Welcome to Mr. Tredinnick's AP Human Geography Class
"Geography is everything, and everything is Geography"
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This year long class will introduce students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alterations of the Earth’s surface. By looking at the relationships between cultural groups and their physical geography it is possible to find relationships that allow geographers to understand better how humans are shaped by their physical world, and change it in turn. We will be looking at different cultural phenomenon such as language, religion, government, and economic systems in order to make connections between different cultural set and how they interact with one another. By examining maps and other geographical tools students will examine correlations between the physical and human world and the interactions that have shaped our planet and human life. This course is designed to increase the students’ understanding of the world and develop their critical thinking skills. Upon completion of this course students will be given the opportunity to take the Advanced Placement test for the possibility of college credit.
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Post-Test
Post-Test Course Schedule
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Week 34: Invictus
(May 18-22) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Invictus - Complete Invictus Reflection while watching Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Invictus HW: Invictus Reflection (Due next class) Friday: No Class "A" Day Post-Test Materials
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Week 35: Class Wrap-Up
(May 23-27) Monday: Test Corrections - In-class time to complete test corrections Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Post-Test Activity - The Urban Game Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Post-Test Activity - APHug Advertisement Week 37: Semester Finals
(Jun 6-10) Monday: A Day Finals Tuesday: B Day Finals - End of Year Advice - International Potluck - End of Class Survey Wednesday: Make Up Day Thursday: No Classes - Teacher Work Day Graduation at University of St Thomas June 9th Friday: No School - Summer Break |
Week 36: End of Class
(May 30- June 3) Monday: No School - Memorial Day Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Post-Test Activity - APHug Advertisement Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Post-Test Activity - Lowertown Walking Tour 
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AP Test Review
Review Course Schedule
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Week 32: Test Review
(May 2-6) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Unit VII Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Cracking the Multiple Choice + Diagnostic Test + Discussion: Tips and Strategies Friday: No Class "A" Day 
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Week 33: Test Week
(May 9-13) Monday: Cracking the FRQ + Discussion: Tips and Strategies + Grading the FRQ (Activity) Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Theories and Models + Human Geography Models (Review Resources) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Test Day AP Human Geography Test Date: Friday May 13th, 2016 (8:00 am)
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Review Resources
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2014 National Geographic Geography BeeAbout the ExamAP Exam FRQ and Exam Score BreakdownNeed to know CountriesPost-Test Survey | ||||||
Unit VII: Political Organization of Space
Unit VII Course Schedule
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Week 29: Defining the State
(Apr 11-15) Monday: Defining States - US and World Political Map Quizzes - Introduction to Political Geography (Notes) - Problems of American Territories (Assignment) + Last Week Tonight: U.S. Territories HW: Rubenstein 254-264 Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Nationalism - Geographic Perceptions (Assignment) - The Geography of Nationalism (Notes) HW: Ukrainian Crisis (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 230-237 Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: State Shapes and Borders - Forming Borders (Notes) + The Most Complex International Borders HW: Borders FRQ (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 268-274 |
Week 30: State Creation
(Apr 18-22) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: State Shapes and Evolution - Shapes of States (Notes) - Indicators of Failed States (Assignment) HW: Using the Corruption Perception Index (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 260-268 Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Territorial Disputes - This Land is Mine - Takeshima/Dokdo Dispute (Assignment) + Korean Islands Dokdo - The Falkland Question (Assignment) HW: The Falkland Question Thought Question Friday: No Class "A" Day Half Day - Staff Development |
Week 31: Hyper Nationalism
(Apr 25-29) Monday: Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing - Extremes of Nationalism (Notes) HW: Rubenstein 237-249 HW: Unit VII Test Wednesday April 29th Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Multinational Organizations - Supranational Organizations (Notes) HW: Criticism of Supranationalism (Assignment) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Review Day HW: Unit VII Test - Political Organization of Space Wednesday May 3rd, 2016 |
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Week 32: Finish Unit VII
(May 2-6) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Unit VII Test - Political Organization of Space Friday May 1st, 2015 Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: AP Test Review Friday: No Class "A" Day |
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Unit VII Notes
Unit VII Test Preparation
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Unit VII Assignments
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Unit VII Additional Resources
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Spring Break (April 1-10)
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Unit VI: Cultural Patterns and Processes
Unit VI Course Schedule
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Week 23: Beginnings of Culture
(Feb 22-26) Monday: Unit V Tuesday: No Class "B" Day Wednesday: Unit V Thursday: No Class "B" Day Friday: Begin Unit VI - Defining Culture (Assignment) - Introduction to Cultural Geography (Notes) HW: Reading a Cultural Landscape (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 112-115 
Week 26: Cultural Geography
(Mar 14-18) Monday:No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Geography of Language and Religion - Language Discussion (Assignment) + "Let it Go" Google Translate - Geography of Language (Notes) - Reading Religious Maps (Assignment) HW: Kaplan 140-159 HW: Bring computers next class Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Geography of Architecture and Festivals - Housing Styles of the United States (Notes) - Festivals of Nations (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 124-128 Friday: No Class "A" Day 
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Week 24: Principles of Culture
(Feb 29-Mar 4) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Folk Culture vs. Popular Culture - Go over Homework - Difference in Culture: Folk Culture (Notes) HW: Protecting Folk Cultures (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 115-125 Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Spatial Distribution of Popular Culture - Differences in Culture: Popular Culture (Notes) HW: Crash Course: Globalization (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 128-138 Friday: No Class "A" Day Half Day - Staff Development 
Week 27: Social Geography
(Mar 21-25) Monday: Race Ethnicity and Culture - Race and Ethnicity in Culture (Notes) HW: Thandie Newton TED Talk (Assignment) Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Gender Roles and Sexuality - Differing Ideas of Gender Norms (Notes) - Gender Equality FRQ (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 309-313 Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Ethnocentrism and Racism - Ethnocentrism and Racism (Notes) + Incredible Photos Of Parents From Around The World (Notes) - Racism in Sports (Assignment) + The Redskins' Name - Catching Racism HW: Begin Reviewing for Unit VI Test |
Week 25: Cultural Diffusion
(Mar 7-11) Monday: Cultural Diffusion - Cultural Diffusion (Notes) HW: Cultural Diffusion Issues (Assignment) HW Rubenstein 138-141 Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Case Study of Cultural Diffusion - The Origins of Rock 'n' Roll (Notes) HW: Globalized Production (Assignment) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Cultural Relativism - Cultural Relativism Discussion (Assignment) - Cultural Relativism in Tattoos (Assignment) HW: Finish Cultural Relativism in Tattoos 
Week 28: Finish Unit VI
(Mar 28-Apr 1) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Review Day HW: Unit VI Test - Cultural Patterns and Processes Thursday March 26th Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Unit VI Test - Cultural Patterns and Processes Thursday March 26th HW: World Political and US Political Map Quiz Friday: No Class "A" Day Half Day - Spring Break |
Unit VI Notes
Unit VI Test Preperation
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Unit VI Assignments
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Unit VI Additional Resources
Unit V: Industrialization and Economic Development
Unit V Course Schedule
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Week 19: Introduction to Industrialization (Semester 2 Begins)
(Jan 25-29) Monday: Student Enrichment Day Tuesday: Student Enrichment Day Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Introduction to Industrialization - Preview of Semester Two + General Timeline and Expectations - Go over Tests - Introduction to Industrialism (Notes) HW: Rubenstein Chapter 11 Vocabulary Quiz Monday (Test Preparation) HW: Rubenstein 364-366 Friday: No Class "A" Day |
Week 20: Geography of Industry
(Feb 1-5) Monday: Growth of Industry - Chapter 11 Vocabulary Quiz - Developments in Industrialization (Notes) - New International Division of Labor (Assignment) HW: Finish Thought Questions Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Location of Industry - Site and Situation Factors of Industrialization (Notes) HW: Mongolia Rare-Earth Minerals (Assignment) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Location of Industrial Zones - Spatial Distribution of Industry (Notes) HW: Industrial Development of Pakistan (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 367-373 & 386-389 |
Week 21: Industry and Development
(Feb 8-12) Monday: No Class "B" Day Tuesday: Understanding "Development" - The Brandt Line (Assignment) - Introduction to Development (Notes) + International Human Development Indicators HW: 2014 Human Development Index (Assignments) + 2014 HDI Report HW: Rubenstein 290-301 Wednesday: No Class "B" Day Thursday: Tracking and Classifying Development - Models of Economic Development (Notes) HW: Comparing Rostow and Wallerstein (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 302-309 Friday: No Class "B" Day |
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Week 22: Impacts of Development
(Feb 15-19) Monday: No School - President's Day Tuesday: Modules of Development - Identifying Levels of Development (Assignment) HW: Identifying Rostow and Wallerstein (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 309-318 Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Issues of Development and Industry - Impacts of Development (Assignment) - The Lorax and Development (Assignment) HW: Charles Robertson TED Talk (Assignment) Friday: No Class "A" Day |
Week 23: Finish Unit V
(Feb 22-26) Monday: Review Day HW: Unit V Test - Industrialization and Economic Development Wednesday February 24th, 2016 Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Unit V Test - Industrialization and Economic Development February 24th, 2016 Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Unit VI 
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Unit V Notes
Unit V Test Preparation
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Unit V Assignments
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Unit V Additional Resources
Unit IV: Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Unit IV Course Schedule
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Week 15: Agricultural Developments
(Dec 7-11) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Historical Development of Agriculture - Introduction to Agriculture (Notes) - Guns, Germs, and Steel - Episode 1 + Guns, Germs, and Steel (Assignment) HW: The Worst Mistake in History (Assignment) Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday:Green Revolution and Biotechnology - Discuss "The Worst Mistake in History" - Developments of Agriculture (Notes) HW: Produce Field Study (Assignments) Friday: No School - Teacher Work Day |
Week 16: Geography of Agriculture
(Dec 14-18) Monday: Modern Agricultural Issues - Von Thunen's Model of Land Use (Notes) + Von Thunen Model (Notes) - Modeling Minnesota Agriculture (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 350-351 HW: Bring textbook next class Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Subsistence vs Commercial Agriculture - Subsistence Agriculture (Notes) - Climate and Commercial Agriculture (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 330-335 Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Geography of Food Production - Top Agricultural Producers and Exporters (Assignment) - Agricultural Regions of the United States (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 335-350 WINTER BREAK |
Week 17: Agricultural Development
(Jan 4-8) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Agriculture and Development - Agriculture in MDCs (Notes) - Rural Organizational Patterns (Notes) + Rural Land Systems Reference (Notes) HW: Rubenstein 403-410 Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Hungry Planet - Hungry Planet (Activity) + Hungry Planet (Handout) (Notes and Assignment) + Peter Menzel - Hungry Planet HW: Peter Menzel Ted Talk (Assignment) HW: Third World Farmer (Assignment) Friday: No Class "A" Day |
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Winter Break
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Week 18: Resources
(Jan 11-15) Monday: Fresh Water Resources - Desertification (Assignment) - Case Study: Aral Sea (Notes) HW: Shrinking White Bear Lake (Assignment) Extra: Blue Gold: World Water Wars Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Issues in Resources - Natural Resources (Notes) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Review Day HW: Unit IV Test on Thursday |
Week 19: Finals Week
(Jan 18-22) Monday: No School - MLK Day Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: B Day Finals Unit IV Test - Agriculture and Rural Land Use January 21st, 2016 Thursday: A Day Finals Friday: Make-Up Finals Teacher Work Day |
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Unit IV Notes
Unit IV Test Preparation
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Unit IV Assignments
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Unit IV Additional Resources
Unit III: Cities and Urban Land Use
Unit III Course Schedule
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Week 9: Introduction to Urbanization
(Nov 2-6) Monday: Unit II Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Basics of Urbanization - Basic Developments of Cities (Notes) + Unicef: An Urban World + What If the Entire World Lived in 1 City? - Chapter 13 Vocabulary (Test Prep) HW: Chpt 13 Vocab Quiz Next class Thursday: No Class "A" Day Half Day - Staff Development Friday: No School - Staff Development 
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Week 10: Urban Development Models
(Nov 9-13) Monday: Urbanization and Migration - Primate Cities and the Rank-Size Rule (Notes) HW: Rubenstein 438-441 HW: The World Urban Hierarchy Reading and Questions (Assignment) Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Central Place Theory - Introducing Central Place Theory (Assignment) - Central Place Theory (Notes) - Business Distribution in Memphis, Tenn (Assignment) HW: Finish Business Distribution in Memphis, Tenn Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Growing Cities - Urban Growth Models (Notes) - Saint Paul Urban Growth (Assignment) + St Paul Average Income HW: Finish Saint Paul Urban Growth HW: Rubenstein 396-405 |
Week 11: Urban Change
(Nov 16-20) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Roles of Cities - Urbanization of Services (Notes) - Service Threshold: Loretto, Tn (Assignment) HW: Chapter 12 Vocabulary Quiz Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Comparing World Cities - Chapter 12 Vocabulary Quiz - Regional Urban Models (Notes) - Looking at Urbanization Around the World (Notes) HW: Rubenstein 441-447 Friday: No Class "A" Day |
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Week 12: Modern Cities
(Nov 24-28) Monday: Modern Cities - Gentrification Effects (Assignment) - Growth Problems of Urban Development (Notes) HW: Rasmus Frisk: Designing Cities for People (Assignment) Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: No School - Thanksgiving Break Thursday: No School - Thanksgiving Break Friday: No School - Thanksgiving Break |
Week 13: Finish Urbanization
(Nov 30-Dec 4) Monday: Urban Case Studies - Urbanized (Assignment) - CBS: From Amazon to Garden State - Human Planet - Cities (Assignment) Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Review Day HW: Unit III Test - Cities and Urban Land Use Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Unit III Test - Cities and Urban Land Use November 25th, 2014 |
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Unit III Notes
Unit III Test Preparation
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Unit III Assignments
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Unit III Additional Resources
Unit II: Population and Migration
Unit II Course Schedule
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Week 4: Basics of Population
(Sept 28-Oct 2) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Introduction to Population - Population Videos + National Geographic: 7 Billion + National Geographic: Are you Typical + National Geographic: Food for Thought + The Miniature Earth - The World If There Were Only 100 People - Blue Marble - Basic Population Vocabulary (Notes) HW: Population 7 Billion (Activity) HW: Bring a computer next class Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Population Trackers - Census Importance Discussion + Using the Census" (Activity) - Introduction to population tracking websites + CIA World Factbook + American Fact Finder HW: Using Factbook and FactFinder (Assignment) Friday: No Class "A" Day 
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Week 5: Distribution and Growth of Human Population
(Oct 5-9) Monday: Human Population Growth - The Demographic Transition Model (Notes) + The Demographic Transition Model - Graph (Notes) + The Demographic Transition Model - Population Pyramids (Notes) - Reading A Population Pyramid - Russia (Activity) + Population Pyramids: Predictors of the Future + Reading a Population Map: China (Notes) HW: Sweden Demographic Transition (Activity) HW: Rubenstein 54-59 Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Demographics - Demography: The Geography of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (Notes) - Using Demographic Maps + 2010 USA Population Density Map + The New York Times: Mapping America + The Cooper Center: Dot Map HW: Using Racial Dot Maps (Activity) HW: Optional Map Quiz Thursday: South America Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday:Population Growth Theory Half Day - Teacher Workshops - Population Theories (Notes) - Religions and Babies (Ted Talk) + Hans Rosling: Religions and Babies (Activity) HW: Population Policies: India and China (Activity) HW: Rubenstein 68-75 HW: Crash Course: Population, Sustainability, and Malthus Week 7: Migration Case Study
(Oct 19-23) Monday: Introduction to Human Migration - Rubenstein Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz - Basics of Migration (Notes) - Push and Pull Factors Of Migration (Activity) HW: Rubenstein 92-97 Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Models of Human Migration - Ravenstein's Theory of Human Migration (Notes) HW: Rubenstein 102-107 Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Case Study of Human Migration - Case Studies of Human Migration (Assignment) + Calling Australia Home + Germans in America: Into the Promised Land + Letters from Karelia HW: Case Studies of Human Migration (The New Commonwealth Migrants) (Assignment) |
Week 6: Human Migration
(Oct 12-16) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: The Habitable World - Patterns of Human Settlement + Analyzing population density maps (Activity) - The Habitable World (Notes) + World Mapper - Population Cartogram HW: Rubenstein 70-73 HW: Rubenstein Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz Wednesday (Activity) Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: No School - MEA Friday: No School - MEA 
Week 8: Finish Population and Migration
(Oct 26-30) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Trends of Human Migration - Trends in Human Migration to the United States (Notes) - Refugees in 2010 (Assignment) + Use 2010 US State Department statistics of Refugees to answer questions HW: Unit II Test on Monday Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Unit II Review Day - Work on Study Guides HW: Unit II Test on Monday Friday: No Class "A" Day Week 9: Finish Unit II
(Nov 2-6) Monday: Unit II Test - Population and Migration November 2nd, 2015 Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Unit III Thursday: No Class "A" Day Half Day - Teacher Work Day Friday: No School - Staff Development |
Unit II Notes
Unit II Test Preparation
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Unit II Assignments
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Unit II Additional Resources
Unit I: Geography - Its Nature and Perspective
Unit I Course Schedule
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Week 1: Course Introduction
(Sept 7-11) Monday: No School - Labor Day Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Course Introduction - Introductions - Introduction to Human Geography + Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot - Course Expectations - Activity: Where in the World? HW: World Regions quiz next Friday + Use "World Regions Cheat Sheet" to study Thursday: No Classes - Camp St. Croix Friday: No Classes - Camp St. Croix 
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Week 2: Introduction to Geography
(Sept 14-18) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Five Themes of Geography - Five Themes of Geography Diagram - Geography is Everywhere (Activity) HW: Finding the Five Themes (Activity) Wednesday: No Classes - In-School Retreat Thursday: Cartography - Basics of Cartography (Notes) + 1965 Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Eastern Thailand Map - Using TODALSIGS (Activity) HW: Rubenstein 14-15, 20-25 Friday: No Class "A" Day 
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Week 3: Cartography
(Sept 21-25) Monday: Map Projections - Dealing with a Spherical Earth (Activity) - Map Projections and Types of Maps (Notes) + Maps That Prove You Don't Know Earth + 42 Amazing Maps + 19 Maps that tell a Story (Notes) HW: Bring computer Wednesday Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Geographic Information Systems - Geographic Information Systems Ted Talk + Dan Scollon Ted Talk Questions (Activity) - Learning to use ArcGIS + Hiking Utah County GIS Example + Mapping your World (Activity) + Present maps HW: Unit I Test on Friday + Study Guide Below Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Unit I Test - Nature and Perspectives of Geography September 25th, 2015 | ||
Unit I Notes
Unit I Test Prep
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Unit I Assignments
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Unit I Additional Resources
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