Tuesday - Sept. 13, 2016

US, Russia, and Syria



What is the absolute location mentioned in the video?  The absolute location is _____________.

What references to cultural place to you see?  I see reference to ________________________.

What does the quiet symbolize that Dani speaks of?  The quiet speaks to __________________.

Look over the Video notecatcher and let us know if you have any questions.  Use it to help watch the introduction.

What is Yali's question and why is it important?  Yali's question is __________________ and it is important because ____________________________.

What are two things ancient civilizations shared in common?  Ancient civilizations shared ______________ and ___________.

Why did Diamond study the people living in Papua/New Guinea?  Who was he able to compare them to?  Diamond studied them because ______________________.  He compared them to ____.




How would you do living in a Hunting/Gathering society? Why or why not? I would do _________ living in a hunting gathering society because __________________.

Monday - Sept.  12, 2016

Geography of a National Tragedy

Visit this webpage and use it to answer the following questions,9/11 Timeline

1.  Name at least two absolute locations from the 9/11 tragedy?  Two absolute location are ________ and ______________.

2.  Name two examples or regions you can see from that day?  I see ___________ and ___________ regions.

3.  What examples of geographic movement do you see beyond the planes crashing?  I see geographic movement in ______________________________.



One more graphic organizer before we start watching "Guns, Germs and Steel."  Work with your table to fill in information from the article about either hunter/gatherers, agriculture or urban/industrial life.  We will use this to inform us as we watch the video.

Look over the Video notecatcher and let us know if you have any questions.  Use it to help watch the introduction.

What is Yali's question and why is it important?  Yali's question is __________________ and it is important because ____________________________.

Friday - Sept. 9, 2016


Warm Up:
What does wealthy mean?  Fill out the chart and then lets Agree/Disagree.

How have we gotten to today?  What makes humans humans in the 21st Century.  Looking backward to move forward.  Read "The Progression of Human Society Since the Beginning of Man," and fill in your Graphic Organizer.

Define what a hunter/gatherer society is?  A hunter/gatherer society is _______________________________.

What do we mean when we talk about an agricultural society?  We mean that an agricultural society is ______________________.

What does an urban/industrial life look like?  An urban life looks like ____________________________________.

Thursday - Sept. 8, 2016




What themes of Geography do you see in this article?

The themes I see are _______________and ________________.

Summarize the article.

The article says ______________________________________.

ATLAS WORK



EXIT TICKET

Which of the 5 themes did we cover looking at the atlas?

The themes we covered today with our atlas worksheet were _____________, ________________, and ________________.

What new idea did you learn today?

One new idea I learned today was ______________________________.

Tuesday - Sept. 6, 2016



Using your 5 Themes of Geography chart, give an example for each category using Basalt.  Be quick, just write the first response you can think of:

1)  Absolute Location
2)  Relative Location
3)  Physical Place
4)  Human Place
5)  Effect of Humans on the environment of Basalt
6)  Effect of the environment of Basalt on human
7)  Movement (People, Ideas, Technology) in Basalt
8)  Cultural regions of Basalt
9)  Economic Region of Basalt
10)  Political Region of Basalt


DISCUSSION & SUMMARIZATION OF ARTICLES




KAHOOT TIME! 


EXIT TICKET : NONE TODAY

STUDY FOR QUIZ TOMORROW 
Bring something to do in case you finish early.
Good Luck!