Thursday & Friday March 31st & Apr 1st Days 51 & 52

OBJECTIVE: After watching the documentary Guns Germs and Steel, students will be able to identify the various factors which led western European countries to flourish and dominate the rest of the world

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the factors (environmentally and animal availability) which allowed for certain cultures to develop dominance, and realize that it was based on chance (where you lived and what crops and animals were present) which led to domination, and not race religion or ethnicity.

EVIDENCE: By listing and understanding the factors, students will demonstrate an enlightened knowledge about race, ethnicity, culture, ingenuity, and luck.

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Why you white men have so much cargo...and we New Guineans have so little?


Today we will begin watching Episode 1 "Out of Eden" from Guns Germs & Steel

Guns Germs & Steel - Here is the Book

Guns Germs and Steel - Questions for Episode #1

Tuesday & Wednesday March 29th & 30th Days 49 & 50

OBJECTIVE: After watching the documentary Guns Germs and Steel, students will be able to identify the various factors which led western European countries to flourish and dominate the rest of the world

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the factors (environmentally and animal availability) which allowed for certain cultures to develop dominance, and realize that it was based on chance (where you lived and what crops and animals were present) which led to domination, and not race religion or ethnicity.

EVIDENCE: By listing and understanding the factors, students will demonstrate an enlightened knowledge about race, ethnicity, culture, ingenuity, and luck.

Journal Entry -$15 minimum wage VS the rights of business owners to set their wage.

After reading the two articles below, answer in defense or opposition to setting a minimum wage.

1st - read the article addressing this issue - Calif Wage

2nd read the counter argument - Min Wage is bad

Lets Watch Elizabeth Warren (Senator from Massachusetts) Video here

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Correct the Population Test, then correct the Latin America Mapping Test


Once that is finished we will start on Guns Germs and Steel reading -Prologue here
You assignment is to do skimming and scanning of the prologue. You will be asked to write a Heading for each section based on the content of the paragraphs in that section. Read the material and create a headline/heading that would summarize its main point. Secondly, you will be asked to underline the key points in each paragraph, that contain the paragraphs key point(s)

Here is the Book

Guns Germs and Steel - Questions for Episode #1

Monday March 28th Day 48

Mapping Monday- Latin America

 Today's schedule

Current Event  #15, #16 on Latin America is Due

Objective - Given a set of blank maps, and a list of political and physical items, students will be able to access on-line atlases to locate and properly list the items within a defined country/continent using the proper mapping techniques learned in class.

Rationale - Students current geographical awareness is sorely lacking, and this activity will assists in changing that deficiency

Evidence - By correctly listing and labeling the various geographical items on a map, students will demonstrate their understanding of where items are located.

Middle East  Geography Unit

Middle East

Middle East Political and Physical List - Here

Middle East Blank Maps- Here

Thursday & Friday March 24th & 25th Days 46 & 47

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will research data about their selected country and will build an Infographic following specific category guidelines. 

Given a chromebook with access to the internet, student will access specific population related data tables and visually represent that data in a graphic form.

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key population components that are present in each country to understand their challenges as it relates to the country's development stage.

Students need to understand the various causes/forces which propel a country along the various stages of economic and social development within a Democratic Transition Model process

EVIDENCE: By building an Infographic, students will demonstrate the ability to locate specific data from a data packet, translate that data into a graph or chart, and then display that data in an Infographic for easier understanding.

Population Test

Journal Entry -What factors lead children into gender roles and what does that mean for equality, opportunity, and expected behaviors that are deemed "normal."  Read the article below and be ready to comment on this...

Is it ok they way we raise girls and boys as long as there's no stigma attached  for "acting out of the norm".....OR.....should we acknowledge the way we currently raise kids and adjust to prevent the gender roles it creates to end the social effects (positive or negative)

The article addresses equal pay for women, but explains how society as a whole is responsible (in some way) for the current climate where women are paid lower.
Here is the article


Another great article today, the process of Artificial Intelligence (SIRI or Cortana) and how that tech can be corrupted pretty quick, which raises the question of AI being used for discriminatory reasons without a conscience of impact

Racist Artificial Intelligence

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Population Test

Followed by The People Connection Reading and Questions

Lastly, we will cover some current events

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Tuesday & Wednesday March 22nd & 23rd Days 44 & 45

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will research data about their selected country and will build an Infographic following specific category guidelines. 

Given a chromebook with access to the internet, student will access specific population related data tables and visually represent that data in a graphic form.

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key population components that are present in each country to understand their challenges as it relates to the country's development stage.

Students need to understand the various causes/forces which propel a country along the various stages of economic and social development within a Democratic Transition Model process

EVIDENCE: By building an Infographic, students will demonstrate the ability to locate specific data from a data packet, translate that data into a graph or chart, and then display that data in an Infographic for easier understanding.

INFOGRAPHIC WORK

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Today we will present the infographics and have student evaluations.

Followed by The People Connection Reading and Questions

Lastly, we will cover some current events

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Monday March 21st Day 43

Mapping Monday- Latin America

 Today's schedule

Current Event  #13, #14 on Latin America is Due

Objective - Given a set of blank maps, and a list of political and physical items, students will be able to access on-line atlases to locate and properly list the items within a defined country/continent using the proper mapping techniques learned in class.

Rationale - Students current geographical awareness is sorely lacking, and this activity will assists in changing that deficiency

Evidence - By correctly listing and labeling the various geographical items on a map, students will demonstrate their understanding of where items are located.

Continuation of Population Unit starts Tuesday

Latin America  Geography Unit

Latin America

South America Blank Maps - Here  

Central America Maps -  Here  

List of Political and Physical features - Here

Thursday & Friday March 17th & 18th Days 41 & 42

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will research data about their selected country and will build an Infographic following specific category guidelines. 

Given a chromebook with access to the internet, student will access specific population related data tables and visually represent that data in a graphic form.

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key population components that are present in each country to understand their challenges as it relates to the country's development stage.

Students need to understand the various causes/forces which propel a country along the various stages of economic and social development within a Democratic Transition Model process

EVIDENCE: By building an Infographic, students will demonstrate the ability to locate specific data from a data packet, translate that data into a graph or chart, and then display that data in an Infographic for easier understanding.

INFOGRAPHIC WORK

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18 statements and Population Causes and Consequences are due by Midnight Wednesday

Your Infographic will be due Friday - I have extended the deadline because students have been working hard and are making some great infographics. Use your class time wisely, keep refining your infographic and make it awesome.

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INFOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS SHEET

Follow the steps and links listed here

CHAPTER 9 TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS - 
Page 204 Q's 1-3 
Page 206 Q's 1-3
Page 208 Q's 1-3
Page 210 Q's 1-3
Page 212 Q's 1-3
Page 214 Q's 1-2
Page 217 Q's 1-4
Comparing Economies
Determining Causes
Regional Atlas

Tuesday and Wednesday March 15th & 16th Days 40 & 41

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will research data about their selected country and will build an Infographic following specific category guidelines. 

Given a chromebook with access to the internet, student will access specific population related data tables and visually represent that data in a graphic form.

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key population components that are present in each country to understand their challenges as it relates to the country's development stage.

Students need to understand the various causes/forces which propel a country along the various stages of economic and social development within a Democratic Transition Model process

EVIDENCE: By building an Infographic, students will demonstrate the ability to locate specific data from a data packet, translate that data into a graph or chart, and then display that data in an Infographic for easier understanding.

INFOGRAPHIC WORK

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18 statements and Population Causes and Consequences are due by Midnight Wednesday

Your Infographic will be due Friday - I have extended the deadline because students have been working hard and are making some great infographics. Use your class time wisely, keep refining your infographic and make it awesome.

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INFOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS SHEET

Follow the steps and links listed here

18 Statements Assignment 

"18 Statements"

Population Causes and Consequences

Copy this article and follow the directions regarding summarizing each paragraph

Population Causes and Consequences

Monday March 14th Day 39

Mapping Monday- Latin America

 Today's schedule

Current Event  #13, #14 on Latin America is Due

Objective - Given a set of blank maps, and a list of political and physical items, students will be able to access on-line atlases to locate and properly list the items within a defined country/continent using the proper mapping techniques learned in class.

Rationale - Students current geographical awareness is sorely lacking, and this activity will assists in changing that deficiency

Evidence - By correctly listing and labeling the various geographical items on a map, students will demonstrate their understanding of where items are located.

Continuation of Population Unit starts Tuesday

Latin America  Geography Unit

Latin America

South America Blank Maps - Here  

Central America Maps -  Here  

List of Political and Physical features - Here

Thursday & Friday March 10th & 11th Days 37 & 38

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will research data about their selected country and will build an Infographic following specific category guidelines. 

Given a chromebook with access to the internet, student will access specific population related data tables and visually represent that data in a graphic form.

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key population components that are present in each country to understand their challenges as it relates to the country's development stage.

Students need to understand the various causes/forces which propel a country along the various stages of economic and social development within a Democratic Transition Model process

EVIDENCE: By building an Infographic, students will demonstrate the ability to locate specific data from a data packet, translate that data into a graph or chart, and then display that data in an Infographic for easier understanding.

INFOGRAPHIC WORK

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INFOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS SHEET

Follow the steps and links listed here

Resource to be used to get information for your infographic -
 World Data Packet

How To..........................

"Making a population pyramid" directions

"Making a Line Graph"

18 Statements Assignment 

"18 Statements"

Population Causes and Consequences

Copy this article and follow the directions regarding summarizing each paragraph

Population Causes and Consequences

Tuesday and Wednesday March 8th & 9th Day 35 &36

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will research data about their selected country and will build an Infographic following specific category guidelines. 

Given a chromebook with access to the internet, student will access specific population related data tables and visually represent that data in a graphic form.

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key population components that are present in each country to understand their challenges as it relates to the country's development stage.

Students need to understand the various causes/forces which propel a country along the various stages of economic and social development within a Democratic Transition Model process

EVIDENCE: By building an Infographic, students will demonstrate the ability to locate specific data from a data packet, translate that data into a graph or chart, and then display that data in an Infographic for easier understanding.

INFOGRAPHIC

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INFOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS SHEET

Follow the steps and links listed here

Resource to be used to get information for your infographic - World Data Packet

Infographic Directions and "how to" for the Population Pyramid and the Line Graph

Infographic Directions Sheet

How To..........................

"Making a population pyramid" directions

"Making a Line Graph"

Sites to create infographics (These are an optional site to create the infographic) 

Easel.ly

Piktochart 

Infogr.am

Vengage

**Please make a free account on any of these sites and make a Venn Diagram that includes this information. Check list. 

18 Statements Assignment 

"18 Statements"

Population Causes and Consequences

Copy this article and follow the directions regarding summarizing each paragraph

Population Causes and Consequences

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Monday March 7th Day 34

Mapping Monday- Africa

 Today's schedule

Current Event  #11, #12 on Africa is Due

Objective - Given a set of blank maps, and a list of political and physical items, students will be able to access on-line atlases to locate and properly list the items within a defined country/continent using the proper mapping techniques learned in class.

Rationale - Students current geographical awareness is sorely lacking, and this activity will assists in changing that deficiency

Evidence - By correctly listing and labeling the various geographical items on a map, students will demonstrate their understanding of where items are located.

Start our Next Mapping Unit on


Current Events #13 #14 due next Monday - Latin america

Continuation of Population Unit starts Tuesday

Latin America Maps will be the next Geography Unit

Latin America

South America Blank Maps - Here  

Central America Maps -  Here  

List of Political and Physical features - Here

Friday March 4th Day 33

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will research data about their selected country and fill-in a data sheet. This data sheet will be used to build an Infographic on a Poster Board

Given a chromebook with access to the internet, student will record information presented in a powerpoint and fill-in a data chart for the various stages of a "Democratic Transition Model"

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key population components that are present in each country to understand their challenges as it relates to advancing along the Demographic Transition Model sequence from a lower stage country to a more modern stage country.

Students need to understand the various causes/forces which propel a country along the various stages of economic and social development within a Democratic Transition Model process

EVIDENCE: By filling in the chart, students will become demonstrate the ability to locate specific data from a data packet, translate that data into a graph or chart, and then display that data in an Infographic for easier understanding.

By filling in their chart, students will be able to identify how demographers classify countries along the Demographic Transition Model, and will be able to identify where "their country" (the one they selected as part of the Infographic project) is located. 

POPULATION

Journal: If the world's current population growth percent would cause famine, starvation, rioting, and general chaos, what rule would you institute to control population growth?

(Devise a law/policy that could be applied to everyone on the earth as it relates to two things: consumption of water and reproduction)

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INFOGRAPHIC - 16 X 20 (portrait...that means 16 inches wide by 20 inches tall)

Resource to be used to get information for your infographic - World Data Packet

Infographic Directions Directions Sheet

Sites to create infographics (These are an optional site to create the infographic) 

Easel.ly

Piktochart 

Infogr.am

Vengage

**Please make a free account on any of these sites and make a Venn Diagram that includes this information. Check list. 

Hans Rosling - DTM Stages TED talk

This short video will be followed by a short TED conference video from Hans Rosling about the Population Growing Box by Box - Population Growth Box by Box

Hans Rosling - The Magic Washing Machine

This video explains the various levels of industrialization experienced by various countries
"Magic Washing Machine"

Population Causes and Consequences

Copy this article and follow the directions regarding summarizing each paragraph

Population Causes and Consequences

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Wednesday and Thursday March 2nd and 3rd Days 31 & 32

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will research data about their selected country and fill-in a data sheet. This data sheet will be used to build an Infographic on a Poster Board

Given a chromebook with access to the internet, student will record information presented in a powerpoint and fill-in a data chart for the various stages of a "Democratic Transition Model"

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key population components that are present in each country to understand their challenges as it relates to advancing along the Demographic Transition Model sequence from a lower stage country to a more modern stage country.

Students need to understand the various causes/forces which propel a country along the various stages of economic and social development within a Democratic Transition Model process

EVIDENCE: By filling in the chart, students will become demonstrate the ability to locate specific data from a data packet, translate that data into a graph or chart, and then display that data in an Infographic for easier understanding.

By filling in their chart, students will be able to identify how demographers classify countries along the Demographic Transition Model, and will be able to identify where "their country" (the one they selected as part of the Infographic project) is located. 

POPULATION

Journal: If the world's current population growth percent would cause famine, starvation, rioting, and general chaos, what rule would you institute to control population growth?

(Devise a law/policy that could be applied to everyone on the earth as it relates to two things: consumption of water and reproduction)

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Today we will start with the Demographic Transition Model Presentation (5)

( Here is a pdf version in case you want to have it on your laptop as I am presenting it) Demographic Transition Model Presentation

INFOGRAPHIC - 16 X 20 (portrait...that means 16 inches wide by 20 inches tall)

Resource to be used to get information for your infographic - World Data Packet

Each student will select a country to create their population pyramid and infographic.

Go to this site and select the country you will be using to complete this project

Website for population Data

Infographic Directions Directions Sheet

Sites to create infographics (These are an optional site to create the info graphic) 

Easel.ly

Piktochart 

Infogr.am

Vengage

**Please make a free account on any of these sites and make a Venn Diagram that includes this information. Check list. 

Hans Rosling - DTM Stages TED talk

This short video will be followed by a short TED conference video from Hans Rosling about the Population Growing Box by Box - Population Growth Box by Box

Hans Rosling - The Magic Washing Machine

This video explains the various levels of industrialization experienced by various countries
"Magic Washing Machine"

Population Causes and Consequences

Copy this article and follow the directions regarding summarizing each paragraph

Population Causes and Consequences

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Gates Annual Letter - Gates Letter

Boundless Malthus theory - Malthus