India's Farming 'Revolution" Heading for Collapse

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102893816

Week of April 1-5

4/1/13
Peer edit Green Rev/Organic Farming essays
Distribute quizzes
Homework:
   a.  Correct essays.  Final papers due on 4/3/13
   b.  Using dictionary.com or regular dictionary, define GR vocabulary words
    

India Podcast Vocabulary: 

unsustainable

Punjab

Sikh

coalition

philanthropist

communist

Chotia Khurd

Bollywood

irrigate

ground water

water table

Dust Bowl

4/2/13
Collect vocabulary.
Essential Question: Was the Green Revolution a curse or blessing?
Vocab. review (BINGO)
Podcast
3-minute write

4/3/13
Explain yesterday's homework.
Promethean Board Review
Homework:  From Barron's, outline different types of subsistence agriculture.
Optional homework:
In a paragraph, connect Green Revolution to cultural hearth. (If your Internet is down, you may use library or classroom/IB Internet to get information. If there is no information on GR and your hearth, you may research more stories on India and the Green Revolution.) Paragraphs are due on Monday.

4/4/13 (Early Release)
Warm-up:  Explain the different types of subsistence agriculture.
Promethean Board Review--model how to outline different types of subsistence agriculture.
Outline Esther Boserup's agricultural model.
Homework:  review Boserup's model of transition from subsistence to commercial agriculture

4/5/13
Collect GR/ROF (Rise Organic Farming) essays

Choose student to model Boserup's model.
Review von Thunen
Lynn Henning video

Homework: Answer the following in bulleted form:

Essay Questions for Ch. 7 Agriculture and Rural Geography  KEY

1.  Name and explain the 4 main agricultural revolutions.          

2.  Name and explain the 3 different types of economies that have traditionally governed agricultural production and distribution.       

3.  Identify 6 agricultural hearths.

4.  Identify and explain 2 methods used to cultivate the land.

5.  Identify and explain the different forms of subsistence farming.

6.  Identify Esther Boserup’s five-stage progression from extensive subsistence forms of agriculture to more intensive land cultivation.

7.  What were the results of the Green Revolution?

8.  What were the consequences of agribusiness?

9.  Name and explain 4 types of commercial agriculture.

10.  Draw and explain the von Thunen model               

11.  Explain how biotechnology and agribusiness have had negative effects on periphery countries.

compare/contrast template

Introduction
Define terms
Last sentence is your thesis statement.

The Green Revolution
when, what, where, how, results

Organic Farming
when, what, where, how, results
comparative terminology (unlike, in contrast to; however; although; different from; similar to; etc.).

summarize pros and cons
restate thesis
What are the implications?  Why is this important? What does this mean for the future? You may raise important questions.
  

Compare/Contrast Paper Rubric

Rubric for compare/contrast essay
10 points each
_____correct format for compare/contrast paper
_____logical presentation
_____proper citations
_____research skills
_____clarity (clear organization; appropriate transition; topic sentence)
_____writing conventions
_____Human Geography vocabulary
_____accurate information
_____fully developed
_____relevant (facts and examples are related to the topic)

Week of March 18-21

3/18/13
student-made quiz
Essential question:  What is the difference between extensive and intensive agriculture?  Which is the most harmful to the land?  Why?
Address these questions with LP.
Ticket out:  Define extensive and intensive agriculture and state which one is most harmful.
Homework:  study vocab.

3/19/13
agri. practice vocab. quiz
Review the three different types of economies that have governed agricultural production and distribution.
Make a three-column chart listing the three economies that have traditionally governed agriculture production and distribution. Column 1:  list; column 2:  define; column 3: give example.
What kind of agricultural economy dominates your hearth?  If it is mixed, identify the regions and specific economy.
Homework:  finish chart

3/20/13
collect charts
warmup--list the three driving agriculture production and distribution economies
agriculture crossword puzzle
agri. vocab. quiz
homework:  review capital intensive and labor intensive agriculture

3/21/13
Essential Question:  What is the difference between capital intensive and labor intensive agriculture?
On a T-Chart, categorize capital or labor intensive agriculture.
Homework: 
a.  Review agriculture unit. 
b.  Write two questions about two concepts that you do not understand.
c.  Visit an online writing site that explains how to write a good compare/contrast essay.
d.  Write a two-page typed essay comparing the Green Revolution with the rise of organic farming.
 

Week of Mar. 11-15

3/11-12/13
SUBSTITUTE
View Guns, Germs, and Steel
Allow 15 minutes at the end of class to address questions.
Homework:  Study Guns glossary

3/13/13
Write 10 multiple choice questions for Agriculture unit
Homework:  Review Barrons Agriculture

3/14/13
Writing assignment:a.  summarize Episode 1 of Guns, Germs, & Steel
b.  describe one scene that you found particularly interesting
c.  evaluate Guns, Germs, & Steel by explaining why you liked or disliked the film
Homework: Do practice tests at the end of Agriculture chapter

3/15/13
Highlight 5 of your best Agriculture questions
Meet in groups to decide top 5 questions and send to me in attached word documents.
Guns, Germs... discussion questions
Guns, Germs, & Steel vocab. quiz

Homework:  Study Agriculture Unit vocab. for vocab. quiz and student-made quiz.