commercial farming/relationship of farming to other businesses (THURSDAY) 2 2 17 18 19 20 21 2 3 Rubenstein Quiz Ch. 10 Free Response question Study day for semester exam MI/D reading activity notes DUE practice Introduce Economic activities field work assignment

WL: Agriculture in less developed ctries/developed ctries Last Day of 2 3 24 25 26 27 Semester28 9 0

SEMESTER EXAMS ------

31 1 2 3 4 5 6 CWW WEEK ---- February 2011 W S S Mon Tue e Thu Fri a u d t n 1 1 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 Guest speaker (Rattunde) about crop experiments??? Introduce Von Thunen Watch Food Inc SOMETIME THIS WEEK???? assignment and begin

WL: Agribusiness/farming in LDC vs MDC/ VonTHunen Model/deforestation/ 1 2 14 : 15 16 17 18 9 0 Von Thunen assignment due SICK SICK Watch King Corn UNIT 6 Industrialization and Economic 2 2 21 22 23 Development 24 25 6 7 NO SCHOOL UNIT 5 Finish exam AGRICULTURE Intro to unit Begin Main Idea study guide TEST

28 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chapter 9 quiz Introduce UNIT PROJECT Chapter 11 Quiz Chapter 9 main idea + vocab due Gender and economic Chapter 11 main idea + vocab due development activity Gapminder activity in lab

WL: levels of dev/HDI/Distribution of dev ctries/Gender diff March/April 2011 W S Sa Mon Tue e Thu Fri u t d n 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 Introduce Industry and Location Assignment Industry and Location Chapter 12 Quiz Gapminder assignment is due assignment (discuss in Chapter 12 main idea + vocab due class) WL: Industrialization and deindustrialization+ the Industrial revolution (ppt)/ /)/Distribution of industry (von Thunen???)/ Changes in Industrial regions and why: low-cost labor/outsourcing/Skilled labor/ 2 14 15 16 17 18 19 0 Virtual school this week – messed up schedule a bit 2 21 22 23 24 25 26 7 South America mental map quiz UNIT 6 TEST UNIT PROJECT PRESENTATIONS Handout main idea sheet for unit 7 – first section due MONDAY

WL: Globalization/ models and theories (ppt)

UNIT 7: Cities and Urban land Use 28 29 30 31 APRIL 1 2 3 Section one of main idea sheet DUE Introduce Unit Project: City Comparison PPT on the WL over time Quiz on central and North America (this will include capitals and major cities for NA) WL: Development and character of cities (including urbanization) 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 PPT on different models Models assignment due: Pres. 2- Introduce model assignment: Urban Models in real life hour Section 2 of main ideas due study sessi on? 10-12 WL: Models or urban systems and internal city structures April/May 2011 W S Mon Tue e Thu Fri Sat u d n 1 11 12 13 14 15 16 7 Quiz on chapter 13 + last two sections of Unit Project Unit 7 test TEACHER presentations DUE main ideas Study packet to do over WORK DAY – NO spring break – vocab STUDENTS based – MOVING TO WL:Inner Cities vs. Suburbs/Problems and crisis’s SOTUBA!!! 2 18 19 20 21 22 23 4 SPRING BREAK

M A Y 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 TEACHER WORK DAY – NO STUDENTS – BEGIN REVIEW TIME FOR SETTING UP IN SOTUBA!!! EXAM NON EXAM TAKERS – WORK TO BE DETERMINED

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2-hour study session? 10-12

1 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 NO SCHOOL FOR EXAM AP TAKERS EXAM! !! May/June 2011 S S Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri a u t n 2 2 16 17 18 19 20 1 2

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1 1 13 14 15 16 17 8 9 EXAM WEEK LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!