September 28- October 2 2015

AP Human Geography
Mon. 9/28 -- Reading pages 50-55, reading questions in class. Quick demonstration of gapminder.org and a homework assignment from the website.  Pick up questions and gapminder activity if absent.
HW: Gapminder activity.
Tue. 9/29 -- DVD "Population Paradox" section on India.  15 minutes.  Small group activity with population pyramids.  We will look at several pyramids and try to find trends and possibly identify countries with that pyramid.  HW: Map a CDR and CBR graph for Mexico and Sweden.  Data provided in class.  I will give graph paper or you can do the assignment on the computer.
Wed. 9/30 -- Lecture notes on the demographic transition model.  Questions on the Mexico and Sweden graphs and the DT model.
Thur. 10/1 -- TED talk: "Global Population, Box by Box" Watch it if you are absent. p. 58-63 Population trends.  We will divide up the topics and make little presentations in class.  If you are absent, read the section and take notes to make-up the assignment.
Fri. 10/2 -- Map Day -- Europe map. Map due by Monday.

Ancient Medieval
Mon. 9/28 -- Introduction to Rome. Reading packet on the Roman Republic with questions.
Tue. 9/29 -- Simulation on the government of Rome.  p. 156/157 in text to read about the Republic.  We will have issues and solve them in the way of the ancient Republic.
Wed. 9/30 -- PowerPoint lecture on the growth of the Republic and transition to the Empire.  Roman Rulers handout. .
Thur. 10/1 -- Video on Julius Caesar -- make a timeline of Caesar's life.
Fri. 10/2 -- QZ: Roman History (open note); Jigsaw on Roman culture -- reading packets on Roman army, games, entertainment, family, religion.  Students will write short summaries on two packets. 

Economics
Mon 9/28 -- QZ: Chapter 6 reading. Competitive Structure worksheet.
Tue. 9/29 -- Movie: Tucker: A Man and his Dream  Video response question, due Friday.
Wed. 9/30 -- Finish movie:  Tucker: A Man and his Dream
Thur. 10/1 -- Partner project creating an Economic Model.  Pairs will choose a simple product and make a model listing inputs, with a supply and demand graph.  It also includes questions about elasticity and future growth.  Pick up a set of questions if absent.  You will be solo for homework.
Fri. 10/2 -- PowerPoint notes on monopolies.  Reading economic news.  DUE: Video response on Tucker.

September 21-25, 2015

AP Human Geography
Mon. 9/21 -- Map of Latin America Due.  Review for the Chapter 1 unit test. I will hand out a review guide and we will do a review activity with groups.
Tue. 9/22 -  Chapter 1 Test.  There are 35 multiple choice question and one essay.
Wed. 9/23 -- Read introduction together, p. 45. Mapping worksheet on population concentrations. Comparison between arithmetic, physiological and agricultural density.  Notebook #1 DUE
Thur. 9/24 -- Explaining density challenges.  Review for North and South America map quiz.
Fri. 9/25 --  [Special schedule for PLC and Pep Assembly, 35 minute periods] Quiz over North and South America (yes countries, cities and physical features). Reading topographic maps.

Ancient Medieval
Mon. 9/21 -- True/False Quiz on the Golden Age of Greece.  Worksheet on the Peloponessian War -- we will examine the geography of Athens and Sparta and look at the fighting of the war.
Tue. 9/22 -- Begin Hellenistic Greece project.  Students will be in groups of four and will examine different aspects of Alexander the Great and Hellenistic culture.  Groups will make a poster and do a presentation. Notebook #1 DUE
Wed. 9/23 -- Finish posters, do presentations
Thur. 9/24 -- Review for Greece test, Study tonight!
Fri. 9/25 -- [Special schedule for PLC and Pep Assembly, 35 minute periods] -- Greece Test.  I have modified the test to make sure we can finish in 35 minutes!

Economics
Mon. 9/21 -- Finish project on factors that affect demand.  Students will have completed interviews over the weekend and will compile their interview data.  Project due today. Go over Unit 1 test.  Read p. 100-101 Law of Demand and cell phones.
Tue. 9/22 -- Mini-lecture on demand elasticity. Get notes or read chapter 4, lesson 3 p. 114-119.
Questions p. 122-123  #1,3,6,9,11,15. Due end of the period, grade in class.
Wed. 9/23 -- Supply -- Mini-lecture on supply -- schedule and curve.  What factors affect supply? Video from Economics USA.  How does advertising make products more popular, affecting supply and demand.
Thur. 9/24 -- Reading guide for Chapter 6.  Read chapter 6 in class and complete the reading guide.  The guiding guide may be used for the open note quiz on Monday.
Fri. 9/25 -- [Special schedule for PLC and Pep Assembly, 35 minute periods] Skits on prices.
[Note: Open note quiz on prices on Monday 9/28]

September 14-18, 2015

AP Human Geography
Mon. 9/14 -- Mini-reports on different examples of diffusion. Students will partner to find out information on different examples of diffusion.  There is a list of topics to choose from and a cart of chromebooks to use for research.  We will roll the dice to see who gets to present.
Tue. 9/15 -- PowerPoint on Sustainability ~ Key Issue 4 in Chapter 1.  Students will take notes on the PP.  At the end of the period we will look at USGS topographic maps for Richland, learning how to read contour lines, highways and terrain.  We will identify the highest point on the map and color a little.
Wed 9/16 -- Reading mark up on National Geographic article "Treading Water" about water issues in Florida.  Vocabulary review tonight for the quiz. Review Key Issues 3-4 p. 20-37 -- I will only quiz words we used in class -- worksheet, powerpoint, or discussion.
Thur. 9/17 -- QZ: Vocab p. 20-37. Quiet Reading, p. 36-37 -- Modifying the Environment the Netherlands and South Florida.  Discuss both examples of environmental change.  Watch Ted Talk (www.tedtalks.com) on oceans "Save the Oceans, Feed the World!" by Jackie Savitz. Notes and graphic organizer sustainability and the Oceans.
Fri. 9/18 -- Map Day 2 -- Latin America.
HW: Weekend: Read chapter review p. 38-41.  Test on Tuesday 9/22

Ancient Medieval 
Mon. 9/14 -- Watch DVD: "Engineering and Empire: Persia" Take notes on Persia.  Add to the notes on Persia about the Persian Wars with Greece.
Tue. 9/15 -- DVD: "The Last Stand of the 300" from the history channel.  We will note 12 reasons the Greeks manage to defeat Persia in a war, in spite of the relatively small Greek army.
Wed. 9/16 -- PowerPoint on the Golden Age of Greece. Reading p. 134-139 -- find the name of 10 famous Greeks and describe what they did.  Each description must be unique (you cannot write playwright 4 times or philosopher 3 times.
Thur. 9/17 -- Worksheet on the Parthenon.  Watch a DVD "Engineering an Empire: Greece" and add 5-6 additional notes about the Parthenon to the margins of the worksheet. Discuss Arete and Art.
Fri. 9/18 -- Greek Drama Masks.  Get a copy of the directions for make-up.
NOTE: T/F /Quiz on the Golden Age of Greece on Monday 9/21.

Economics 
Mon. 9/14 -- Present country reports [They are DUE today, assigned on Thursday 9/10.]  Read p. 87-90 and discuss the goals in various economies.  Student groups of 2-3 will create a chart on Capitalism, Communism and Socialism ranking the importance of each goal in the economy.  They will explain the placement of their goals.
Tue. 9/15 -- Read p. 72-75 on the American Free Enterprise system.  Individual will create a graphic organizer on the characteristics of the AFE and the roles of the AFE model. Define consumer sovreignty.
Wed. 9/16 -- Review for Unit 1 test
Thur. 9/17 -- Unit 1 test
Fri. 9/18 -- Demand project.  We will take  some notes on demand and then create a questionnaire about factors affecting demand and quantity demand.  Make sure you grab a note sheet (to fill out) and can join a group for the work.

September 8-11, 2015

AP Human Geography

Tue. 9/8 --  Vocab list p. 14-18 -- Define: Place, location, site, situation, and toponym. Assignment on regions.  This is a ledger size piece of paper to pick up in class.  Finish the GIS map tonight.
Wed. 9/9 -- Book log-in handed out.  Finish the regions project.  Due: GIS map. Homework: Study vocabulary from Chapter 1, Key issues 1-2 p. 5-19.
Thur. 9/10 -- QUIZ: vocab p. 5-19. Key Issue 3.  Discuss and define Globalization.  How has the economy and culture experienced globalization? Project on space and diffusion. Vocab to learn: space, density, concentration, and pattern.  Draw a distribution of shapes that explains the above terms. Define each word. More diagrams on relocation and expansion diffusion.  There are directions in class.
Fri. 9/11 -- Map of the US and Canada. 

Ancient Medieval
Tue. 9/8 -- DUE: Cultures of Mountains and Seas worksheet p. 123-126.  Quick video to introduce the Mycenaeans.  Group project to make a map of Mycenae.
Wed. 9/9 -- Finish Mycenae map. PP notes on Iron Age Greece.
Thur. 9/10 -- Make a comparison chart of Athens and Sparta.  Review map for geogrpahy quiz on Friday. Read a small section of Lycurgus.
Fri. 9/11 -- Qz Geography of Greece.  Introduce Persia and work on map of Persia. 

Economics
Tue. 9/8 -- Barter simulation.  Types of economic systems chart -- traditional, market and command types of economic systems. 
Wed. 9/9 -- Vocabulary quiz on chapter 1 -- study the words from your Chapter 1 list.  PP notes on Mixed economic systems.  Read p. 44 --  Make a list of the disadvantages and provide one way the United States tries to minimize this disadvantage -- work with a partner.
Thur. 9/10 -- Country Research in the library.  Each student will have a different country to research follow the directions and use www.cia.gov to find the answers.  Country research due Friday: 9/11
Fri. 9/11 -- Watch "Emerging Powers: China" complete the video watching guide.