Week of Oct. 15-19

Homework:  Research your cultural hearth's population age-sex distribution and construct a population pyramid.  Draw 3 conclusions, compare to another country, and predict the future in terms of the demographic transition model.

10/19/12

Common Core:  Determining central idea; using subject vocabulary; conducting Internet research; critical problem solving; reading graphs; drawing conclusions

10/15/12

Essential Question: How is Japan dealing with their growing elderly population?

Silent reading:  p. 65 in Rubenstein

Answer the following on a sheet of paper to be submitted at the end of the period.

a. Summarize articles in two or three sentences.

b. List any vocab. words you do not understand and write their definitions.

c. Ask a question or questions about confusing topics.

d. Raise a critical question about implications for the future.

e. Write a one-sentence description of each population pyramid.

If you finish early, study Population practice tests in Barron's.

10/16/12

Independent work: Readings in Rubenstein

Read pp. 71-73 in Rubenstein (exclude Summary and Case Study)

a. Define epidemiological transition

b. In one sentence, summarize each stage of the ET. (List as Stage 1, 2, etc.

c.  Address question #3 in "Thinking Geographically".

Homework: With LP, brainstorm this problem: The US has an aging society which will only become worse in the future. If you could rule the world, how would you deal with this problem?

10/17/12

No Class (PSAT)

10/18/12

Rubenstein pp. 64; 71-73; Read 74 Case Study

Essential Questions:  How is Japan dealing with their growing elderly population? Explain the epidemiologic transition.  What are some suggestion for dealing with the future US aging population.

10/19/12

Quiz on pp. 64, 71-74

Have students describe and explain their population pyramids.

Give directions for Hearth Project research (online)

Homework:  work on hearth research.