Week of Sept. 18-21

9/18/12
Introduce "The Black Death" film.
Identify places involved.  Look for diffusion, movement, and cultural effects.
Homework:  Research The Black Death and come up with an interesting fact.  Identify5 new places on map.

9/19/12
Finish Black Death film
Review essential geographic points
Homework:  Study for quiz on first two sections of Population unit.

9/20/12
game review of population quiz
quiz
Homework:  In Barron's read section on "Human Migration."  Concentrate on vocab., maps, and italicized words.

9/21/12
warm-up:  5 minutes: jot down factors that cause people to migrate; share with LP
Essential Guiding Questions: 
a.  Define migration,
b.  What are the factors that cause people to migrate? Would anyone like to share why their family came to the US?  What were the push and pull factors?
c.  What is the difference between emigrate and immigrate?
d.   Define "chain migration".  Has your family experienced chain migration. Describe the situation.
e.  Has any ethnic group experienced intervening obstacles when immigrating into the US?  Explain.  Has your family experienced intervening obstacles?  Explain.
f.  What is a refugee?

Homework:
a. Interview a family member about their immigration experience.  Some of the questions above Bold) can be your guide.  The first questions should be:  "Tell me about your immigration experience into the US." 
b.  Type the question in bold followed by the answer in italics.
c.  Finish reading Barron's population chapter. 
      i.  highlight or note important points
     ii.  circle or note and look up confusing words or phrases
    iii.  estimate main idea per section
     iv.  raise one important question per section




Coming up:
Population Geography graphic organizer
population hearth work
Video:  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2011/10/world_population_set_to_hit_7.html