AP Human Geography

-CRQ: Identify 1 country in stage 4/5 of the demographic transition model that faces an aging population problem. Explain the problem they face. Identify 1 country in stage 2/3 of the demographic transition model that faces an over-population problem. Explain the problem they face.

-Current Event: Hundreds of Indian Girls Named 'Unwanted' Choose New Names

-Due: Ch. 2 Reading / Assign Ch. 3 Reading

Week 2 - Unit 2 Population

Essential Question:

Reading - Migration (p. 76-109)

Monday

-Submit Fast Food Nation Reading Questions

-Fast Food Nation CRQ

-Ch. 2 Population/Health, Key Issue 3 (Demographic Transition Model + Epidemiological Transition Model)

-Ch. 2 Population/Health, Key Issue 4

Tuesday

-Ch. 2 Population/Health, Key Issue 4

-Malthus: Yes/No? (CRQ Related)

-CRQ: Changing Demographics of Western Europe

Wednesday

-Assign reading notes due: Chapter 3

-Ch. 3 Migration, Key Issue 1

-Migration Interview Activity

Thursday

-Ch. 3 Migration, Key Issue 1

-Syrian Refugee Crisis

Friday

Video: The Syrian Conflict in five minutes

Socratic Seminar: Where are Syria's refugees going? / 'Not Welcome sign: Europeans take steps..."

-Migration Interview Worktime

Week 3 - Unit 2 Population

Essential Question:

Reading - Migration (p. 76-109)

Monday

-Ch. 3 Migration, Key Issue 2

-Migration Activity Due

Tuesday

-Ch. 3 Migration, Key Issue 3

Wednesday

-Ch. 3 Migration, Key Issue 4 (revise)

-Famous Walls of 20th century and before

-Guided reading notes due: Chapter 3

Thursday

-Review: Health/Population CRQ

-Review other CRQs

-How to study

Friday

-Video: Cost of the wall (MSNBC)

-Socratic Seminar: Want to build a border wall? We can learn a lot from Israel

Week 4 - Unit 3 Culture

Essential Question:

Reading - Folk and Popular Culture (p. 110-143) + Languages (144-181)

Monday

-TEST Population

Tuesday

Ch. 4 Folk and Pop Culture, Key Issue 1

Wednesday

Ch. 4 Folk and Pop Culture, Key Issue 2

Thursday (short periods)

NYT Article: Burqa Bans: Which Countries Outlaw Face Coverings

Socratic Seminar: Students' Rights: Schools Dress Code Pamphlet

Friday

-NO SCHOOL

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Winter Break

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Conflict and Compromise

-Population

-Migration

-Culture

-Language

-Religion

-Ethnicity

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Week 5 - Unit 3 Culture (Jan 8)

Essential Question:

Reading -

Monday

-Guided reading notes due: Chapter 4

-Guided reading notes due: Chapter 5

-Migration Assignment Due

Ch. 4 Folk and Pop Culture, Key Issue 3

Tuesday

Ch. 4 Folk and Pop Culture, Key Issue 4

Wednesday

Ch. 5 Language, Key Issue 1

Thursday

Ch. 5 Language, Key Issue 2

Ted Talk: What Makes a Word Real

-Socratic Seminar Question Formulation

Friday

-Socratic Seminar

Is Bilingualism Really an Advantage?

Week 6 - Unit 3 Culture (Jan 15)

Essential Question:

Reading -

Monday

-HOLIDAY

Tuesday

-Ch. 5 Language, Key Issue 3

-Maps that show how totally messed up America is

-Presentation: Isoglass Regions / Worksheet

-Religion Presentation

Wednesday

-Ted Talk: Don't Kill Your Language

-Ted Talk: Don't Insist on English!

Freakonomics Podcast: Globalized English Worksheet / Freakonomics Podcast (21:30 for Q1 and Q2, 29:10 for Q3, and 34:15 for Q3)

Thursday

-Ch. 5 Language, Key Issue 4

-Slideshow: gifs of World Religions

Friday

-Socratic Seminar Practice

-Lingua Franca

-CRQ

Week 7 - Unit 3 Culture (Jan 22)

Essential Question:

Reading -

Monday

-Ch. 6 Religions, Key Issue 1

Tuesday

-Ch. 6 Religions, Key Issue 2

-Ch. 6 Religions, Key Issue 3

Wednesday

-Religion Slide

Thursday

-Ch. 6 Religions, Key Issue 4

Friday

-Religion Slides

-Socratic Seminar

-Sacred Ground or Bridging a Cultural Divide

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

Week 8 - Unit 3 Culture (Jan 29)

Essential Question:

Reading -

Monday

Unit 3 Exam CRQ Options

Tuesday

-ING Speakers

Wednesday

-TEST - CRQ

Thursday

-Test - Multiple Choice

Friday

9/11 Families.

Week 9 - Unit 4 Politics (Feb 5)

Essential Question:

Reading -

Monday

Ch. 7 Ethnicities, Key Issue 1

Video: Huckleberry Finn and the "N" Word

1916 Geography Book

Tuesday

Ch. 7 Ethnicities, Key Issue 2

Ted Talk: My road trip through the whitest towns in America

Ted Talk: Can A Black Man Talk About White Culture?

Wednesday

Ch. 7 Ethnicities, Key Issue 3

Video: Turkey: Polymagy in Kurdish Lands

Video: Kurdistan

Thursday

Ch. 7 Ethnicities, Key Issue 4

Assign Model UN Simulation (see google drive)

Socratic Seminar 11

Fix the Census' Archaic Racial Categories

Fix the Census’ Archaic Racial Categories (Doc)

Ch. 8 Political Geography, Key Issue 2

Wednesday

Ch. 8 Political Geography, Key Issue 3

Thursday

-Position Paper Due

-Assign Second Topic

-Socratic Seminar: Flint, Michigan: Did Race and Poverty Factor into Water Crisis

Ch. 8 Political Geography, Key Issue 4

Friday

Laptops

Week 11 - Unit 4 Politics (Feb 19)

Essential Question:

Reading -

Monday

-HOLIDAY

Tuesday

-Model UN Day 1

Wednesday

-Model UN Day 2

Thursday

-Model UN Day 3

Friday

Week 12 - Unit 4 Politics (Feb 26)

Essential Question:

Reading -

Monday

-Test - Politics 50 Questions + 2 CRQs

Tuesday

-Presentations (work-time)

-Micaela Gallegos Example

Wednesday

-Presentations (work-time)

Thursday

-Overview (Mila, Riane, Sarah)

-Population and Health Presentation (Gabriella, Ashley, Ysabella)

Friday

-Folk and Pop Culture Presentation (Julian, Breanna, Adam)

-Migration Presentation (Kinsey, Eden, Nada)

Week 13 - Unit 5 Midterms (Mar 5)

Essential Question:

Reading -

Monday

-Languages Presentation (Aidan, Marie, Haley)

-Religion Presentation (Jael, Madeleine, Kilian)

Tuesday

-Ethnicity Presentation (Jordan, Manvitha, Shaanth)

-Political Geography Presentation (Wyatt, Anthony, Julissa, Alicia)

Wednesday

-Final Exam

-75 questions in 60 minutes

-2 CRQs in 50 minutes

Thursday

-NULL

Friday

-NO SCHOOL

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End of Trimester

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Week 10 - Unit 4 Politics (Feb 12)

Essential Question:

Reading -

Monday

Ch. 8 Political Geography, Key Issue 1

Ted Talk: Maps of Future Countries

Ted Talk: Mapping the Future Countries

Tuesday