Monday, September 27th

Honors and Standard: Finished water, discussed when there is too much/not enough water, HW = study for quiz tomorrow

AP: Discussed sparsely populated lands, density. HW: Read 53-57

Nine Weeks Exam Oct. 7th

Grading Period ends Oct. 7th!

Friday, September 24th

HOMECOMING DAY - Pep Rally in morning, Parade in afternoon

2nd, 5th, and 6th: finished guided reading

Thursday, September 23rd

Honors and Standard: Reviewed distribution of Earth's water, read basics of water on Earth and did a guided reading handout (16 questions, classwork grade). HW: Honors - Pie Charts of water distribution (fresh vs. salt and different kids of fresh), Standard - story board of water

AP: Discussed concentration of world's population (4 centers, why they are there), read 49-53

Wednesday, September 22nd

Honors and Standard: South America Map Quiz, Intro to water as classwork afterwards

AP: Assigned textbooks introduced Population unit

Tuesday, September 21st

Honors: (Shortened Class Time) - Reviewed 4 spheres of the Earth, explained difference between weathering and erosion together in own words

Standard: (3rd period shortened class time) Reviewed 4 spheres, learned about primary vs secondary landform creation, HW = list of landforms, label P or S for Primary and Secondary

AP: Reviewed Answers for Unit One exam

Monday, September 20th

Honors and Standard: Review Plate Tectonics, Introduce four spheres of outer Earth, notes on Internal/External Landform Creation, Erosion, Weathering, Sediment Deposit

Honors - Videos, HW: Explain difference between weathering and erosion
Standard - Cartoon Strip on 4 spheres

AP: 4th - review answers for Unit One Test, 7th - Free Response Question portion of Unit One Test

Friday, September 17th

Honors: Spotlight on 2004 Asian Tsunami and the earthquake in Haiti

Standard: Final notes on plate tectonics (continental drift and fault lines) and exploring earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis

AP: Free Response Question portion of Unit One test

Thursday, September 16th

Honors: Continued plate tectonics, learned about continental drift and causes for volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis - watched several video clips from National Geographic. HW = choose one of the three video topics to write a 1 paragraph reflection on

Standard: Continued Earth's layers by discussing plate tectonics, the movement of the plates at the boundaries, working towards why we have earthquakes and volcanoes. HW = graphic organizer

AP: Unit I Multiple Choice Exam (Congratulations to John S, Miguel, Leslie, Breana, and Lorenzo for their high scores)

Wednesday, September 15th

Honors: Continued study of the Earth by discussing plate tectonics, following the question "Why do we have earthquakes and volcanoes?". Notes on Plate Tectonics, HW = Graphic Organizer

Standard: Began Unit Two - Foundations of Geography 2 by exploring the layers of the Earth. Notes on the 4 layers of the Earth, HW = diagram

AP: Reviewed Unit One

Tuesday, September 14th

Honors: Began Unit 2, notes on Layers of the Earth, HW = cartoon strip

Standard: Finished labelling South America, creating summary through Unit One Title Page, conferenced about missing projects

AP: RCQ 1.3, HW = study for Unit One Test

France bans burqas

A very relevant current events article for you to read:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/14/france.burqa.ban/index.html?hpt=T2

South America Map

Honors and Standard World Geography: Lost your South America Map? Click here to print another.

Monday, September 13th

Honors: Got quizzes back, labelled South America map, created Unit One title page to complete our study of Unit One
HW = finish classwork, new material tomorrow!

Standard: turned in Unit One projects, labelled South America map, created Unit One title page to complete our study of Unit One
HW = finish classwork, new material tomorrow!

AP: Turned in notecards, discussed diffusion of culture
HW = RCQ 1.3 tomorrow, Unit 1 test on Thursday and Friday

Friday, September 10th

Honors and Standard: Quiz 1.2 (makeups available after school), afterwards worked on Unit One Project

AP: Discussed spatial relationships, space/time compression, spatial interaction, and distance decay. HW = notes 35-39, notecards due Monday

Thursday, September 9th

Honors and Standard: Finished Unit One Project

AP: Discussion of Distribution in Space

Note: Quiz 1.2 tomorrow in H/S

Wednesday, September 8th

Honors and Standard: Reviewed Region Types (Formal, Functional, Vernacular), Started on Unit One Project

AP: Globalization Lecture - HW, Finish Key Issue 3

AP Unit One Notecards

AP students, your notecards are due Monday, Sept 13th as we discussed in class. Please do not wait until the last minute to do this! You can find the terms defined through the link under AP Human Geography at the top of this page and if you lose your hand out, go to the downloads page to download your hand out again. 

 

Tuesday, September 7th

Honors: Presented Rotation, Revolution, and Tilt in groups (project grade given, rubric handed back). Notes on Regions (Formal, Functional, Vernacular).

Standard: Reviewed Rotation, Revolution, and Tilt. Notes on Regions, HW = Graphic Organizer

AP: 7th turned in RCQ, Intro-ed Key Issue 3, discussed globalization. 4th HW = Read 30-35, notes.

Friday, September 3rd

I want to remind the students that we have Quiz 1.2 on Friday, September 10th!

Honors: Reviewed the movements of the Earth, worked in groups on in-class presentations

Standard: Reviewed Rotation, Revolution, and Tilt, discussed solstices and equinoxes, created our foldables (3 tabs and a title). HW: finish foldable

AP: 4th period turned in RCQ 1.2, started McDonalds globalization activity. 7th period discussed Key Issue 2, started RCQ 1.2. HW: Assigned Key Issue notecards (due Sept 13th)

Thursday, September 2nd

Hello students and parents!

Today in class we...
Honors: finished notes on Earth's movements by studying the solstices and equinoxes, then finished our foldable from yesterday. HW = to finish foldable.

Standard: reviewed Rotation, Revolution, and Tilt. Shared Guided Reading answers. Finished Earth Movement's notes.

AP: Reviewed Key Issue 2 and took RCQ 1.2 (4th only)

Wednesday, September 1st

Well, welcome to September! I'm writing from home today, as I am sick. In class you guys...

Honors: Created foldables to help remember the movements of Rotation, Revolution, and Tilt

Standard: Read and answered guiding reading questions

AP: Reviewed Key Issue 2 and began on Key Issue 3

I have been brushing up on current events and found this interesting article about the backlash against educating girls in Afghanistan: http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/25/officials-schoolgirls-teachers-sick-from-poison-gas/?iref=obnetwork