Tuesday, December 27, 2016

January 4-6, 2017

Welcome to 2017!

AP Human Geography
Wed. 1/4 -- Your AP Essays on Malthus and Religious clusters in the U.S are both due today. We will grade one together (so you see how they are graded) and I will grade one.  New calendar for chapter 7 -- Ethnicity and introductory notes.
Thur. 1/5 -- Quick review on ethnicity and race and spatial relationships.  Look up data from the U.S. census from various cities and states.  Color code a map.
Fri. 1/6 -- PP notes on the history of ethnic distributions in the U.S.
HW: Key Issue 3 p. 238-239 worksheet on nationalities.

AP Art History 
Wed. 1/4 -- Notes on the Baroque in Italy and Spain.  Take card #90 off your list.  We will do it with the New World set.
Thur. 1/5 -- DVD on Caravaggio.  This DVD provides good background on patronage issues, tempermental artists, and the social setting of the Italian Baroque. Caravaggio is very interesting.
Fri. 1/6 -- Notes on the Baroque in the Netherlands and Flanders.  You can now do 9 of the 10 art cards for the Baroque unit.
HW: Work on Art Cards.  Baroque set due 1/10. 

Economics
Wed. 1/4 -- Read p. 494-499 on Absolute and Comparative Advantage.  Notes on trade.  Why do nations trade?
Thur. 1/5 -- A comparison chart on ways to limit trade.  We will have two ends of a spectrum -- protectionism and free trade arguments.  Students will also define tariff and quota. p. 501-505.
Fri. 1/6 -- Mini Lecture on the history of global trade agreements and the WTO.  Mini-projects on WTO issues and trade disputes.  Presentations today and Monday. 

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