World Geography and Cultures (Sem 2)

SEMESTER TWO

• 1/26 (Week 1 - BABA)

  • Welcome to LVCP Geography!

  • Notebook:

    • Week 1 Terms

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

  • Semester One Project Rollout

    • History Day Project

  • Assignment:

    • How to Annotate a webpage: SF attempting to relocate homeless before Super Bowl 50

    • How to Annotate a youtube video: Super Bowl Halftime Show 2015

    • Using Easybib.com

    • Create shared Google Doc for class annotations

• 1/28

  • Quiz: Week 1 Terms

  • Map Quiz: N. America / C. America / Caribbean

  • CNN Student News

    • Annotate: January 27th, 2016 - CNN Student News - Cite the news program and annotate the story on the Maglev Train (minute 4:35)

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• 2/1 (Week 2)

  • News Focus: NHK - Shades of Beauty

  • Notebook:

    • Week 2 Terms

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

  • Activity: Weather From Around the World

• 2/3

  • Activity: Weather From Around the World - DUE MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK (see above)

  • Climograph Example: Banducci - Climograph

  • Weather Video Example: Hurricane Video (Extended)

• 2/5

  • Quiz: Week 2 Terms

  • Map Quiz: South America

  • CNN Student News

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• 2/8 (Week 3)

  • Challenge Starter: Coordinates Based Challenge (Submit with Notebook #1)

  • Notebook:

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

    • Week 3 Terms

  • Assignment: Project Topics: Cultural Encounter and Exchange - Research and Choose ONE

    • Kawaii Japan: Research the meaning of 'kawaii' and how the kawaii subculture shapes Japan.

    • Rio de Janeiro: Research five events and where they will be held this summer in Brazil.

    • Korean K-pop: Research five K-pop bands.

    • The Hermit Kingdom: Research the history of North Korea, including it's three influential leaders.

    • Life in Mexico: Research one of Mexico's many states, identifying major cities, holidays, jobs, entertainment, and more.

    • Nicaragua's Grand Canal: Research the construction of the Nicaraguan Canal and the controversy surrounding it.

    • Surfing in Latin America: Research the five of the best breaks and the best beaches to surf in Latin America.

    • Italian relics: Research five key sites for tourists to visit in Italy.

    • Ethiopian cuisine: Research five foods unique to Ethiopian cuisine.

    • South African Apartheid: Research the life of Nelson Mandela

    • The World's Newest Country: Research life in South Sudan, identifying major cities, holidays, culture, etc.

    • OR propose another topic that falls within the realm of "Cultural Encounter and Exchange"

  • Assignment: Annotated Bibliography

    • Cite (using easybib.com) and annotate TEN sources.

      • One picture

      • One youtube video

      • One internet news article

      • One wikipedia entry

      • One map or chart from National Geographic

    • Challenge Component (necessary to earn more than 85%)

      • One book from the library

      • Determine the numerical value of your sources using Banducci's value chart

  • DUE: Weather From Around the World Presentation

  • Homework - Challenge Component: Modern Lessons From Arranged Marriages

    • Read and write 250-word response; what do you think?

• 2/10

  • Socratic Seminar #1: Polygamy in Kurdish Lands (Marriage Culture Issues)

    • Polygamy

      • Legal Status of Polygamy (Map)

      • Polygamy in Kurdish Lands

    • Consanguineous Marriage

      • Consanguineous Marriage (Map)

    • Underage Marriage

      • Girls Married Under Age 18 (Map)

    • Gay Marriage

      • Legality of Gay Marriage (Map)

    • Arranged Marriage

      • Arranged Marriage in India (Map)

    • Silly Phenomenons

      • Muttromony

      • Church of Latter Day Dude

  • Submit - Challenge Component: Modern Lessons From Arranged Marriages

    • Read and write 250-word response; what do you think?

  • Videos: Weather From Around the World Presentation

    • Eric S.

    • Nancy Z.

  • Project Time

• 2/12

  • DUE: Notebook #1

  • Quiz: Week 3 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Western Europe (UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal)

  • CNN Student News

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• 2/17 (Week 4 - BABA) DIGITAL LEARNING DAY

  • Challenge Starter: Numeric Systems: Similarities and Differences

  • Notebook

    • Week 4 Terms

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

  • FREERICE Activity (+Extra Credit)

  • Hurricane Names thru 2019

    • Name the Hurricanes in 2020

  • Hurricane Ivan Activity

  • Period 6 Groups:

    • Group 1 - Alex L., Jackson D., Najma H., Bryanna O., Cameryn P. Sierra S. Eric S. (7)

    • Group 2 - Kai L., Isabella H., Ariel D., Jasmine A., Keila B., Josef C., Colton D. (7)

    • Group 3 - Eric Z., Kira K., Owen B., Jordan R., Citlalli F., Ryan I. (6)

    • Group 4 - Kevin L., Louis L., Jorden G., Josh R., Harmony S., Sebastian L., Diego I. (7)

    • Group 5 - Marcos M., Yazan A., Dylan L., Chris D. (5), Colton C. (6)

  • Period 3 Groups

    • Group 1 - Nancy, Anika, Aurelia, Margot, Joker, Caleb, Alex, Aaron

    • Group 2 - Micaela, Erin, Jerry, Jeff Y., Owen, Sandra, Richard, Travis

    • Group 3 - Colin, Manav, Paul, Delenney, Sachi, Frankie, Alston, Travon

    • Group 4 - Steve W., William, Allen, Giovanni, Nathan, Kaidon, Sean, Nicolas

• 2/19

  • Quiz: Week 4 Terms

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

  • CNN Student News

  • Hurricane Ivan Activity

  • Homework: Annotated Bibliography

    • Cite (using easybib.com) and annotate TEN sources.

      • One picture

      • One youtube video

      • One internet news article

      • One wikipedia entry

      • One map or chart from National Geographic

    • Challenge Component (necessary to earn more than 85%)

      • One book from the library

      • Determine the numerical value of your sources using Banducci's value chart

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• 2/22 (Week 5)

  • Starter: The Man Who Sells The Moon

  • TURNITIN.com (Signup)

    • Due: Project Annotated Bibliography #1

      • Turnitin.com (by 1159pm)

      • Challenge: Analyzing Sources

  • Notebook:

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

    • Week 5 Terms

  • Assignment: Research Exhibit

    • Must contain between 250-500 words of original work

      • Answer: Describe the cultural phenomenon you have chosen to research.

    • 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

    • 5 pictures with MLA citations below each picture

    • Annotated bibliography attached to the back of the exhibit

    • Challenge Component

      • Audio/Visual Aspect

      • Original Piece of Artwork of Promotion/Propaganda

  • Hurricane Video Time (Film)

  • Project Time

• 2/24

  • Activity: Birth Policies

    • Challenge: See Above

  • Hurricane Video Time (Film)

  • Project Time

• 2/26 (Half Day) - PTO

  • Video:

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• 2/29 (Week 6)

  • Starter: Quiz (b/c of PTO)

    • Quiz: Week 5 Terms

    • Map Quiz: Eastern Europe + Balkans

  • Notebook

    • Map: Oceania (Western Australia, Tazmania, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria)

    • Week 6 Terms

  • Assignment: Design Cylindrical Equidistant Projection Map

    • Supplies: Paper, Pencils

    • Instructions:

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

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

    • Class time = 60-90 minutes

    • World Map - Colored

    • Groups:

• • • 1. A1: Alston, Jerry, Nathan, Giovanni, Sachi

      2. A2: Aaron, Joker, Frankie, Colin, Owen, Margot

      3. A3: Sean, Nancy, Paul, Manav, Delenney

      4. A4: Kaidon, Allen, Caleb, Micaela, Erin, William

      5. A5: Travon, Jeff, Nick, Anika, Aurelai

      6. A6: Travis, Steve, Alex, Richard, Sandra

      7. B1:

      8. B2:

      9. B3:

      10. B4:

      11. B5:

      12. B6:

• • Hurricane Video Time (Due Next Class)

  • Project Time

• 3/2

  • Socratic Seminar #2: Worksheet

    • Maps that show how totally messed up America is

    • 22 Maps That Show The Deepest Language Conflicts

  • Project Time

• 3/4

  • DUE: Notebook #2

  • Quiz: Week 6 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Australia

  • CNN Student News

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• 3/7 (Week 7)

  • Due: Hurricane Video

    • Period 3

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Jp8u24n7I

    • Period 6

  • Notebook

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

    • Week 7 Terms

  • What Would Happen If A Super Volcanic Eruption Happens Again?

  • Doomsday Volcanoes

• 3/9

  • CNN Student News (past week)

  • Project Time

• 3/11 (Half Day)

  • Quiz: Week 7 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Middle East

  • CNN Student News (past week)

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• 3/14 (Week 8)

  • Notebook:

    • Map: Bodies of Water (Red Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, South China Sea, Bay of Bengal, Caribbean Sea, Hudson Bay, Sea of Cortez, Great Lakes)

    • Week 8 Terms

  • DUE: Exhibit

  • Migration DBQ - India, Palestine, Africans

    • Documents 1, 2, 3 [African migrations to New World] + Conversation

    • 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

  • Fictitious Land Of...

    • + Create Final Draft (Stamped end of period)

• 3/16

  • Homework: Flags/Country/Written Component

  • The Wizard of Oz w/Questions

    • Oz Map

• 3/18

  • Quiz: Week 8 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Bodies of Water

  • Assignment/Homework: Flags/Country/Written Component

  • CNN Student News

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• 3/21 (Week 9)

  • Due: Flags/Country/Written Component

  • Notebook

    • Week 9 Terms

    • Map: Midterm Quiz

      • (USA, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru)

      • (France, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia)

  • Project Exhibition

  • Assignment: Exhibit Viewing

  • Project Time

• 3/23

  • Week 9 Terms!

  • Finish: Wizard of Oz

    • Questions Due

  • Project Exhibition

  • Socratic Seminar #3: John Green: Syrian Refugee Crisis (Migration)

  • John Green on Paper Towns and Why Learning is Awesome

  • Hanna Rosin: New Data on the Rise of Women

• 3/25

  • Quiz: Week 9 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Midterm Quiz (w/time to study!)

  • CNN Student News

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• 3/30 (Week 10 - BABA)

  • DUE: Notebook #3

  • Notebook

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

    • Week 10 Terms

  • China's Revolutions

  • Starter: The Story of Stuff

  • Homework: Manufacturing Stuff

    • Manufacturing Project Example

• 4/1

  • Map Quiz: East Asia

  • Terms Quiz: Week 10

  • Classwork/Homework: Manufacturing Stuff

    • Manufacturing Project Example

  • CNN Student News

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SPRING BREAK

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QUARTER FOUR

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• 4/11 (Week 11)

  • Due: Manufacturing Stuff

  • Starter: Humans and Energy

  • Notebook

    • Map: Chinese Cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, Plateau of Tibet, Gobi Desert, Manchuria, South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea)

    • Week 11 Terms

• 4/13

  • Presentations: Manufacturing Stuff

  • North American Universities: Choose Three Assignment

  • Work Time

• 4/15

  • Quiz: Week 11 Terms

  • Map Quiz: China

  • CNN Student News

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• 4/18 (Week 12)

  • Notebook

    • Week 12 Terms

    • Map: Flags (China, Russia, United Kingdom, South Africa, Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, India, Egypt)

  • Please Vote For Me

• 4/20

  • Finish: Please Vote For Me

  • Video: PBS: Journalist Goes On a Walk

  • Project Time

• 4/22

  • DUE: Notebook #4

  • Quiz: Week 12 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Flags

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• 4/25 (Week 13)

  • Starter: Case Study: Bhutan

  • Notebook:

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

    • Week 13 Terms

  • Video: Megaprojects

• 4/27

  • Activity: McDonald's Through a World Lens

    • McDonald's Items Not Available in the US

  • Project Time

• 4/29 (Half day) - PTO

  • Sir Thomas More Day

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• 5/2 (Week 14)

  • Video: Super Size Me

  • Notebook:

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

    • Week 14 Terms

  • Quiz: Week 13 Terms

  • Map Quiz: South East Asia

  • Project Time

• 5/4

  • Video: Should We Raise Minimum Wage?

  • Article: Fast-food workers face a respect gap?

  • Project Time

• 5/6

  • Quiz: Week 14 Terms

  • Map Quiz: South and West Africa

  • CNN Student News

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• 5/9 (Week 15 - AP Testing Week)

  • Notebook

    • Map: Africa 1 (South Africa, Zimbawbwee, Ethiopia, Somalia, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Sudan, Eritrea)

    • Week 15 Terms

  • Assignment: Presentation of Geography (POG)

  • Socratic Popcorn Reading (not appropriate for semester 2 classes)

    • Virginia Mosque

    • Sacred Ground or Bridging a Cultural Divide

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

• 5/11

  • Socratic Seminar #5: 1491: Unanswered Question (Ethnic Cleansing)

  • Project Time

  • Summer Movie Previews

    • ???

• 5/13

  • DUE: Notebook #5

  • Quiz: Week 15 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Africa

  • CNN Student News

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• 5/16 (Week 16)

  • Notebook

    • Countries (Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda)

    • Week 16 Terms

  • Assignment: Presentation of Geography (POG)

  • Assignment: Written Evaluations

    • Write out how you progressed with each ESLR before using your CPU

• 5/18

  • Activity: Model UN - World Health Organization (WHO)

    • Notes: The United Nations

    • Read...

      • Article on Polio in Nigeria: Nigeria Reaches Polio Milestone

      • Article on Polio in Pakistan: Pakistan Could Beat Polio In Months, Says WHO

        • 250-word explanation on (a) the reasons for success in Nigeria, and (b) the challenges facing Pakistan

    • World Health Organization (WHO) Role Play Assignment -WHO Committee Speech

      • WHO Aid Worker in Pakistan

      • WHO Aid Worker in Nigeria

      • Wealthy Donor

      • Political Leader in Pakistan

      • Political Leader in Nigeria

    • Challenge Component: Deliver in Second Language w/Written English Translation - Languages of the United Nations

      • Arabic (18 December)

      • Chinese (20 April)

      • English (23 April)

      • French (20 March)

      • Russian (6 June)

      • Spanish (12 October)

  • Project Time: Presentations of Geography (POGs)

  • Project Time: WHO Speech

• 5/20

  • Quiz: Week 16 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Africa 3

  • CNN Student News

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• 5/23 (Week 17 - ABAB)

  • Notebook

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

    • Week 17 Terms

  • Overview of Final Exam

  • Project Time: Presentations of Geography (POGs)

  • Project Time: WHO Speech

• 5/25

  • Map Quiz: The Stans

  • Quiz: Week 17 Terms

  • Video: The Polio Story: The Vaccine That Changed The World

    • Worksheet: Polio Movie Worksheet

  • Project Time: Presentations of Geography (POGs)

  • Project Time: WHO Speech

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• 6/1 (Week 18 - BABA)

  • Notebook:

    • Map - Pacific Islands (New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Guam, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu)

    • Week 18 Terms

  • Presentations of Geography (POGs)

    • Period 3: Students with last names A-M

    • Period 6: Students with last names A-I

  • Project Time: WHO Speech

• 6/3

  • DUE: Notebook #6

  • Quiz: Week 18 Terms

  • Map Quiz: Pacific Islands

  • Presentations of Geography (POGs)

    • Period 3: Students with last names N-Z

    • Period 6: Students with last names J-Z

  • Project Time: WHO Speech

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• 6/6 (Week 19 - POL Week) - 66 minute class

  • World Health Organization Speeches

• 6/8 - 80 minute class

  • World Health Organization Speeches

  • Quiet Study Hall

• 6/10 - 80 minute class - PTO

  • Quiet Study Hall

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• 6/13 (Finals Week)

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

• 6/16 (Half day)

  • Video Games

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SUMMER

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• 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