World Geography and Cultures (Sem 1)

SEMESTER ONE

• 8/24 (Week 1) [Friday Schedule]

  • Syllabus

• 8/26 [Laptop Roll-out]

  • Bookmark

    • Google Site

    • Quizlet Site - Geography Terms

  • Create TCI Accounts

    • http://support.teachtci.com/knowledgebase/articles/90476-create-a-student-account

  • Notebook:

    • Week 1 Terms

    • 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:

    • Week 2 Terms

    • 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

    • Annotated Bibliography Example

    • 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:

    • Week 3 Terms

    • 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

    • Week 4 Terms

    • Map: Central Europe + Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus)

  • Videos Viewing

    • Period 3

      • Daniel, Ian, Kylie, Herjit, Lizett, Moheb, Michael

      • Marlon, Jackie, Tom, Lia, Jennifer, Camille, Alexander

      • Oriana, Michael, Riley, Sarah, Adrianna, Gordon, Andrew, Patrick

      • Hakeem, RJ, Jack, George, Anessa, Tulianna, Alice

    • Period 5

      • Joy, Tyler, Lindsay, Vanessa, Blanchard, Ethan D., Mitchell

      • Amy, Alaine, Anastacia, Tessarae, Carrie, Sydney, Mingshan

      • Emma, Josiah, Neto, Jessalyn, Manny, Puneet, Ashley

      • Gabe, Ethan L., Adrian, Sanjana, Maci, Elliot, Noel

      • Ariel, ???

  • Notes: Numeric Systems: Similarities and Differences

  • 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)

    • Week 5 Terms

  • 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)

    • Week 6 Terms

• 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

    • World Map - Colored

    • Groups:

• • • 1. A1: (Lia, Jennifer) - (Vanessa, Jessalyn, Maci)

      2. A2: (Riley, RJ, George) - (Mitchell, Ethan D.)

      3. A3: (Anessa, Tulianna) - (Blanchard, Joy, Sanjana)

      4. A4: (Sarah, Camille) - (Anastacia, Amy, Tessarae)

      5. A5: (Alice, Nancy) - (Frank, Tyler)

      6. A6: (Jack, Jackie, Tom) - (Krytsal, Carrie)

      7. B1: (Hakeem, Andrew, Patrick) - (Elliot, Josiah, Neto)

      8. B2: (Alex, Marlon) - (Manny, Adrian)

      9. B3: (Moheb, Herjit, Michael) - (Emma, Lindsay)

      10. B4: (Gordon, Ian, Daniel) - (Gabe J., Noel Z., Ethan L.)

      11. B5: (Kylie, Adrianna) - (Alanie, Sydney, Ariel)

      12. 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)

    • Week 7 Terms

  • 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

  • The Man Who Sells The Moon

  • 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)

    • Week 8 Terms

  • 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

  • Fictitious Land Of...

  • 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

    • Week 9 Terms

    • 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

  • Migration DBQ - India, Palestine, Africans

  • 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)

    • Week 10 Terms

  • 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

  • Assignment: Manufacturing Stuff

    • Manufacturing Project Example

• 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.

  • John Green on Paper Towns and Why Learning is Awesome

  • 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)

    • Week 11 Terms

  • Mini-Project Presentations

  • Video: Humans and Energy

• 11/4

  • Please Vote For Me

  • Socratic Discussion

• 11/6

  • Quiz: Week 11 Terms

  • Map Quiz: China

  • CNN Student News

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• 11/9 (Week 12 - ABBA)

  • Notebook

    • Week 12 Terms

    • 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)

  • Week 13 Terms

  • 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

  • PBS: Journalist Goes On a Walk

  • Maps that show how totally messed up America is

• 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)

    • Week 14 Terms

  • Case Study: Bhutan

  • 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.

  • McDonalds Meals From Around the World

• 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)

    • Week 15 Terms

  • Socratic Popcorn Reading

    • Virginia Mosque

    • Sacred Ground or Bridging a Cultural Divide

    • 9/11 Families Reject Towering Mosque Planned for Ground Zero Site

• 12/9

  • Socratic Seminar

  • Frontline Video - ISIS

• 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)

    • Week 16 Terms

  • 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)

    • Week 17 Terms

  • 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?

    • Video: Turkey: Polymagy in Kurdish Lands

    • Ted Talk: Skin Color is an Allusion

    • Ted Talk: The Path to Ending Ethnic Conflict

  • Development

    • Ted Talk: Hanna Rosin: New Data on the Rise of Women

  • Digital Portfolio

    • Digital Portfolio Rubric

• 1/6

  • Read Chapter 5

  • Digital Portfolio Presentations

    • Sanjiv A.

    • Grant A.

  • Project Time

• 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:

    • Week 18 Terms

• 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