January 26-29, 2016

Welcome to the Second Semester!

AP Human Geography
Tue. 1/26 -- Power Point on Introduction to States, notes.  DVD "Inside North Korea" more notes added onto the lecture notes.
Wed. 1/27 -- Origin of States worksheet.
Thur. 1/28 -- Vocabulary: centripetal, centrifugal, devolution.  TED talk by Parag Khanna "Maps the futures of countries." American Devolution activity with a team of 3-4. Read p. 270-273 tonight.
Fri. 1/29 -- Mini-lecture on the break-up of the Soviet Union.  How are these regions organized?  What challenges does multiethnic Russia Face -- Caucasus. Map and discussion.

World Geography
Tue. 1/26 -- Introduction and pre-quiz,  Syllabus and policies review.
Wed. 1/27 -- Latitude and longitude.  Cartography and how to read maps,  Plate map and labels.
Thur. 1/28 -- QZ: continents and oceans -- 7 continents, oceans+ Med Sea, Equator and Prime Meridian. Five themes of geography work.
Fri. 1/29 -- Introduction to Latin America.  Middle American map.

Ancient Medieval
Tue. 1/26 -- Syllabus and policies.  What are the characteristics of civilization -- notes to make up if gone.  Copy from a classmate.
Wed. 1/27 -- Introduction to Greece.  Map of Greece and timeline.
Thur. 1/28 -- Reading the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.  Power Point on the Minoan civilization with a short essay on the fate of  the Minoans as homework.
Fri. 1/29 -- DVD: "Minotaur Island' with notes.  What do we know about the Minoans?  Hand out books to take home and Homework p. 123-126 with a Reading guide -- "Cultures of the Mountains and Seas."