Dec. 3
Explain resources available at DBHS Media Center
T-Shirt Travels
Homework: Read and study T-Shirt Travels "Zambia's Debt"
and "The Film" at http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/tshirttravels/debt.html. If you can't find the URL, google "T-Shirt Travels."
Dec. 4
Peer edit essays
T-Shirt Travels discussion
Homework: Review Political Geography chapter; jot down any concept you don't understand.
Dec. 5
Collect essays
T-Shirt Travels Discussion
Dec. 6
T-Shirt Travels
Homework: Review Barron's political geo. Test on Tuesday.
Dec. 7
Making groups to study at home
T-Shirt Travels
Note connection to colonialism
Homework: Study Barron's Political Geography chapter
Friday, November 30, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Hearth Colony Essay
Hearth Writing Assessment (limit 2 pages or 900 words [insert at
end of paper])
Describe how your cultural hearth has been affected politically, and/or economically, and/or culturally because of colonialism or imperialism.
Suggested structure of essay (IF you choose all three topics):
Paragraph 1: Brief history of your hearth’s colonial experience. Thesis statement (last sentence in introduction) should state something like: “________________ has been negatively (or positively) affected economically, politically, and culturally because of the lingering effects of colonialism (or imperialism).
Paragraphs 2-4: Structure the body of your essay in a logical division of topics. For example, you could write a paragraph addressing political effects on the peoples such as colonial authorities redrawing boundaries; another paragraph could analyze the economic effects. For example, Haiti has never recovered from the huge financial debt it was forced to pay to the French after independence, and this has had a grave impact on the country’s economy. The last paragraph of the body could address any cultural aftereffects of colonialism. For instance, whenever foreign military bases are present in a colony, those military personnel usually interact with the natives resulting in cultural diffusion.
Paragraph 5: Your conclusion should summarize your body (not a repetition, but paraphrasing of findings). You should take a stand on whether or not colonialism was beneficial and/or detrimental for your hearth. (Remember, there can be positive and negative effects.) You could also address any questions raised by your hearth’s current situation in terms of colonialism or imperialism. Finally you could address a familial connection to colonization.
Describe how your cultural hearth has been affected politically, and/or economically, and/or culturally because of colonialism or imperialism.
Suggested structure of essay (IF you choose all three topics):
Paragraph 1: Brief history of your hearth’s colonial experience. Thesis statement (last sentence in introduction) should state something like: “________________ has been negatively (or positively) affected economically, politically, and culturally because of the lingering effects of colonialism (or imperialism).
Paragraphs 2-4: Structure the body of your essay in a logical division of topics. For example, you could write a paragraph addressing political effects on the peoples such as colonial authorities redrawing boundaries; another paragraph could analyze the economic effects. For example, Haiti has never recovered from the huge financial debt it was forced to pay to the French after independence, and this has had a grave impact on the country’s economy. The last paragraph of the body could address any cultural aftereffects of colonialism. For instance, whenever foreign military bases are present in a colony, those military personnel usually interact with the natives resulting in cultural diffusion.
Paragraph 5: Your conclusion should summarize your body (not a repetition, but paraphrasing of findings). You should take a stand on whether or not colonialism was beneficial and/or detrimental for your hearth. (Remember, there can be positive and negative effects.) You could also address any questions raised by your hearth’s current situation in terms of colonialism or imperialism. Finally you could address a familial connection to colonization.
Week of Nov. 26-30
Nov. 26
Discuss problems with research. (Promethean Board)
Monitor homework.
Homework: Find MLA site and read over it.
Nov. 27
MLA lesson
Review MLA
Nov. 28
China and Angola film
MLA quiz
Model how to structure essay on colonialism
Assignment: Using Barron's, Rubenstein, and various URLs compose an essay. Directions are on another link.
Review hearth essay link
Nov. 29
Research papers
review rubric
Homework: work on essays Due Dec. 3
Nov. 30
Computer work on essays.
Homework: work on essays
Coming up:
Homework: Research North Korea on line and be ready to explain conflict.
Topic: North Korea
dictate vocabulary for North Korea unit
Warm-up: Write everything you know about the North/South Korea border conflict.
Promethean Board: Display pictures of North Korea
PBS film: "Kimjongilia"
Discuss problems with research. (Promethean Board)
Monitor homework.
Homework: Find MLA site and read over it.
Nov. 27
MLA lesson
Review MLA
Nov. 28
China and Angola film
MLA quiz
Model how to structure essay on colonialism
Assignment: Using Barron's, Rubenstein, and various URLs compose an essay. Directions are on another link.
Review hearth essay link
Nov. 29
Research papers
review rubric
Homework: work on essays Due Dec. 3
Nov. 30
Computer work on essays.
Homework: work on essays
Coming up:
Homework: Research North Korea on line and be ready to explain conflict.
Topic: North Korea
dictate vocabulary for North Korea unit
Warm-up: Write everything you know about the North/South Korea border conflict.
Promethean Board: Display pictures of North Korea
PBS film: "Kimjongilia"
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Week of Nov. 19-21
Nov. 19
Review vocab using web site
Essential question: What were the border conflict involving East and West Germany?
Warm-up: one minute write: Write everything you remember about the Berlin Wall. Share with LP.
Take a virtual fieldtrip to the Berlin Wall
http://aicer01.blogspot.com/2012/09/germany-tour-day-4-20th-sept.html
Homework: Explore your hearth's connection to colonialization. Be ready to explain the following:
How your hearth was either a colony of a more powerful state OR was a colonizer of a weaker state?
Today does your hearth tend to be an imperialist state or has it been imperialized? If so, how? Print out your information and highlight important points.
Nov. 20
Essential question: What is the difference between colonialism and imperialism?
Jigsaw Rubenstein--244-247
Promethean Board of modern Africa
On Promethean Board display colonial map of 1914 Africa and compare it to modern Africa.
Homework: In a short paragraph, summarize your hearth's relationship to colonization.
Nov. 21
Essential Question: What is your hearth's relationship to colonization?
Select students will read summaries of hearth's relationship to colonization.
Review hearth colonization assignment.
Homework: Research the following:
For Monday:
Review vocab using web site
http://apmodels.wikispaces.com/Political+Geography
Essential question: What were the border conflict involving East and West Germany?
Warm-up: one minute write: Write everything you remember about the Berlin Wall. Share with LP.
Take a virtual fieldtrip to the Berlin Wall
http://aicer01.blogspot.com/2012/09/germany-tour-day-4-20th-sept.html
Homework: Explore your hearth's connection to colonialization. Be ready to explain the following:
How your hearth was either a colony of a more powerful state OR was a colonizer of a weaker state?
Today does your hearth tend to be an imperialist state or has it been imperialized? If so, how? Print out your information and highlight important points.
Nov. 20
Essential question: What is the difference between colonialism and imperialism?
Jigsaw Rubenstein--244-247
Promethean Board of modern Africa
On Promethean Board display colonial map of 1914 Africa and compare it to modern Africa.
Homework: In a short paragraph, summarize your hearth's relationship to colonization.
Nov. 21
Essential Question: What is your hearth's relationship to colonization?
Select students will read summaries of hearth's relationship to colonization.
Review hearth colonization assignment.
Homework: Research the following:
- Basics of colonial experience: who, when, where (Introduction)
- Methods to impose will: e.g., How was foreign entity able to colonize your hearth? (brief history)
- How did your hearth gain independence?
- What were the economic, political, and social effects of colonization on your hearth? (these usually intersect)
- How has colonization affected your family? (If there are no effects, you'll have to argue why it hasn't affected your family.)
- Watch Angola/China neo-colonization (on link)
For Monday:
- Bring web URLs
- Have completed introduction
- Summarize history
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Week of Nov. 13-16
11/13/12
Topics:
Shapes of countries
Essential question:
How does the size and shape affect a country?
Think, pair, share on question.
Promethean Board presentation of countries and their shape and location.
Homework: Study vocab.
11/14/12
Period 3
Essential question:
How does the size and shape affect a country?
Think, pair, share on question.
Promethean Board presentation of countries and their shape and location.
Quizlet review
Period 4
Promethean Board vocab. review
Quizlet review
Class checks as a whole
Homework: STUDY!!
11/15/12
Borders/boundaries
physical
geometric
subsequent
antecedent
superimposed
relic
Crossword vocab. review
11/16/12
Construct a paragraph using at least 10 political vocabulary
words.
Political Geography vocab test. Paragraph must have topic sentence with details. Paragraph must be coherent.
Homework: finish hearth; review imperialism and colonialism
Topics:
Shapes of countries
Essential question:
How does the size and shape affect a country?
Think, pair, share on question.
Promethean Board presentation of countries and their shape and location.
Homework: Study vocab.
11/14/12
Period 3
Essential question:
How does the size and shape affect a country?
Think, pair, share on question.
Promethean Board presentation of countries and their shape and location.
Quizlet review
Period 4
Promethean Board vocab. review
Quizlet review
Class checks as a whole
Homework: STUDY!!
11/15/12
Borders/boundaries
physical
geometric
subsequent
antecedent
superimposed
relic
Crossword vocab. review
11/16/12
Construct a paragraph using at least 10 political vocabulary
words.
Political Geography vocab test. Paragraph must have topic sentence with details. Paragraph must be coherent.
Homework: finish hearth; review imperialism and colonialism
Notes for 11/13/12
How does the size, shape, and location affect a country’s
viability?
The larger the more natural resources except
Russia and Canada where north is barren
Brazil has rain
forest, but not fertile soil
Country’s shape offers advantages and disadvantages
Vast landscapes
are harder to govern
Exclaves or
prouptions hard to administer to
Fragmented states
hard to create cohesion
Landlocked states
at strategic, military, and economic disadvantage
Elongated states
may have transportation problems; many areas far away from govt. centers
If given a map of a country, such as India or Canada, could
you write an essay about how a country’s shape and location affect national and
international politics?
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
MANKIND: The Story of All of Us
MANKIND: The Story of All of Us
The History Channel
Beginning Nov. 13, 2012
9:00 p.m.
The History Channel
Beginning Nov. 13, 2012
9:00 p.m.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Hearth Political Work
Cultural Hearth political work:
a. What countries border your hearth's countries? Illustrate on map.
b. What are the historical or current border conflicts? Summarize in a paragraph.
c. Print border outline of your hearth's country and identify the following:
1. shape (rectangular, compact, etc.)
2. landlocked?
3. exclave or enclave?
d. Has the boundary of your hearth changed? If so, how and why?
e. List the centripetal and centrifugal forces for your hearth. Explain why.
f. Of what organizations is your hearth a member? Analyze the benefits and challenges of membership in these organizations.
Homework: finish hearth work
Due: Nov. 16th
a. What countries border your hearth's countries? Illustrate on map.
b. What are the historical or current border conflicts? Summarize in a paragraph.
c. Print border outline of your hearth's country and identify the following:
1. shape (rectangular, compact, etc.)
2. landlocked?
3. exclave or enclave?
d. Has the boundary of your hearth changed? If so, how and why?
e. List the centripetal and centrifugal forces for your hearth. Explain why.
f. Of what organizations is your hearth a member? Analyze the benefits and challenges of membership in these organizations.
Homework: finish hearth work
Due: Nov. 16th
Conflict Essay
Human Geography
Political Geography Activity
Choose a conflict from the list at http://www.religioustolerance.org/curr_war.htm OR a conflict from your cultural hearth. You may work alone or with a partner. Find the following information about the conflict:
1. Briefly explain: who, what, where, when aspects of the conflict.
2. Does the conflict involve boundary disputes? If so, what kind (antecedent, etc.)?
3. Do buffer states ameliorate the situation?
4. Does the conflict act as a centripetal or centrifugal force? Explain how.
5. Are any organizations involved? If so, what role do they play?
6. Does colonialism or neo-colonialism play a part? If so, how?
7. Is any kind of frontier involved? If so, what are they and how are they involved?
8. What economic issues are involved? How?
9. Feel free to add any other political or economic issues.
When
you have found the answers to most of these questions, write an essay
describing the conflict while addressing the above issues. In your conclusion address whether or not the issue has been resolved. Include your opinion on the possibility of resolution. Also predict the possible consequences of a peaceful or violent resolution. End the conclusion by identifying some possible questions that this conflict raises.
Be sure to use in-text citations as well as a Works Cited page.
Grading Rubric
____
(40) Coherency (thesis statement in introduction; topic sentences for
each paragraph; fully developed paragraphs; transition words)
____ (20) Writing mechanics (grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.)
____ (20) Evidence of well developed geography vocabulary
____ (10) Thoughtful introduction and conclusion)
____ (5) Formatting (font, pg.#, Works Cited in and end, margins)
____ (5) Following directions.
Colonialism Essay Directions
Hearth Writing Assessment
Describe how your cultural hearth has been affected politically, and/or economically, and/or culturally because of colonialism or imperialism.
Suggested structure of essay (IF you choose all three topics):
Paragraph 1: Brief history of your hearth’s colonial experience. Thesis statement (last sentence in introduction) should state something like: “________________ has been negatively (or positively) affected economically, politically, and culturally because of the lingering effects of colonialism (or imperialism).
Paragraphs 2-4: Structure the body of your essay in a logical division of topics. For example, you could write a paragraph addressing the changing of political borders and its effects on the peoples; another paragraph could analyze the economic effects. For example, Haiti has never recovered from the huge financial debt it was forced to pay to the French after independence, and this has had a grave impact on the country’s economy. The last paragraph of the body could address any cultural aftereffects of colonialism. For instance, whenever foreign military bases are present in a colony, those military personnel usually interact with the natives resulting in cultural diffusion.
Paragraph 5: Your conclusion should summarize your body (not a repetition, but paraphrasing of findings). You should take a stand on whether or not colonialism was beneficial and/or detrimental for your hearth. (Remember, there can be positive and negative effects.) You could also address any questions raised by your hearth’s current situation in terms of colonialism or imperialism. Finally, you could address how colonialism has affected you and your family in your migration to the United States.
Week of Nov.5-9
11/5/12
collect homework
Topic: Electoral College
11/7/12
Topics: redistricting; gerrymandering
Redistricting video
Homework: review different kinds of states in terms of shape
11/8/12
Identifying types of states on the world map
Play map shape game identifying shape and name
Homework: Mini research project on cultural hearth in terms of politics.
11/9/12
Mini-research project reports Period 3
Vocab. game Period 4
Homework: Study for vocab test on Wed.; work on hearth projects.
collect homework
Topic: Electoral College
- On blank map, predict individual state winner by marking red or blue
- Identify swing states with black outline (CO; FL, IA; NV; NH; NC; OH; VA; WI)
- View CNN latest Electoral Map and prediction
- Fill in electoral counts
- Calculate Obama/Romney winner
- Put on paper and hand in
- Prize to winner
11/7/12
Topics: redistricting; gerrymandering
Redistricting video
Homework: review different kinds of states in terms of shape
11/8/12
Identifying types of states on the world map
Play map shape game identifying shape and name
Homework: Mini research project on cultural hearth in terms of politics.
11/9/12
Mini-research project reports Period 3
Vocab. game Period 4
Homework: Study for vocab test on Wed.; work on hearth projects.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
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