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Homework: (Remember each day to bring: pencil, assignment book, charged laptop, and your notebook/folder if it isn't already in the cabinets.)
9/10 - Today we watched CNN10 and discussed world/local events. We worked on Unit 1 notes below and went over all work due today by 6am. We introduced items for next week and did an Ed Puzzle on Chichen Itza. Tomorrow is red/white/blue day and we will focus on 9/11.
3. Human Environment Interaction – How do people interact with the environment? (Can be
positive or negative)
a. Using it – swimming or hiking.
b. Modify it – cutting down trees for houses/mining minerals.
c. Adapt it – man-made lakes, insulation, and heating.
4. Movement – How is this place connected to other places?
a. How and why people, goods, and ideas move.
1. Transportation
2. Migration – people relocate.
a. Push factor – drives people away.
1. Lack of job/no freedom/poor climate
b. Pull factor – draws people to location.
1. Better job/closer family/cheaper
3. Ideas – transferred to others.
5. Region – How might one or more common geographic characteristics help us understand
this place?
a. Common characteristics that hold an area together.
1. Neighborhoods where you live.
2. Areas of a continent or continents themselves
3. Items are common to a certain region or area.
9/9 - Today we watched CNN10 and discussed local/world events. We worked on Unit 1 notes below and gave time for in class/hwk/ixl due tomorrow by 6am. We introduced the new ce for next week and went over why someone chose to live here.
D. Five Themes of Geography MR HELP
1. Location – Where is it?
a. Absolute location – exact address
b. Relative location – general idea
2. Place – What is it like there?
a. Natural characteristics – physical features, climate, and vegetation.
b. Human characteristics – people living in an area and man-made features they put there.
9/8 - Today we watched CNN10 and discussed local/world events. We went over population pages in the red book and looked at the pop clock for the world. We continued on Unit 1 notes below and helped find current event topics - ce due tomorrow by 6am. We also gave some in class doc time.
C. Inquiry
1. Investigation of geographic problems and issues.
2. Ask-Acquire-Organize-Analyze-Answer
3. Use maps-globes-GPS – graphs – charts – GIS – diagrams
4. Every area of the Earth categorized one of three ways.
a. Rural – people do not live close to each other. A lot of open space or farmland –
living in the country.
b. Urban – people live close to one another – city life.
c. Suburban – less building than urban but open land – close to large cities and people
commute to nearby urban areas to work.
9/3 Thursday - Today we watched CNN10 and discussed world/local events. We reviewed all homework submissions from last week and looked at the rest of the powerpoint on maps and distortion. We examined some map page sin the yellow book, introduced next weeks' work, and did Unit 1 notes found below. We also provided an Ed Puzzle on CN Tower for a resource if needed for the current event. Don't forget no school tomorrow or Monday. Have a fantastic long weekend.
5. Expanding environments – studying small places and expanding to larger regions.
6. Spatial scales – breaking the Earth into smaller chunks. These include local,
regional, interregional, and global.
C. Inquiry
9/2 - Today we watched CNN10 and discussed world/local events. We review the current event submissions or ones not entered, introduced the Canada one due next week, and went over the assignments due tomorrow and gave time to work on them. We examined the red book pages on maps and powerpoint on latitude/longitude/hemispheres and discussed airport security and finished up the terrorism part of the red book. We also worked on Unit 1 notes below. All items due tomorrow morning by 6am and you need your headphones.
B. Geography
1. It investigates the earth and ways humans interact with it.
2. Geographer– expert on geography and they study Earth’s physical features.
3. Physical Geography – natural characteristics.
a. Landforms/Bodies of Water/Vegetation/Climate
4. Human geography – ways people interact with Earth.
9/1- Today we watched CNN10 and discussed world/local events. We went over the assignments due this week and reviewed pages 7-12 in the powerpoint, red book 4-7 on maps, and terrorism unit pages 3-12. Please find out how flying has changed over your parents lifetime. We then worked on Unit 1 notes below as well as split into large groups to get everyone started on their in class doc and homework doc plus IXL all due Thursday by 6am. Everyone has a current event topic and this two paragraph item is due tomorrow - Wednesday - by 6am.
I. World Geography and Global Issues
A. Extra
1. All Americans affected by world events.
2. Global economy connects us all.
3. Common issues face humanity and we all need to work together and learn from one another.
8/31 - Thanks for working with the plans last week - we went over who did and didn't do items, as well as conduct expectations today. We then watched CNN10 and discussed world/local events. We went over the assignments and did a picture walk of the red book atlas pages A1-25. We introduced the terrorism unit and everyone should ask their parents where they were on 9/11.We did some power point slides on maps and scales, went over current event submissions and helped everyone find a topic, and took our 6th grade SLO assessment that does not count but is examined. CE due Wednesday by 6am!
Monday 8/24 - Thanks for a great 1st day - very well done by everyone.
Tuesday 8/25 - our in homeroom day. We have a lot to get done today!
Rest of the week I am out - please do best to follow the directions given on the stream.
CE Dates: (10 points per week) ( 2 paragraphs per event - five fully developed sentences per paragraph or more - one event per week - no sports/weather) Please watch your plagiarism. Please stay away from quotes and watch your spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. All are due Wednesday's by 6AM on the date listed and submitted via Google Classroom doc.
Describe the current event
what happened?
when did it happen?
where did it happen?
who was involved?
why did it happen? (if you know or can form a hypothesis)
what are the consequences?
which media has covered the event and when?
9/2 and 1/27 USA
9/9 and 2/3 CE Canada OR Stanley Park Vancouver Summary OR CN Tower Summary
9/16 and 2/10 CE Mexico OR Chichen Itza Summary
9/23 and 2/17 CE Puerto Rico OR Statue of Liberty Summary OR Eiffel Tower Summary
9/30 and 2/24 CE Brazil OR Stonehenge Summary
10/7 and 3/3 CE Peru OR Machu Picchu Summary
10/14 and 3/10 CE Argentina OR Iguazu Falls Summary OR Angkor Wat Summary
10/21 and 3/17 CE Chile OR Easter Island Summary
10/28 and 3/31 CE Colombia OR Great Wall of China Summary
11/4 and 4/7 CE Guatemala OR Roman Colosseum Summary OR Acropolis of Athens Summary
11/11 and 4/14 CE Uruguay OR Taj Mahal Summary
11/18 and 4/21 CE Cuba OR Great Pyramids of Giza Summary
12/2 and 5/12 CE Panama OR Panama Canal Summary
12/9 and 5/19 CE Bolivia OR Petra Summary OR Mt. Rushmore
12/16 and 5/26 CE Ecuador OR Galapagos Islands Summary or Sydney Opera House Summary
1/6 and 6/2 CE Venezuela or Angel Falls Summary or Walt Disney Biography
Summary CE Websites: http://www.countryreports.org
https://www.theguardian.com/us https://www.independent.co.uk/us https://www.dogonews.com/ https://www.usatoday.com/ These are just some examples of websites you can use.
Extra credit tissue box topics below!
You may only submit one. It is due end of each semester.
Submit it with the tissues in it please….artwork doesn’t count against you!
All sides of the box must be covered with facts and drawings of the topic.
The 7 wonders of the world are:
Taj Mahal - India
Colosseum - Italy
Chichen Itza - Mexico
Machu Picchu - Peru
Christ the Redeemer - Brazil
Petra - Jordan
Great Wall of China - China
The 7 wonders of the ancient world are:
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Great Pyramids of Giza
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Temple of Artemis
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Colossus of Rhodes
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