April 27, 2017



What is real and what is fake?  Can you tell?



What are two similarities you see between the various models?

What are two differences between the models?

How would you group these models together?

What is the Difference between Urban, Suburban and Exurban?  How do they interact with each other?  Where does one end and the other begin?  Are they connected at all?  Work with a partner to fill out the worksheet and watch the videos.

April 25, 2017

See if you can figure out which is true and which is a lie.

Group Poster Project.  Work Together to Define, Explain and Draw the Various Urban Models.

April 24, 2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/22/525226773/bluff-the-listener

ANALYZING POLITICAL CARTOONS

Discuss, Analysis, and collaborate the cartoon on your table. Everyone fill in a graphic organizer as you brainstorm. Pick one person to vocally communicate your ideas.

LET'S PLAY QUIZLET LIVE!

Pick 3 vocabulary words you know and define in your own words.

______________ means _____________________.

______________ means _____________________.

______________ means _____________________.

Pick one vocabulary word you are still having trouble with and write on a sticky. Stick on the door on your way out today.

April 21, 2017

Get on up and find groups of 3.  Listen to what we are going to do!

What can sports teams tell us about Geography?  Fill out the Sports Teams packet to see how we are affected by our teams and our teams are affected by Geography.

What situations have changed in America that are reflected in our Sports Teams?  

Is there a region and/or city that might be the next place for Sports teams to move to?  Why?

April 20, 2017

What country is this taking place?

What geographic themes do you see at play in this concept?

Why is space so important in urban areas?

What is the term for the shape of cities?  Let's explore Site, Situation and other Urban Concepts?  What makes cities cities?

What is the difference between a positive and negative city site?

In your opinion what makes a city a city?

What are the biggest cities in the country you are studying?

April 19, 2017



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv1GXFFacyY

Pick three of the cities and tell us one fact about it.

What is one theme connecting all the cities together?

What is one difference among all the cities?

Cities, Cities, Cities.  Notice a Trend in the Graphic Above?  What are we going to be talking about?  Why are urban areas growing so big?  Let's explore in our PowerPoint.

What is the difference between Site and Situation?  

What are the major city (ies) in your country?

April 17, 2017

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/04/14/seattle-mariners-toasted-grasshoppers-order-limit

How many grasshoppers have they sold?

What is the name of this snack in Mexico?



Test Review.  We Have a Test Tomorrow, are you prepared?  What questions do you have?

https://jeopardylabs.com/play/enter-title319677

https://jeopardylabs.com/play/food-23

April 13, 2017


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNrczlaAMYI

How much revenue does McDonald's make?

How many countries have McDonald's?

What percent of those restaurants are in the US?

What percent of the world population eats McDonald's in a day?

How many burgers per second are sold?

How many Fries are sold?

How many ingredients are in a McDonald's French Fry?

One other interesting fact you found 



Country Research.  Take the time to investigate your country further about its agricultural uses.  

• Is your country a net agriculture exporter or importer?
• What are the major agricultural products?
• Who does it trade with?
• How much land do they use for agriculture?
• Do they have food processing facilities?
• Is there diet more traditional or modern?
• Do they have access to modern agricultural processes?
• What impact is agriculture having on their land?
• Is their any undernourishment occuring?
• Any other cool fact you can observe!!!
• Images!

April 10, 2017


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-AZmH31P-g&feature=em-subs_digest

What is the #1 type of meat consumed in the world?

What percentage of anti-biotics are used in meat production?

What happened in 2013?  

What is one other thing you learned from this video?

"Mexico Ready to Play the Corn Card in Trade Talks"   SOAPSTONE!

April 6, 2017


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/05/these-high-school-journalists-investigated-a-new-principals-credentials-days-later-she-resigned/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.89e31beca355

Why is this story important?  It is important because ___________.



What does this cartoon show?

Who is "Big Chocolate" in this cartoon?

Do you think this is an accurate portrayal?



Work on your written recap of "Is Chocolate Good for Cote d'Ivoire."  What do you think?  What are your primary examples to support your thesis.  What is a highly proficient essay or paragraph? 

April 5, 2017



Get Up, Stand Up.  What do you think about these questions!?!



http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/08/01/336919715/these-ivory-coast-cacao-farmers-had-never-tasted-chocolate



Back to our packets.  Develop your Chickenfoot: Is It Chocolate Good for Cote d'Ivoirie?  What are your three bucket examples?  What documents are you finding them?

April 4, 2017


http://fortune.com/big-chocolate-child-labor/

What does this report say?

How much does the report claim that child labor has increased over the past 15 years?

How are companies addressing this "problem"?

What is the source of this video?  Are they reliable?

Document Analysis and Thesis Development.  What are the positives of chocolate for Cote d'Ivoire and what are the negatives?  What do you think?

Quick Research:  What is your favorite chocolate?  What company makes it?  Where is that company located?  Where does it get its cocoa from?  Is it FairTrade?  Are there any controversies around your company?

April 3, 2017



Listen to the Riddles and See if You can Answer them correctly?

Group Work on the Cote d'Ivoirie project.  Is Chocolate Good for the Ivory Coast?