I am sorry about the missing weeks - end of the quarter crazy.
AP Human Geography
Mon. 4/9 -- Introduction to Central Place Theory. Assignment intro and hexagon pattern for our local area looking at range and threshold issues for cities, towns, villages and hamlets.
Tue. 4/10 -- Finish Central Place Theory assignment. Discuss findings at the end. Did students see a pattern?
Wed. 4/11 -- Rank-size cities and Primate cities. Definitions and graphs of countries and city sizes. Which countries follow which rule?
Thur. 4/12 -- Global Cities and services. We start with questions and a powerpoint show and discussion. Students will finish reading and complete the worksheet. Chapter 12, Key issue 3, p. 442-447.
Fri. 4/13 -- Powerpoint on the history of urbanization. Assignment to diagram rural settlement patterns -- basically read p. 448-451 in Chapter 12, Key issue 4. Diagram clustered and linear settlement patterns. Take some notes on clusters in Colonial America and the development of dispersed rural settlements in the U.S.
NOTE: There is a chapter 12 quiz on Monday. Get a unit review sheet.
Economics
Mon. 4/9 -- EconMovie #5 Cars (watch on-line for review). We will review GDP and demographics quickly and divide up into groups of 2-3 to look at demographic data from the U.S. Data summaries will be added to a diagram on the board. If we are ready, Quiz on GDP and Demographics. We may take the quiz on Tuesday.
Tue. 4/10 -- On-line video from SF Fed "The New Geography of Jobs" by Enrico Moretti. You can watch it on YouTube. Comparing city demographics in class.
Wed. 4/11 -- Business Cycles. Questions from the document camera. It will take about 15-20 minutes to do the questions and correct them. Crash Course Economics video on 2008 Financial Crisis. I will introduce the video with some vocabulary. Compare and contrast the causes, depth and results of the Great Depression 1929 with the Great Recession of 2008.
Thur. 4/12 -- "Where would you like to live" research assignment.
Fri. 4/13 -- Crash Course #7 on Inflation (there is a lot of good material out there). There are questions to go with the video and an on-line assignment at the Minneapolis Fed about the CPI.
AP Human Geography
Mon. 4/9 -- Introduction to Central Place Theory. Assignment intro and hexagon pattern for our local area looking at range and threshold issues for cities, towns, villages and hamlets.
Tue. 4/10 -- Finish Central Place Theory assignment. Discuss findings at the end. Did students see a pattern?
Wed. 4/11 -- Rank-size cities and Primate cities. Definitions and graphs of countries and city sizes. Which countries follow which rule?
Thur. 4/12 -- Global Cities and services. We start with questions and a powerpoint show and discussion. Students will finish reading and complete the worksheet. Chapter 12, Key issue 3, p. 442-447.
Fri. 4/13 -- Powerpoint on the history of urbanization. Assignment to diagram rural settlement patterns -- basically read p. 448-451 in Chapter 12, Key issue 4. Diagram clustered and linear settlement patterns. Take some notes on clusters in Colonial America and the development of dispersed rural settlements in the U.S.
NOTE: There is a chapter 12 quiz on Monday. Get a unit review sheet.
Economics
Mon. 4/9 -- EconMovie #5 Cars (watch on-line for review). We will review GDP and demographics quickly and divide up into groups of 2-3 to look at demographic data from the U.S. Data summaries will be added to a diagram on the board. If we are ready, Quiz on GDP and Demographics. We may take the quiz on Tuesday.
Tue. 4/10 -- On-line video from SF Fed "The New Geography of Jobs" by Enrico Moretti. You can watch it on YouTube. Comparing city demographics in class.
Wed. 4/11 -- Business Cycles. Questions from the document camera. It will take about 15-20 minutes to do the questions and correct them. Crash Course Economics video on 2008 Financial Crisis. I will introduce the video with some vocabulary. Compare and contrast the causes, depth and results of the Great Depression 1929 with the Great Recession of 2008.
Thur. 4/12 -- "Where would you like to live" research assignment.
Fri. 4/13 -- Crash Course #7 on Inflation (there is a lot of good material out there). There are questions to go with the video and an on-line assignment at the Minneapolis Fed about the CPI.
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