Sunday, September 25, 2016

September 26-30, 2016

AP Human Geography
Mon. 9/26 -- Reading questions p. 50-55; Chapter 2, Key Issue 2. This section has a lot of statistics for measuring population growth, etc. There will be questions posted on the document camera.  If you are absent, ask for a copy of the questions.  Demonstration of gapminder.org.  HW: Gapminder activity on population. 
Tue. 9/27 -- DVD "Population paradox" section on India.  Small group activity of population pyramids.  HW: Students will construct graphs showing the CDR and CBR over time of Mexico and Sweden.  I will give then the data and graph paper.  Year on the horizontal axis and CDR/CBR on the vertical axis.  Use two different colors (one for CBR one for CDR) and make a key.  There is more data for Sweden than Mexico. There are some models on p. 56-57.
Wed. 9/28 -- Lecture on the demographic transition model. Questions on the Sweden/Mexico graphs and how they relate to the model. HW: finish the questions if necessary. Questions due Thur.
Thur. 9/29 -- TED talk "Global Population, Box by Box" Slowing population growth trends p. 60-63
Fri. 9/30 -- Map Day #3 -- Russia and neighbors.

Art History/AP Art History 
Mon. 9/26 -- New Kingdom Lecture, Handout on Ramses the Great and Abu Simbel.
Tue. 9/27 -- Project to compare traditional Egyptian style with Amarna period.  Work with a partner. There are pictures and a handout.
Wed. 9/28 -- Qz. Ancient Near East and Egypt.  Art Cards for Egypt due. 
Thur. 9/29 -- Key lecture: How to study sculpture.  Notes mostly.
Fri. 9/30 -- Introduction to Greece. Map, style periods, What is an agora?

Economics
Mon. 9/26 -- QZ: open note quiz on chapter 6.  The notes are the guided reading we did on Thrusday 9/22.  These are safely in my basket.  Comparing types of Competitive structures -- Pure competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, monopoly (4 types).
Tue. 9/27 -- DVD: "Tucker a Man and his Dream"
Wed. 9/28 -- DVD: "Tucker a Man and his Dream" Tucker response due Friday 9/30
Thru. 9/29 -- Partner project on creating a product and determining elasticity.
Fri. 9/30 -- PP notes on anti-trust history. Tucker response due.


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