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Fall 2019
Fall 2019
Tuesday 9/3: Class introduction
Wednesday 9/4: Check out Chromebooks / Introduction Survey /Syllabus Scavenger Hunt / Political Map Test introduction - study tool - another study tool - one more - blank maps
Thursday 9/5: Check out textbooks / Maps / Goode's Atlas assignment / Map Projections
Friday 9/6: Maps / "Airport Lights" assignment
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Monday 9/9: Political Map Test
Tuesday 9/10: Go over test / Spacial Perspectives
Wednesday 9/11: Why is each point on Earth unique? Mercator Puzzle, Geo-spatial video
Thursday 9/12: Why is each point on Earth unique? Sense of Place assignment / World Regions, Interesting World Regions Site
Period 5: Join Code: 3A9APQ
Period 6: Join Code: GV4REE
AP Credit Policy Search - example: University of Minnesota
Friday 9/13: Why are places similar? Scale / space / connections between places / Diffusion assignment
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Monday 9/16: Scale / space / connections between places / Test review (read 1.4 "Telling Time")
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Tuesday 9/17: Unit 1 Test - Thinking Geographically
Wednesday 9/18: Go over test / Urban Field Study (slides) introduction / Unit 2 - Population and Migration introduction
Thursday 9/19: Where is the world's population distributed? Interactive map / Malthus assignment
Friday 9/20: Where is the world's population distributed? World population assignment
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Monday 9/23: Why is population increasing at different rates in different countries? Gap Minder activity / Demographic Transition (video)
Tuesday 9/24: Where has the world's population increased? Population pyramids (video & activity)
Wednesday 9/25: Why might the world face an overpopulation problem? World in Balance (Population Paradox) video
Thursday 9/26: No class - 9th Grade Respect Retreat
Friday 9/27: Free Response Question (FRQ) tutorial and practice / FRQ Tips
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Monday 9/30: Why do people migrate? Where are migrants distributed? Kingsley's Crossing video / Why do migrants face obstacles? Migration Case Studies assignment
Tuesday 10/1: Why do people migrate within a country?
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Wednesday 10/2: Unit 2 Test - Population and Migration
Thursday 10/3: Go over test. Unit 3 - Cultural Patterns and Processes introduction
Friday 10/4: Where do folk and popular cultures originate and diffuse?
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Monday 10/7: Where do folk and popular cultures originate and diffuse?
Tuesday 10/8: Why is folk culture clustered?
Wednesday 10/9: Why is popular culture widely distributed? Hungry Planet assignment
Thursday 10/10: Why does globalization of popular culture cause problems? Quinoa case study (FRQ practice) assignment
Friday 10/11: No school
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Monday 10/14: Where are languages speakers distributed? English Diffusion assignment
Tuesday 10/15: Why is English related to other languages? U.S. dialect quiz / Pop - Soda - Coke
Wednesday 10/16: Why do languages vary among places? Language and Religion assignment
Thursday 10/17: No school
Friday 10/18: No school
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Monday 10/21: Where are religions distributed? Why do religions have different distributions? Diffusion of religion / Five Major World Religions
Tuesday 10/22: Why do religions have distinctive distributions? World Religions assignment
Wednesday 10/23: Why do religions organize space in specific patterns? Religion as a social institution discussion
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Thursday 10/24: Unit 3 Test - Cultural Patterns and Processes
Friday 10/25: Unit 4 - Cities and Urban Land Use introduction / Dayton, OH case study assignment
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Monday 10/28: Go over test / finish Dayton, OH case study assignment
Tuesday 10/29: Urban models / Origins of Urbanization / Mapping Urban Models assignment
Wednesday 10/30: Mapping Urban Models assignment
Urban Field Study Groups Signup (opens at 8:15 am)
Thursday 10/31: Why do urban areas expand? FRQ Practice
Megacity - Jakarta video
Megacity - Dahka video
Megacity - Lagos video
Friday 11/1: No school
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Monday 11/4: Why do inner cities face distinctive challenges? Detroit case study assignment
Tuesday 11/5 : Why do suburbs face distinctive challenges?
Suburbs - automobile video
Suburbs - poverty video
Wednesday 11/6: Where are services distributed? Range and Threshold assignment
Thursday 11/7: Where are business services distributed? Primate Cities / Central Place Theory assignment
Friday 11/8: Why do services cluster in settlements? Test review (My AP)
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Monday 11/11: Unit 4 Test - Cities and Urban Land Use
Tuesday 11/12: Go over test / Unit 5 - Food and Agriculture
Wednesday 11/13: Agriculture introduction assignment
Thursday 11/14: Why do people consume different foods? Jared Diamond reading / questions assignment
Friday 11/15: Where did agriculture originate? Agricultural patterns assignment
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Monday 11/18: Where is agriculture distributed? America Revealed: Food Machine video
Tuesday 11/19: Why do farmers face sustainability challenges? Green Revolution video / assignment
Wednesday 11/20: Role of situation factors in choice of crop / Von Thunen Model / types of agriculture review
Thursday 11/21: Unit 5 Test - Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Friday 11/22: Go over test / Agriculture case study - Guns, Germs and Steel
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Monday 12/2: Finish agriculture case study - Guns, Germs and Steel / Race/Ethnicity/Identity Assignment
Tuesday 12/3: Unit 6 Introduction - Political Patterns and Processes / Where are ethnicities distributed?
Wednesday 12/4: Why do ethnicities have distinctive distributions? Click HERE to find out more about your surname / US Gastronomic Borders / Practice FRQ
Thursday 12/5: Why do ethnicities have distinctive distributions? Ethnic Conflict assignment
Friday 12/6: Why might ethnicities face conflicts? Ethnic national independence structured controversy debate research
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Monday 12/9: Why do ethnic cleansing and genocide occur? Ethnic national independence structured controversy debate
Tuesday 12/10: Ethnic Cleansing in Europe assignment
Wednesday 12/11: Where are states distributed? States and Nations / Sealand case study
Thursday 12/12: Why are states challenging to create? Nation - State assignment
Friday 12/13: Why do states face threats? Spatial Organization of Governments / Practice FRQ
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Monday 12/16: Why do states have distinctive geographic structure? Boundaries assignment
Tuesday 12/17: Electoral geography / Gerrymandering / Practice FRQ
Wednesday 12/18: Test review
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Thursday 12/19: Unit 6 Test - Political Patterns and Processes
Friday 12/20: Go over test
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Monday 12/30: No school
Tuesday 12/31: No school
Wednesday 1/1: No school
Thursday 1/2: Unit 7 - Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes introduction / HDI assignment
Friday 1/3: Why does development vary among countries? Finish HDI assignment
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Monday 1/6: Why does development vary among countries? Discuss If it were my home / HDI assignment
Tuesday 1/7: Where are inequalities in development distributed? Developed/Developing distribution / Core-Periphery assignment
Wednesday 1/8: Why do countries face development challenges? TED Talks assignment / discussion
Thursday 1/9: Why are countries able to make progress in development? Ship-breaking in Bangladesh assignment
Friday 1/10: Where is industry distributed? Sectors of the economy assignment / Sectors of the economy video
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Monday 1/13: Why do industries face energy challenges? Industrial site and situation factors / Practice FRQ
Tuesday 1/14: Why do industries face pollution challenges? Resources case studies assignment
Wednesday 1/15: Why are industries changing locations? Weber's Least Cost Theory case study / Test Review
Thursday 1/16: Unit 7 Test - Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes
Friday 1/17: No school
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Monday 1/20: No school
Tuesday 1/21: Final Exam review
Wednesday 1/22: Final Exam periods 2, 4, & 6
Thursday 1/23: Final Exam periods 1, 3, & 5
Friday 1/24: No school / End of Semester 1
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