SEMESTER ONE
8/24 (Week 1) [Friday Schedule]
Syllabus
8/26 [Laptop Roll-out]
Bookmark
Google Site
Create TCI Accounts
Notebook:
Map: North America / Central America / Caribbean (USA, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua)
Discussion + reflection: Why are new ideas often rejected? [deliverable]
8/28
Quiz: Week 1 Terms
Map Quiz: N. America / C. America / Caribbean
CNN Student News / Copernicus / Annotating on Google Docs
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8/31 (Week 2)
Notebook:
Map: South America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay)
Project Time (Explorers)
9/2
Activity: Create Your Own Climograph
Digital Portfolio
Project Time - Annotated Bibliography + Rubric
Discuss rubric and points system
9/4
Quiz: Week 2 Terms
Map Quiz: South America
Work with International Students on Annotated Bibliography
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9/9 (Week 3 - BABA)
Map: Western Europe (France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Ireland, Belgium, Holland)
Find these cities: Coordinates Based Challenge [deliverable]
Notebook:
Map Quiz: Western Europe (UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal)
Annotated Bibliography Check-in #1 - Citation + annotation (one source) plus attributing points
Activity: Hurricane Video - Group-work - Develop Videos
Hurricane Activity - Group-work - Develop Videos
Roles: Two (2) Cayman Islands studio news anchors, one (1) field reporter stationed in Jamaica, one (1) field reporter stationed in Cayman Islands, (1) civilian in the Cayman Islands, two (2) technicians (camera operator + producer + video editor).
Camera Scenes:
1. Studio News Report (beginning) - Must includes who, what, where, when, and why (studio news anchors must write this portion)
2. Field Report in Jamaica - Must show footage of the field reporter as the hurricane hits Jamaica (field reporter [Jamaica based] must write this portion)
3. Studio News Anchor Cut - Must cut back to the news anchors who then send it out to the Cayman Islands report (camera operator write this portion)
4. Field Report in the Cayman Islands - Must be an interview with someone preparing for the hurricane to hit (field reporter [Cayman Islands based] and civilian must write this portion)
5. Studio News Report (end) - Must repeat who, what, where, when, and why
Editing. Hardest part! Consider how you will shoot the film (phone, computer, etc.?) and what video editing software you will use.
Upload to Youtube.
9/11
Submit Work (Notebook)
3 maps (North America + Central America, South America, and Europe)
3 weeks of handwritten terms (week 1, week 2, week 3)
3 classwork assignments ("Why are new ideas rejected (3-4 sentences), Saffir-Simpson worksheet, Coordinates answers)
Quiz: Week 3 Terms
Map Quiz: Western Europe (UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal)
Hurricane Video
All unfinished Hurricane Video must be completed as homework by Monday/Tuesday.
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9/14 (Week 4)
Notebook + Completion of videos
Map: Central Europe + Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus)
Videos Viewing
Period 3
Period 5
Amy, Alaine, Anastacia, Tessarae, Carrie, Sydney, Mingshan
Emma, Josiah, Neto, Jessalyn, Manny, Puneet, Ashley
Ariel, ???
Question: Similarities and Differences in Ancient Number Systems
9/16 (Parent Night)
Project Time w/TA and Banducci
Hurricane Video Completion
9/18
Quiz: Week 4 Terms
Map Quiz: Central Europe + Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus)
CNN Student News
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9/21 (Week 5)
Notebook:
Map: Eastern Europe + Balkans (Romania, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria)
Video: Aging Japan (25 minutes)
Project Time
9/23
Activity: One Child Policy Propaganda
Activity Time: Propaganda Pieces
9/25 (Half Day)
Quiz: Week 5 Terms
Map Quiz: Eastern Europe + Balkans
Activity Time: Propaganda Pieces
CNN Student News
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9/30 (Week 6 - BABA)
Turnitin.com
DUE: Annotated Bibliography by 1159pm
Class work time: Annotated Bibliography
Notebook
Map: Other Eruope (Ukraine, Turkey, Estonia, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Istanbul, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad)
10/2
Quiz: Week 6 Terms
Map Quiz: Other Europe
Project: Phase Two - Exhibit - Due: 10/30
No Larger Than
40 inches wide
30 inches deep OR If the exhibit is circular or rotating, it is no more than 30 inches in diameter
6 feet high
Must contain between 250-500 words of original work
Respond to this question: How has __________________ affected Exploration, Encounter, Exchange.
Assignment: Design Cylindrical Equidistant Projection Map
Supplies: Paper, Pencils
Instructions:
Accuracy/Precision (trace your map correctly using the 12 x 6 grid provided) - 10 pts.
Art/color/design (make the piece visually pleasing, including unmentioned items such as compass rose, etc.) - 10 pts.
Class time = 60-90 minutes
Groups:
A1: (Lia, Jennifer) - (Vanessa, Jessalyn, Maci)
A2: (Riley, RJ, George) - (Mitchell, Ethan D.)
A3: (Anessa, Tulianna) - (Blanchard, Joy, Sanjana)
A4: (Sarah, Camille) - (Anastacia, Amy, Tessarae)
A5: (Alice, Nancy) - (Frank, Tyler)
A6: (Jack, Jackie, Tom) - (Krytsal, Carrie)
B1: (Hakeem, Andrew, Patrick) - (Elliot, Josiah, Neto)
B2: (Alex, Marlon) - (Manny, Adrian)
B3: (Moheb, Herjit, Michael) - (Emma, Lindsay)
B4: (Gordon, Ian, Daniel) - (Gabe J., Noel Z., Ethan L.)
B5: (Kylie, Adrianna) - (Alanie, Sydney, Ariel)
B6: (Lizett, Oriana) - (Ashley, Puneet)
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10/5 (Week 7)
Notebook
Map: Oceania (Western Australia, Tazmania, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, New Zealand, North Island, South Island)
Notes: The United Nations
Homework:
Make a rough draft of a flag for your political entity.
On the back, briefly explain the meaning of the design of your flag.
10/7 (Friday Schedule on Wednesday)
Quiz: Week 7 Terms
Map Quiz: Oceania
Homework:
Complete the rough draft of a flag for your political entity.
On a Google Document, briefly explain the meaning of the design of your flag.
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10/12 (Week 8)
Notebook:
Map: Middle East (Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE)
Project Work Time: (See Template Document - Cyril and Methodius - Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange)
Thesis Paragraph (Introduction)
Bullet points: 'Exploration,' 'Encounter,' and 'Exchange '
5-10 Pictures
10/14
Assignment Work: Flag
Cardboard Flag
Flag Dynamics (backside of flag)
Country Narrative (backside of flag)
Physical Layout (separate paper)
Cardboard Work Time (Due 10/21)
10/16
Quiz: Week 8 Terms
Map Quiz: Middle East
CNN Student News
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10/19 (Week 9)
Notebook
Map: Bodies of Water (Red Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, South China Sea, Sea of Bengal, Caribbean Sea, Hudson Bay, Sea of Cortez, Great Lakes)
Cardboard Work Time
Migration DBQ - India, Palestine, Africans
Documents 1, 2, 3 [African migrations to New World] + Conversation
10/21
Gandhi + Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant
Documents 7, 8, 9 [Hindu/Muslim migrations Pakistan and India] + Conversation
Conflict in Israel and Palestine
Documents 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6 [Jews to Israel] + Conversation
Essay
Cardboard flag and country DUE
10/23 (FINAL DATE TO SUBMIT LATE WORK - QUARTER ONE)
Quiz: Week 9 Terms
Map Quiz: Bodies of Water
CNN Student News
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PSAT WEEK
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10/26 (Week 10)
Notebook
Map: East Asia (Japan, China, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, Russia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)
Reminder: Project: Phase Two - Digital or Physical Exhibit - Due: 11/2
Requirements:
250 original words.
Statement of Importance (Thesis).
5 pictures.
Pleasant Appearance.
Video: The Story of Stuff
10/29 [Friday Schedule]
Assignment Work: Manufacturing Stuff
Early Presentations (Extra Credit Opportunity)
Period 3: Camille, Alex, Sarah, RJ, Jennifer, Tom, Daniel, Lizett, Riley, Nancy, Adrianna, Kylie, Anessa, Jackie, Alice, George (16)
Period 5: Puneet, Amy, Mitchell, Ethan D., Krystal, Blanchard, Ethan L., Neto, Ashley, Emma, Vanessa, Maci, Tyler, Frank, Noel, Sydney (16)
10/30 (Half Day)
NOTE: No Week 10 Quizzes. Banducci Absent.
Project Work Time: Phase Two - Digital or Physical Exhibit - Due: 11/2
Requirements:
250 original words.
Statement of Importance (Thesis).
5 pictures.
Pleasant Appearance.
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QUARTER TWO
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11/2 (Week 11)
NOTE: Week 10 Quizzes on Monday!
Quiz: Week 10 Terms
Map Quiz: East Asia
Due: Project - Phase Two - Digital or Physical Exhibit
Notebook
Map: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Taipei, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macau)
Mini-Project Presentations
Video: Humans and Energy
11/4
Socratic Discussion
11/6
Quiz: Week 11 Terms
Map Quiz: China
CNN Student News
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11/9 (Week 12 - ABBA)
Notebook
Map: Flags (China, Russia, United Kingdom, South Africa, Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, India, Egypt)
Exhibit Presentations
Digital Portfolio Assignment
Two blog entries on your Google Site.
One entry must be a picture of your exhibit and of your annotated bibliography, embedded.
The second entry is your choice of: Climograph, Propaganda Piece, Flag and Country, or Hurricane Video (Depending on the assignment you choose, either a picture, a sheet, or a video must be embedded).
Each entry must have a one paragraph write-up on how the assignment helped achieved one of the six Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLRs). Those ESLRs are (1) Be Prepared For College, (2) Act Responsibly, (3) Communicate Effectively, (4) Think Criticially, (5) Be Creative, (6) Stay Current.
11/13
Quiz: Week 12 Terms
Map Quiz: Flags
Video: Megaprojects
Megaproject on your country
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11/16 (Week 13)
Map: South East Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, Myanmar)
France News
Student MegaProject (Use your imagination!)
Drawing of 'your' countries' Megaproject OR
One paragraph description of you Megaproject
11/18
Due: Notebook #4
CNN Student News
11/20
Quiz: Week 13 Terms
Map Quiz: South East Asia
CNN Student News
Winter Movie Previews
James Bond: Spectre
Peanuts
Hunger Games
The Good Dinosaur
In the Heart of the Sea
Star Wars
The Hateful Eight
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THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
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11/30 (Week 14)
Notebook:
Map: South and West Africa (Sierra Leonne, Guinea, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt)
Activity: McDonald'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] Comparison: Determine How much a McMeal costs in the US vs. your assigned country. Use NUMBEO
Research one article related to minimum wage and McDonald's. Cite the link to the article, summarize, and give your opinion in 1 paragraph.
12/2
Activity Work Time
Activity Presentation Time
Socratic Discussion - Wages and Fast Food
12/4
Quiz: Week 14 Terms
Map Quiz: South and West Africa
CNN Student News
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12/7 (Week 15)
Notebook
Map: Africa 1 (South Africa, Zimbawbwee, Ethiopia, Somalia, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Sudan, South Sudan)
Socratic Popcorn Reading
12/9
Socratic Seminar
12/11
Quiz: Week 15 Terms
Map Quiz: North Africa
CNN Student News
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12/14 (Week 16)
Notebook
Flags (South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Somalia, Tunisia, Libya, Ivory Coast)
Video: Is WalMart Good for America?
12/16
Due: Notebook #5
12/18 (Half Day)
Quiz: Week 16 Terms
Map Quiz: Africa 3
CNN Student News
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WINTER BREAK
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1/4 (Week 17)
Notebook
Map: The Stans+ (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbiajan, Banduccistan)
Overview of Final Exam
Project Time
State Identity
Video Case Study: "The Sweater"
Ethnic/National Issues in Multinational
Video Case Study: Sharia Law in Canada?
Ted Talk: Skin Color is an Allusion
Ted Talk: The Path to Ending Ethnic Conflict
Development
Digital Portfolio
1/6
1/8
Quiz: Week 17 Terms
Map Quiz: USA
Test (open-book): Chapter 5
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1/11 (Week 18 - POL Week) [11:00-12:20 (80 minute class)]
Notebook:
1/13 [11:00-12:20 (80 minute class)]
1/15 [1:20-2:25 (55 minute class)]
Quiz: Week 18 Terms
CNN Student News
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1/19 (Finals Week)
Final Exam - 8:00-10:00am (2-hour class)
1/20
10:56-11:36am (40 minute class)
Return books
PBS Monthly Production - World Geography and Cultures For The Community
Agreeing on THE key issue? From Brainstorm to Finalized Idea.
News Program?
Intro Music?
Intro Montage?
Set Design?
Interview? Interview Questions?
Researching the issue
Getting out the word on LVCP campus.
Designing information packets.
Production of information packets.
Distribution times?
Designing solutions?
Oxfam, UNICEF, Doctors without Border
COURSE STRUCTURE
Topic 1: Geography
# of Weeks: 3
TCI Text: Chapter 1-2
Project: Model UN (Part I - Written and Art)
Test: Multiple Choice and Constructed Response
Movie:
Topic 2: Population
# of Weeks: 3
TCI Text: Chapter 30-31 (China and Japan)
Project: Model UN (Part I - Written and Art)
Test: Multiple Choice and Constructed Response
Movie: Living Old (Frontline), Aging Japan (25 minutes)
Topic 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes
# of Weeks: 3
TCI Text: Chapter 7-8 (USA + Migration)
Project: Model UN (Part II - Technology and Presentation)
Test: Multiple Choice and Constructed Response
Movie: Generation Like (Frontline), Growing Up Online (Frontline), The Mormons (Frontline), From Jesus to Christ (Frontline), The Story of Stuff (22 minutes)
Topic 4: Political Organization of Space
# of Weeks: 2
TCI Text: Ch 18 (Old Soviet Empire)
Project: LDC Development (Part I - Written and Art)
Test: Multiple Choice and Constructed Response
Movie: Secret State of North Korea (Frontline),The Other Dream Team
Topic 5: Agriculture and Rural Land
# of Weeks: 3
TCI Text: Ch. 12-13 (Brazil and Peru)
Project: LDC Development (Part I - Written and Art)
Test: Multiple Choice and Constructed Response
Community Action Project: Doctors Without Borders in Latin America
Topic 6: Industrialization and Economic Growth
# of Weeks: 2
TCI Text: Ch. 28 (India)
Project: LDC Development (Part II - Technology and Presentation)
Test: Multiple Choice and Constructed Response
Movie: Poor Kids (Frontline), Flying Cheap (Frontline), Is WalMart Good for America? (Frontline)
Topic 7: Cities and Urban Land Use
# of Weeks: 2
TCI Text: Ch. 5 (Urban Sprawl in North America)
Project: LDC Development (Part II - Technology and Presentation)
Test: Multiple Choice and Constructed Response
Movie: MegaProjects