Honors/Standard: Trade PPT

In class today we learned about trade. Here is the powerpoint. Especially pay attention to the idea of NAFTA and its role in creating maquiladoras.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B2aPNSqn5YKuMmRhZjBkYTYtNWY5My00MTNkLWI5MjUtOGU4YjYwMTYzYjRm&hl=en

AP: Reading Schedule

Here is a copy of your AP Second Semester Reading Schedule, in case you lost yours and need another:
https://docs0.google.com/document/d/1xroFpr0uO-TfDu0MSYUsefPPULTeJbsECNcCEs8OBwk/edit?hl=en#

AP: Unit 5 Vocab

In case you lose the vocabulary list for Unit Five, here is a link to a digital copy:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15qko7d1yFFuo3QZCxa-9TXBUnHGLkXtEKrJOg8bOZVc/edit?hl=en

Vocab notecards are due February 16th (the day of the Unit 5 Multiple Choice Test).

Trade Origin Project

In World Geography we are studying trade. We have discussed international trade, imports and exports. This week students will be completing an in-class project on trade. I have uploaded the rubric (which students received in class):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jZIVhs5m5TrfxShq2tdc9CZD0pu1_Yj3T8ZIqNXZyC4/edit?hl=en#

AP: Quiz 5.1 posted online

AP Human Geography: your first online quiz is posted below. You have until 6AM on Tuesday, February 1st to complete this quiz. Your submission will be timestamped. Please answer using your text and our discussions in class. Please do not share answers with others - it does not help them achieve and learn. 

Quiz: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEliN3dJRjlQMUpTLVEwUUo5Q0hQX2c6MQ

Youth in Government 2011

All YIG participants - I've updated our YIG page to include information for the 2011 conference. Check for deadlines!

Drafts of bills are due at our meeting on Thursday, Feb 3rd. You'll need to fix it and email it to me Thurs night so I can print and make copies on Friday for our Sunday, Feb 6th meeting.

Honors and Standard: Quizzes next week!

Honors and Standard World Geography: Africa Part Two map quiz will be Tuesday, Feb 1st and Quiz 4.2 (over agriculture and trade) will be Friday.

AP: Fast Food Nation

Make sure to get your copy of Fast Food Nation! It is sold online used so don't overpay!

Africa Map Quiz Part 2

Please don't forget! Africa Map Quiz Part Two for Standard and Honors World Geography will be Tuesday, February 1st.

Make sure that if you need to retake Part One that you do it in tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays before the progress report.

Honors: Agriculture Project.

Honors World Geography - need the link to the USDA's state fact sheet page?

Here you go!
http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/

Need another copy of the US state map for the choropleth map portion?
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/usa.html

(click US no labels)

Agriculture PPT.

World Geography Students:

I'm trying something new with my powerpoints. If you missed or need the powerpoint for any reason, click here: https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AWaPNSqn5YKuZGdqN25jNGJfMTM2Zzc3aGd0ZnY&hl=en&authkey=CPW59PMH

This is the link to the powerpoint for 1/20, on organic food, genetically modified food, and the "food crisis."

Africa Map Quiz 2

Honors/Standard World Geography: Make sure you are studying for your Africa map quiz part 2! Quiz is the southern half of the map, 18 countries, and will be February 1st. Link for the map is http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/africa.html

This link has blank and labeled maps for you to study with.

Welcome Back to Second Semester!

Welcome back, Geographers! Even though this semester has gotten off to an odd start with a snow day then a holiday, we're steadily making our way through January. 

In AP Human Geography, we've finished Unit 4 (Political Geography) and will be starting Unit 5 (Agriculture). Make sure you're finding your copy of "Fast Food Nation" for our book study!

In World Geography, we started our Economics unit at the start of the semester. We've learned about types of economic systems, types of economic activities, government interaction in the economy, and levels of development. Honors students researched countries and created "development profiles" to share with their peers and practice classifying development level by GDP/Capita, literacy rate, and more. 

We quizzed on Unit 4.1 on Tuesday, January 18th. If you missed that quiz, make sure to come to tutoring! We took the first half of the Africa map quiz last Friday, January 14th. If you missed that or need to retake it, again - tutoring!