Vozick Human Geography 2018

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/a0684523-6e0d-4b4f-90aa-d09aec6b6106 Turn to a partner at your table and discuss the following questions:  What does it mean to develop as a country?   What factors are involved?  How does what Jared Diamond says about environmental determinism and possibilism have to do with this? What questions do you have about the test?

A Question of Scale: Is Brazil Wealthy?  What do you think?  Develop a thesis statement and defend your position.  Learn about bucketing and the Chickenfoot.  

BRAZIL, BRAZIL, BRAZIL https://video.choices.edu/curriculum/brazil What is one new thing you learned about Brazil in the video?   I learned _______________.

You will work in groups to read through the various documents and then answer the questions in your packets.  Be ready to present to the other groups tomorrow. EXIT QUESTIONS: 1. What does GDP mean? GDP means ________________________. 2. What category did your group study (Political, Economic, Social, Environmental)?  Why do you think that? My group studied _____________ because ________________.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7i0yA_upx8 What the 3 primary features or regions mentioned?   The primary regions are  _____________. What is one fact about each region?   Why is Brazil more inward looking according to the video?   Brazil is more inward looking because  ________________. How is Brazil trying to connect these varied places?   Pre-Reading:  What are the key vocabulary words?  What is the time frame we are looking at?  What is the place like?  What are the items that show wealth?  Which show poverty? You will work in groups to read through the various documents and then answer the questions I will give your group.  Be ready to present to the other groups tomorrow. EXIT QUESTIONS: How do you define being wealthy?  Why?   I define being wealthy as ______________ because _______________. What are your first impressions of Brazil?   My first impressions are ______...

How would  you define a developed country?   I would define a developed country as _______________________. In your opinion, what is the most important criteria in determining quality of life?   I think __________ is the most important criteria because _____________. Finish your Country Investigation:  Work with your team to  research the Quality of Life and Development Criteria  for the country I assign you.  Compile the data you found  in the chart.   You will then compare them with each of the other countries.  Then you will go back to your original group and together you will write a full five sentence paragraph answering the question: Our Country is Developed/Developing/Non-Developed and has a High or Low Quality of Life? Brazil Fun Facts Fill out the Chart in your notebooks as we watch the video! 5 Themes of Geography Chart Location Absolute Relative...

What is this cartoon showing us? Are the white people being helpful? What might this have to do with developing countries? Country Investigation:  Work with your team to  research the Quality of Life and Development Criteria  for the country I assign you.  Compile the data you found  in the chart.   You will then compare them with each of the other countries.  Then you will go back to your original group and together you will write a full five sentence paragraph answering the question: Our Country is Developed/Developing/Non-Developed and has a High or Low Quality of Life? What new idea did you learn today? One new idea I learned today was ______________________. How would you define a developed country?   I would define a developed country as _______________________. In your opinion, what is the most important criteria in determining quality of life?   I think __________ is the most important criteria because _______...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8_Q_cw4tdo What do we mean by "developing"?   We mean ______________. What 3 categories do we research when we look at development?  What factors are involved in each category? What does quality of life mean to you?   Quality of life means ___. How do we compare development from across these 3 categories?    ATLAS WORK:   Fill out the chart using the copies of the Atlas.   Which of the 5 themes did we cover looking at the atlas? The themes we covered today with our atlas worksheet were _____________, ________________, and ________________. What new idea did you learn today? One new idea I learned today was _______________________. How would you define a developed country?   I would define a developed country as _______________________.

Work together to figure out where we are on Planet Earth! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvYmY7b8sPE What are the variables in a Choropleth map?   The variables are _____________. How might the colors change?   The colors may change by ___. What are the negatives of the Choropleth maps?   The negatives of a Choropleth map are ____________________. Is it better to include more or less values? Let's have some fun.  Develop your own Choropleth map for the high school graduation rate in Colorado.  Develop your own scale and key and color in the counties.   What surprised you about the high school rates in Colorado?   I was surprised that  ____________. How would the map change if you focused down to the town/city level?   Is there a difference between urban and rural areas? What was your impression of developing a Choropleth map?  

After you finish the quiz, please go to the  spreadsheet ,  find the appropriate tab for your class on the bottom of the page, find your name and select 3 countries you would like to become the Expert on throughout the year.  Rule 1, you cannot choose the USA.  Rule 2, no two students will be experts on the same country.  Rule 3, I want people to become experts on regions from around the world, so if we have too many people choosing countries in Central America or Europe I will spread you out.  Rule 4, have fun with this choice; choose a country you have never heard of or that you really want to visit or that you like the food from there.  Be creative.  Rule 5, if you erase somebody else's choices I will select your country for you.  When you finish this you can work on finishing any missing homework you have for me or using the time to finish work for another class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXB1Z_CxBK0 What is one map that surprised you?  Why?   One map that surprised me was _____ because ____. What is one Flow Line map that was in the video?   One Flow Line map was ___________________. Which map was either a Robinson's or Molleweide?   A map that was either a Robinson's or Mollweide was ____________________. Review Day!  What does a Vozick Quiz look like?  Do you want to earn Honor's? https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/951ce1d2-b3cc-4760-848e-fb58a454d866 Are you ready for the quiz? What is one area you need to further study? What is one area you completely understand?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsZBnHxu95w After we watch the video get with a partner and open "The Cultural Landscape" textbook to page 37.  One of you should read the description of Environmental Determinism and the other the description of Possibilism.  Together, you should define each term and determine which category do you think Jared Diamond would agree with more and why. What is Environmental Determinism?   Environmental Determinism is  __________________________. What is Possibilism?   Possibilism is _ __________________. We think Jared Diamond would be classified as a _________ because _______________________________. What do you think about Jared Diamond's determination that Geographic Luck is the primary reason that our societies have played out today.   Work to fill out the chart  and develop a thesis and suporting arguments.  When you are finished staple to the rest of your packet and hand i...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxUm-2x-2dM      MOVIE TIME - Get your graphic organizers out. What was the big change that happened in agriculture about 9,000 years ago?  Why was it so important?   The big change was _____________ and it was important because __________. What is the Fertile Crescent?  Why is it considered so important?   The Fertile Crescent is __________ and it is important because _________________. How many animals (mammals) have we truly domesticated? Why is the East/West Axis from the Fertile Crescent to Europe and Asia so important?   This axis is important because ______.

Infer why you think Jared Diamond named his book Guns, Germs, and Steel. I think Jared named his book Guns, Germs, and Steel because __.      MOVIE TIME  - Get your graphic organizers out. What are two things ancient civilizations shared in common?  Ancient civilizations shared ______________ and ___________. Why did Diamond study the people living in Papua/New Guinea?  Who was he able to compare them to?  Diamond studied them because ______________________.  He compared them to ___________. Which is more productive hunting or gathering?  Why?  _______ is more productive because _____________ What happened 12,500 years ago?  Why was it a big deal?  12,500 years we had a ________________.  It was a big deal because __________________. How did people start to control nature?  People started to control nature by _______________________. Which part(s) of the world developed farming?  Where was it not as ...