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Geography A.
Analyze the spatial organization of people, places and environments on the Earth’s surface using mental maps, geographic data and representations, geospatial technologies and spatial thinking. (MLR D1 B-C)
Geography D.
Analyze the interaction between human actions and environmental systems, and evaluate the meaning, use, distribution and importance of resources in various regions of the world.
Monday August 31, 2015
Who am I?
Shelagh McLoughlin (Sheila Mac Lock Lynn, aka Mrs. Mac)
Tuesday Sept 1, 2015
First Day of Class
- Share Maps of Home and MDI/ Learn names and homes of classmates
- Syllabus
- Class rules and expectations
- Supplies- Binder, Writing Utensil
- Tobler's Law
HW: Finish Back Page of Tobler's Law
Wednesday Sept 2, 2015
- Discuss Tobler's Law
- Beaches Categorilla
HW: Cartographic Reading and Handout
- National Geographic Must attend Events in September
- Finish Categorilla on Beaches
- Skill work Close Read: Coding Text
- Discuss Cartographic Reading and Handout
HW/CW: Read through Guns Germs and Steel Questions for Movie tomorrow
- Thursday Sept 3, 2015(identify how each of the following plays a role in mapmaking:
- simplification
- symbolization
- categorization
- induction)
Monday Sept 7, 2015
Labor Day
No School
Tuesday Sept 8, 2015
- Re-Watch the last chapter of Guns Germs and Steel- Respond to question 8
- Go over Rubric for Guns Germs and Steel and Self Assess
- Introduce Google Classroom
- First Post-Website Bookmark
- Second Post-
- Nevergonnago
- "Where would you like to visit in the 48 contiguous United States, but will never go?"
- Why do you want to go there?
- Why will you not go there?
- "Where would you like to visit in the 48 contiguous United States, but will never go?"
- Nevergonnago
HW: Ask and Respond to your partners answer "Where would you like to visit in the 48 contiguous United States, but will never go?" If you are able to: extend your responses to Guns Germs and Steel questions.
Wednesday Sept 9, 2015
Tie up: Nevergonnago
- Notes-
- Wants/Nots (share out partners responses, geolocate, touch the map!)
- Place (How do you interpret the world?)
- Spatial Analysis
- How Do Geographers Address Where Things Are?
- Advantages and disadvantages of Different types of Maps
- choropleth
- dot distribution map
- Isoline map
- graduated symbol map(
- (distinguish between different types of mapped information (dot distribution, choropleth, etc.) and provide explanations of strengths and weaknesses of each.)
- Advantages and disadvantages of Different types of Maps
HW: Use the powerpoint slides 11-23 to complete the notes on your two column notes sheet. (get ppt in Google Classroom)
Thursday Sept 10, 2015
CNN Student News
-What Places are mentioned? Geolocate.
-Annotate your map
Quiz over powerpoint Key Issue #1: How do geographers describe where things are?
Discuss Socratic and how quizzes work
Geography vs. History
Page 4 Rubenstein, The Cultural LandscapeWhat type of map is this? How is this an example of Globalisation
HW: No homework
Friday Sept 11, 2015
How did the world change after 9/11?
After Sept 11 where did people move and why?
Watch CNN Student News
-sticky note on board of one new thing that you learned that grabbed your attention
Story Corps
-the real John and Joe
Group work Different Types of Maps
-advantages/disadvantages
(identify types of scale and projections used in mapmaking-identify advantages and disadvantages of different projections.)
HW: Find an informational map and post on google classroom, comment on why you like it.
Monday Sept 14, 2015
(Define geography and human geography )
Dozen Definitions of Geography
Read and annotate: share out which you like best, least etc.
Tuesday Sept15, 2015
A- Map Projections- Robinson, Mercator, Peters
-See google Classroom for more practice on Map Projections
Clementines
Five themes of Geography Lecture & Quiz
B-NWEA
Wednesday Sept 16, 2015
A- Diffusion Lecture
(list different types (models) of diffusion and provided examples/illustrations of each in the real world.)
B- Five themes of Geography Lecture & Quiz
Thursday Sept 17, 2015
A-Finish Diffusion lecture
B- Diffusion Lecture
HW: Complete the chart by finding an innovation and follow its diffusion throughout the world
Friday Sept 18 2015
(explain how geographers classify each of the following and provide examples of each:
- distributions
- locations
- regions)
CNN Student News Bingo- 5 Themes
Spatial Analysis of the Supermarket worksheet
HW: Complete a total of 3 boxes to analyze the supermarket
Monday Sept 21, 2015
Make a map using National Geographic Mapmaker software
-slides 31-35 in powerpoint
Globalization 1-Crash Course John Green
Cultural Ecology- The study of Human-Environment Interactions
-Environmental Determinism
-Possiblism
Globalization 2- Crash Course John Green
What are examples of changes in economy and culture occurring at global and local scales
"Every human is a historical force."-JG
CNN STUDENT NEWS 6:48 http://www.cnn.com/videos/studentnews/2015/03/01/orig-sn-0302.cnn
Tuesday Sept 22, 2015
Review Day
Wednesday Sept 23, 2015
Test Day
Thursday Sept 24, 2015
Friday Sept 25, 2015
5 ways immigration system changed after 9/11-ABC
A Staggering Migration-250 million from farms to cities- NYT
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