World Geography and Cultures

SEMESTER TWO

• 2/2 (Week 1)

  • Classwork

    • Google Site (Bookmark)

    • Google Shared Folder

    • Freerice Account (Group = "ICCUDNAB Period 3")

    • Quizlet Site - Geography Terms

  • Planners (due Friday):

    • Week 1 Terms

    • Map: North America / Central America (USA, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua)

    • 1000 grains of rice on freerice

  • Activity - Read: Nicarauga vs. Costa Rica - Google Goofs and Google's response: Google Lat Long: Regarding the boundary between Costa Rica and Nicarauga

    • Paragraph Overview (place in Google Drive folder): "What are Nicaragua and Costa Rica Arguing About?"

• 2/4

  • MegaProjects: Nicaragua's Canal (4:42)

    • Mega Projects Assignment

  • The History of Cuba (6:24) - off-one assignment

  • Flag Project (Art Component)

• 2/6

  • Quiz: Week 1 Terms

  • Map Quiz: N. America / C. America

  • Flag Project (Art Component)

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• 2/9 (Week 2)

  • Week 2 Terms

  • Map: North America / Central America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay)

  • Tour of South America (6 minutes)

  • Animals That Will Kill You - Nat Geo (45 minutes)

  • Background paragragh - "Border Battle" - submit to folder

  • Flag Project (continued)

• 2/11

  • Model United Banduccistan

    • Creation of Charter

• 2/13

  • Quiz: Week 2 Terms

  • Map Quiz: S. America

  • CNN Student News

  • Flag Project (Art Component) Due

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• 2/18 (Week 3)

  • Map: Western Europe (France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Ireland, Belgium, Holland)

  • Week 3 Terms

  • Hurricane Activity - Groupwork - Develop Videos

• 2/20

  • Quiz: Week 3 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Western Europe

  • Hurricane Activity - Groupwork - Develop Videos

    • Omar, Tierra, Grant M., Aiden, Kenton

    • Jonathan, Grant A., Devin, Cara, Alec

    • Nick L., Genna, Nick S., Mikayla, Hannah

    • Bill, Jordan, Joe, Sanjiv

  • CNN Student News

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• 2/23 (Week 4)

  • Map: Central Europe + Scandanavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Poland)

  • Lecture: Geography of WWI (Notes)

  • Week 4 Terms

  • MegaProjects: Nuclear Fusion Reactor

  • Arnold's Blueprint

  • Country Flag - Europe

• 2/25

  • Development Policy Explanation

  • Country Flag - Europe

  • Freerice - 2500 grains

• 2/27 (Half day)

  • Due: European Flag

  • Quiz: Week 4 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Central Europe + Scandinavia

  • Due; Development Policy Paragraph 1

  • Freerice - 2500 grains

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• 3/2 (Week 5)

  • Map: Eastern Europe + Balkans (Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro, Macedonia, Ukraine)

  • Week 5 Terms

  • Political Cartoon Assignment

  • Project: Developing Country Plan (Paragraph 2 Due Friday)

• 3/4

  • History Exhibition Form

  • Due: Political Cartoon

  • Video: Once Brothers

  • Project Time: Developing Country Plan (LDC)

• 3/6

  • Due: History Exhibition Form

  • Quiz: Week 5 Terms

  • Map Quiz:

  • Project Time: Developing Country Plan (LDC)

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• 3/9 (Week 6)

  • Map: Other Eruope (Belarus, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Estonia, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania)

  • Week 6 Terms

  • Megaprojects: World's Tallest Building (4 minutes)

  • 30 for 30: From Harlem with Love (12 minutes)

  • Video: Ukraine's History Explained (5 minutes)

  • Video: Vladimir Putin's Early Life Story Explained (4 minutes)

  • Classroom Map

  • Country Slogan

• 3/11

  • Quiz: Week 6 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Other Europe

  • Project Time: Developing Country Plan (LDC)

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• 3/16

  • Map: Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Somoa, American Somoa)

  • Week 7 Terms

  • History Exhibition Time

• 3/18 (History Exhibition)

  • UCI Flag Ban

  • UCI Chancellor Howard Herman Op-Ed

  • Speeches

• 3/20

  • Quiz: Week 7 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Oceania

  • CNN Student News

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• 3/23

  • Map: Middle East (Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE)

  • Week 8 Terms

  • Video: Rub al-Khali Range Rover

  • Megaprojects: Dubai Central Airport

  • Megaprojects: Saudi Arabia Megacity

  • Megaprojects: UAE: Masdar, The "Green" City

  • Manufacturing Mini-Project

    • Manufacturing Project Example

• 3/25

  • Geoterms 24, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5 worksheets (in-class)

  • Daily Conversation: Six Major Religions Explained

  • Daily Conversation: Israel/Palestine Explained

• 3/27 (Half Day)

  • Quiz: Week 8 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Middle East

  • Mini-Project Due: Manufacturing Mini-Project

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SPRING BREAK

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• 4/7

  • Digital Portfolio Post

    • Question: Why are the things we own (e.g. clothing, shoes, Iphone) produced overseas when the companies are from North America? (Critical Thinking)

    • Put in a picture of your Mini-Project

    • Name of your post: "Where is it Made?"

  • Week 9 Terms

• 4/9

  • Map: Review (50 countries)

    • USA, Mexico, Canada, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Holland, France, UK, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Greece, Ukraine, Romania, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Australia, Papa New Guinea, New Zealand, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Iraq, Iran, Syria)

  • Assignment: Design Cylindrical Equidistant Projection Map

    • Supplies: Legal Paper, Pencils, Colored Pencils

    • Rubric:

      • Accuracy/Precision (trace your map correctly using the 12 x 6 grid provided) - 10 pts.

      • Detail (correctly identify all 50 countries) - 10 pts.

      • Art/color/design (make the piece visually pleasing, including unmentioned items such as compass rose, etc.)

    • Class time = 60 minutes

  • Quiz: Week 9 Terms

  • Map Test: (50 countries)

  • CNN Student News

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QUARTER FOUR

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• 4/13

  • Map: East Asia (Japan, China, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, Russia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)

  • Week 10 Terms

  • World Map

• 4/15

  • Megarpoject #3: Japan's Train of Tomorrow

  • Megaproject #2: Songdo The Future City

  • 60 Minutes: Three Generations of Punishment

  • BBC Documentary: Exploring Life in North Korea

• 4/17 (Half Day)

  • Quiz: Week 10 Terms

  • Map Quiz: East Asia

  • CNN Student News

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• 4/20

  • Map: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Taipei, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macau)

  • Week 11 Terms

  • "Vote for Me"

• 4/22

  • Read 30.1 and 30.2, define terms (doubling time, famine, rate of natural increase, zero population growth)

  • Read and discuss Population Propaganda Posters

  • Critical Thinking: What made these propaganda posters effective?

  • Propaganda Piece: Theme = "Behave Yourself in Banduccistan"

• 4/24

  • Quiz: Week 11 Terms

  • Map Quiz: China

  • CNN Student News

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• 4/27

  • Map: South East Asia (Nepal)

  • 30 Days in Nepal

  • BBC Report

  • CNN Student News: Nepal Quake

  • NY Times: Earthquake Aftershocks Jolt Nepal as Death Toll Rises Above 3,400

  • NY Times: Where to Donate

• 4/29

  • At least 40 mini-flags of Nepal

    • colored

    • handwritten list of donation sites

      • oxfamamerica.org

      • donate.doctorswithoutborders.com

      • unicef.org

    • personalized message (eg "Donate what you can to the relief effort in Nepal.")

  • Students News Team

    • Film crew (Omar/Jonathan); film the birdcall segmant and post to youtube.

    • News Segmant on Nepal and the Earthquake; answering (1) Where is Nepal?, (2) What happened?, (3) Why has this earthquake been so devastating? (4) Introduction of the the three donation teams. (about 30 seconds)

      • News team: two anchors (Jordan/Hannah)

    • Research on the Background of one of the Donation Sites; answering (1) What is the organization?, (2) What do they do?, (3) How would a donation positively affect Nepal.

      • oxfamamerica.org (Tierra, Makayla, Genna, Cara, Joe) (about 20 seconds)

      • donate.doctorswithoutborders.com (Grant, Grant, Bill, Alec, Nic S.) (about 20 seconds)

      • unicef.org (Kenton, Sanjiv, Devin, Nick L., Aidan) (about 20 seconds)

• 5/1

  • Presentation and request for donation to each class at LVCP - 3rd period

    • 30 seconds of class time to assigned classroom; overview of what happend; handout flags

  • Commincation with local media outlets

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• 5/4

  • Map: South East Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, Myanmar)

  • Week 13 Terms

• 5/6

  • Migration DBQ

• 5/8

  • Digital Portfolio Post (Nepal)

  • Quiz: Week 13 Terms

  • Map Quiz: South East Asia

  • CNN Student News

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• 5/11

  • Map: South and West Africa (Sierra Leonne, Guinea, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt)

  • Week 14 Terms

  • Daily Conversation: Ebola: 2014 Outbreak Explained

  • Daily Conversation: 10 Worst Disease Outbreaks of the 20th Century

• 5/13

  • Juventus vs. Real Madrid - Champions League Semifinal (Cultures of Italy and Spain)

  • Your Country

• 5/15 (Half Day)

  • Quiz: Week 14 Terms

  • Map Quiz: South and West Africa

  • CNN Student News

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• 5/18

  • Map: South/Central/East Africa (South Africa, Zimbawbwee, Ethiopia, Somalia, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Sudan, South Sudan)

  • Week 15 Terms - Define

  • MacDonald's, the Big Mac Index, and Minimum Wage

    • Assigned Country / Food Item

      • 1. [In Google Doc] What is your food item and where is it from (include picture with a link)?

      • 2. [In Google Doc] Research the ingredients and write about what goes into this item.

      • 3. [In Google Doc] Do you think this food item would sell in a US market?

      • 4. [In Google Doc] Comparision: Determine How much a Big Mac Costs in the US vs. your assigned country

    • Research one article related to minimum wage and McDonald's. Summarize in 1 paragraph.

  • McDonalds Meals From Around the World

• 5/20

  • Quiz: Week 15 Terms

  • Map Quiz: North Africa

  • Debate: The city of SF should institute a $15 minimum wage for all fast food workers.

  • PRO/CON Charts

    • Debates: http://wheniwork.com/blog/the-pros-and-cons-of-raising-the-minimum-wage/

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• 5/27

  • Map: The Stans+ (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbiajan)

  • Week 16 Terms - Define

  • Create Your Own Climograph

  • Weather Charts

• 5/29

  • Quiz: Week 16 Terms

  • Map Quiz: The Stans

  • Digital Portfolio Work

    • Digital Portfolio Rubric

  • CNN Student News

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• 6/1

  • CNN Student News: 35 Years of History (Day One)

  • Map: USA (West, Pacific Northwest, Northwest, South-West, South, Mid-West, Mid-Atlantic, North-East, Gulf of Mexico, Sea of Cortez)

  • Week 17 Terms

  • Final Exam

    • Semester Terms

• 6/3

  • CNN Student News: 35 Years of History (Day Two)

  • Digital Portfolio Presentation

    • Sanjiv A.

    • Grant A.

    • Jonathan C.

    • Tierra D.

    • Cara F.

    • Alec F.

    • Kenton F.

    • Joseph G.

    • Hannah J.

    • Makayla K.

    • Nick L.

    • Bill L.

    • Jordan M.

    • Grant M.

    • Devin P.

    • Omar R.

    • Nic S.

    • Genna V.

    • Aidan W.

• 6/5

  • Quiz: Week 17 Terms

  • Map Quiz: USA

  • CNN Student News

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• 6/8

  • 11:00-12:20 (80 minute class)

  • Week 18 Terms

  • Final Exam Practice

• 6/10

  • 11:00-12:20 (80 minute class)

  • To be determined / Movie?

• 6/12

  • 1:20-2:25 (55 minute class)

  • Quiz: Week 18 Terms

  • CNN Student News

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• 6/17

  • Final Exam - 8:00-10:00am (2-hour class)

• 6/18

  • 10:56-11:36am (40 minute class)

  • Return books

• 6/19

  • LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - HALF DAY

World Geography and Cultures

This course is built around the following units and essential questions:

1. Introduction and Primer

What do various maps look like and what terminology is used when reading them?

HOMEWORK

a. Syllabus - Parent Signature

b. News Article: Dividing CA into six states (150 word synopsis)

c. TCI Reading (http://www.teachtci.com/); 250 word summary typed

Reading Choices:

1. Chapter 5: Urban Sprawl in North America

Textbook pages 79-92

2. Chapter 8: Migration to the United States

Textbook pages 119-121

3. Chapter 15: Population Dilemmas in Europe

Textbook pages 225-238

4. Chapter 16: Invisible Borders (Pollution)

Textbook pages 239-250

5. Chapter 20: Life in the Sahara and Sahel

Textbook pages 299-310

6. Chapter 30: China

Textbook pages 431-442

7. Chapter 31: Population Density in Japan

Textbook pages 443-454

2. Phyical Geography

What physical characteristics contribute to the geography of Earth, primarily land and water?

Period 4

Group 1: Amy M., Sadie S., Elvira J., Lena F.

Group 2: Colton B., Jacob S., Jacob G., AJ B.

Group 3: Thomas P., Ariel K., Edison C., Grant H.

Group 4: Lauren M., Nikhil K., Mariah T., Lisette G.

Group 5: Isabella P., Kailyn S., Addy D., Javier V.

Group 6: Miles G., Ryan M. Ethan C., Alyssa P.

Group 7: Aaron B., Ryan L., Josh D., Todd F.

Period 5

Group 1: Andrew C., Jack S., Nick L., Marie P., Seth S.

Group 2: Timothy C., Leslie R., Madison F., Madeline W.

Group 3: Madison B., Annabelle B., Sarah D., Hannah B.

3. Human Geography

How does culture, movement, and living affect the Earth? How does the Earth affect culture, movement, and living?

Nationality Questions

4. Reflection

What did you accomplish through this course?

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