today is: mon. sept. 28, 2009

Today is: Mon. Sept. 28, 2009

1. What do you know about the conflict and crisis in Darfur?

2. How has geography played a role in the current crisis?

3. If you haven’t heard of Darfur, why do you think this crisis isn’t in the news?

Your Assignment

Individually, you will write a newspaper editorial about the crisis in Darfur.

Write it from your perspective to other students informing them about the crisis and what they can do to help.

Write in a newspaper format. This should be AT LEAST 1 page.

Due tomorrow (homework if you don’t finish)

Today is: Tues. Sept. 29, 2009

1. What did you learn about the crisis in Darfur?

2. How does geography play a role in this conflict?

3. What do you know about population?

Today is: Wed. Sept. 30, 2009

Please copy this into your notebooks:– There is no official question of the day

today. We will be playing a game instead called “20 Questions”.

– Put away all materials and take out a sheet of paper and put your name on it to be ready for the game!

Today is: Thurs. Oct. 1, 2009

Using a desk map, find the latitude and longitude of the following cities:– Miami– Osaka– Luanda– Melbourne– Tehran


Using a desk map, find the latitude and longitude of the following cities:– Miami 26N, 80W– Osaka– Luanda– Melbourne– Tehran


Using a desk map, find the latitude and longitude of the following cities:– Miami 26N, 80W– Osaka 35N, 135E– Luanda– Melbourne– Tehran


Using a desk map, find the latitude and longitude of the following cities:– Miami 26N, 80W– Osaka 35N, 135E– Luanda 9S, 13E– Melbourne– Tehran


Using a desk map, find the latitude and longitude of the following cities:– Miami 26N, 80W– Osaka 35N, 135E– Luanda 9S, 13E– Melbourne 38S, 145E– Tehran


Using a desk map, find the latitude and longitude of the following cities:– Miami 26N, 80W– Osaka 35N, 135E– Luanda 9S, 13E– Melbourne 38S, 145E– Tehran 36N, 51E

Today is: Fri. Oct. 2, 2009

Using a desk map, find the latitude and longitude of the following cities:

• Minneapolis/St. Paul• Manila• La Paz• Berlin• Istanbul



• Minneapolis/St. Paul 45N, 93W• Manila• La Paz• Berlin• Istanbul



• Minneapolis/St. Paul 45N, 93W• Manila 15N, 121E• La Paz• Berlin• Istanbul



• Minneapolis/St. Paul 45N, 93W• Manila 15N, 121E• La Paz 17S, 68W• Berlin 52N, 13E• Istanbul 41N, 29E

Today in Class:

Geography Current Events: any major news stories that happened this week that involve(d) geography??

Your work today: with one other person or by yourself, begin to work through the populations questions using the Population Reference Bureau hand-out as your resource.

Please use separate paper for your responses and do not write on the packet.

Today is: Mon. Oct. 5, 2009

1. Why is it important to study the world’s population?

2. What can studying population (or demographics) actually tell us about the world?

3. What have you learned so far from looking at the Population Reference Bureau information from 2008?

Your work in class today…. Double check name-less papers-mid quarter

grades are due today! Work on the PRB questions (1-10 with a partner) If you feel you have correctly completed the

assignment, have Ms. Rohweller check it. Begin to work on Part II, Population Analysis.

Using your work from the PRB questions, the guide itself and your same partner.

Do not turn anything in yet, hang on to your work!

Today is: Tues. Oct. 6, 2009

Using the textbook (chap. 2, beginning on p. 39)

1. Using specific examples from Key Issue 1, where is the world’s population distributed?

Today in class:

Finish up Population Questions and have Ms. Rohweller check them.

Begin to work on the Population Analysis Questions. Be specific and use many examples to support your answers. (Be sure to write on separate paper).

If you finish these questions, have Ms. Rohweller check these as well.

Today is: Wed. Oct. 7, 2009

Read the “Case Study” on p. 38 in your textbook, consider the following questions:

1. What is life like in India for people today? 2. Predict what life will be like in India in the

next 5 years if population continues to grow at the current rate.

3. How are these population issues currently being handled? How could these problems be handled in the future?

In Class Today: You MUST finish the population data questions

TODAY!!!! Have Rohweller check it when you are done. Continue/Begin working on Population Data Analysis

questions on the same paper as your other questions. Give specific examples to support your answers.

When you are finished, have Rohweller check it. You have ONE more assignment with your current

partner. You will be putting together a poster that pulls together the information and data you have been working with.

Our goal is to have all THREE assignments done by the end of the hour on Mon. 10/12?!

Today is: Thurs. Oct. 8, 2009 Using a textbook, define the following vocabulary from

Chap. 2.

Demography Ecumene Crude birth rate (CBR) Crude death rate (CDR) Natural increase rate (NIR) Total fertility rate (TFR) Infant mortality rate (IMR) Life expectancy

In Class Today You MUST finish your population analysis. If you

are not done with those 6 questions by the end of class, you must complete for homework tonight.

Please check out a reference packet if you need one at the end of class to complete your homework

If you finish in class today, have Rohweller check your answers.

Begin the population poster-everyone will begin this at the beginning of class tomorrow for sure!!!!


Using your textbook, please answer the following questions:

1. Describe some of the sparsely populated regions in the world.

2. What is arithmetic density? What is physiological density? Agricultural density?

In Class Today:

Everyone is DONE with population questions and analysis. Rohweller will be around to check this.

All groups MUST be working on their posters. If you didn’t do your homework last night, you will need to figure out another way to complete the questions.

Posters ONLY today!!!


1. What did you learn from yesterday’s work with population pyramids?

2. Describe what Stage 1, 2, 3 and 4 means in terms of population growth. Give an example not found in the book of a country that is currently in that stage.

Upcoming Events/Work

Wed. 10/14: Work on population posters Mon. 10/19: Chap. 2-3 Vocab. Tues. 10/20: Go to Dell Lab to work on population

pyramids. (meet in class first) Wed. 10/21: WORK DAY!!!

Thurs. 10/22: ALL WORK DUE!!– Population questions (1-10,1-6)– World map population posters– Population pyramid assignment– Chap. 2-3 vocabulary


1. Why is population increasing at different rates in different countries?

2. Why might the world face an overpopulation problem?

3. What are the main ideas of Malthus’ An Essay on the Principle of Population?

Upcoming Events/Work

Wed. 10/14: Work on population posters Mon. 10/19: Chap. 2-3 Vocab. Tues. 10/20: Go to Dell Lab to work on population pyramids.

(meet in class first) Wed. 10/21: WORK DAY!!!

Thurs. 10/22: ALL WORK DUE!!– Population questions (1-10,1-6)– World map population posters– Population pyramid assignment– Chap. 2-3 vocabulary


1. Refer to table 2-1 on p. 52 in your textbook. In terms of food supply, which measure of density is most important when considering whether a country’s population is too large? Why?

2. Describe the change brought about by the industrial and medical revolutions. What effect did both revolutions have?

Your homework:– Be thoughtful and detailed with your responses to the

following questions: 1. What were the statistics of your region? 2. Which regions had the most resources? Which

regions had the least? Why do you think resources are so unevenly distributed?

3. Should food aid be given to countries that have not yet come to terms with their “population problems”?

4. Do donor nations have the right to link food aid to certain policies?

5. Should rich countries reduce their consumption levels? How could this be encouraged or enforced?


1. Using the case study on p. 76-77 create a Venn diagram which compares and contrasts the population policies of China and India.

• Make sure your responses are very specific-you have lots of information to go through!

In Class Today…..

Be sure to turn in your homework questions from the simulation on Thursday.

On the paper given, create a visual representation (you may have words as well) of all of the main ideas from Chapter 2-Population.

This is individual work, it should be in color, no more than 1 page and due at the end of the hour!


1. What is epidemiology? 2. Describe the 5 Stages of the

Epidemiologic Transition and give specific examples in each stage.

3. What is a pandemic?

In Class Today….

Turn in your reading packet, questions and map of Africa.

Chap. 2-3 exam is set for Fri. Nov. 6th--study guide and notebook will also be due that day as well.

Monday, Nov. 9th will be the last day to turn in missing work for the quarter.

Send one person up from each table to get a laptop for today’s work in class.


1. Look at the following maps and compare and contrast the information given.

2. What is the message of these maps?


1. Give two examples of push factors and two examples of pull factors that cause people to migrate.

2. Give at least 2 examples (other than those found in the book) of intervening obstacles.

3. Where do most people go when they migrate?

4. What are the characteristics of most migrants?

Today is: Mon. Nov. 2, 2009

1. Describe the patterns of U.S. immigration.

2. Describe the different phases or peaks of immigration to the U.S.

3. What has been the impact of immigration on the United States?

Your work this week…

Study guide has been handed out-it is due on Friday prior to the exam.

Constructing a choropleth map using the information about people born in their state of current residence. Use the ranges of <50%, 50-70% and >70%.

Your map will be due on Wed. at the beginning of class.

In class today…. As a final table assignment for the quarter, you will be

constructing a poster about migration. You must address the following topics:

– Why do people migrate?– Who are migrants? (Characteristics of)– Where do migrants go? Why? What is the impact of this

migration?– What are the obstacles to migration?– Be creative and organized with your presentation of the

above information. The poster will be due on Tuesday at the end of

class.

Today is: Tues. Nov. 3, 2009

1. Describe an interregional move made by your family, some friends or some others you know. Explain their migration decision using the terminology from the book. Do the same for an intraregional move.

Today is: Wed. Nov. 4, 2009

1. What are the parts that are required to create or write a “good” essay?– Be specific!!!

How to write a successful essay

Create your thesis. Be specific, state exactly what you plan to prove.

Underline your thesis!!!! You must have an intro. paragraph 5 paragraph format-each of the three body

paragraphs should reflect what was stated in the thesis.

Conclusion must support thesis and no contain any new information.

How to write a successful essay

Describe how the people of Africa and Southwest Asia have affected their environments as they have interacted with them.

The people of Africa and SW Asia have affected their environments in positive and negative ways.

Now to Practice….

Migration can at times be hazardous, but also holds the promise of a new life. Why do millions of people continue to migrate today?

– Create an introduction and a thesis statement for the above question.

– Begin to bullet point information that would go in each of your three body paragraphs.

Today is: Thurs. Nov. 5, 2009

Create 5 rigorous exam questions from chapters 2 and 3.

Be sure to include the answers to your questions and be prepared to share your questions.

today is: mon. sept. 28, 2009

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