Happy Monday Human Geographers!
• Grab a Chromebook on your way into
class.
• Go to this week on the Wiki page and
open up this PowerPoint.
• Begin reviewing the PowerPoint and the
packet in preparation for today’s lesson.
• Tonight’s homework: Read and complete
the reading guide for Chapter 5: Key
Issue #4.
Languages Stations Activity
• Directions: You and your partner will be visiting a
number of stations this class period (please note
that there is a time limit per station). The
purpose of this activity is for you to understand
the relationship between languages of the world,
the diffusion of languages, as well as the
significant issue of endangered languages. You
and your partner are both responsible for turning
in a completed activity packet. This will be a
collected & graded assignment!
Languages Station #1
Numbers!
• Directions
– The flash cards on the table have the numbers 110 written in different Indo-European languages. 1
& 10 have been identified for you, your job is to
determine the correct order for 2-9 for each of the
languages.
– Answer the questions on your Station Activity
Sheet before you move on to the next station!
– Please scramble the cards before you leave for the
next group!
Languages Station #2
Endangered Languages
• Directions
– On the computers provided at the table, visit the
website site
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/endur
ing-voices/?hc_location=ufi
– Answer the questions on your Station Activity
Sheet.
Languages Station #3
Yiddish Words We all Say
• Directions
– The flash cards at this table have a number of
Yiddish words that are commonly used today.
Match together the words with their definitions!
– Answer the questions on your station activity
sheet.
– Please scramble the cards before you leave for the
next group!
Languages Station #4
Languages of the World
• Directions
– On the computers provided at the table, visit the
website site
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10
/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html?_r=0
– Answer the questions on your Station Activity
Sheet.
Languages Station #5
Origins of the English Language
• Directions
– On the computers provided at the table, visit the
website site http://www.krysstal.com
– Answer the questions on your Station Activity
Sheet.
Languages Station #6
Language Families
• Directions
– On the computers provided at the table, visit the
website site http://www.krysstal.com
– Answer the questions on your Station Activity
Sheet.
Languages Station #7
Borrowed Words
• Directions
– On the computers provided at the table, visit the
website site http://www.krysstal.com
– Answer the questions on your Station Activity
Sheet.
Languages Station #8
Cockney Rhyming Slang
• Directions
– On the computers provided at the table, visit the
website site http://www.krysstal.com
– Answer the questions on your Station Activity
Sheet.
Finish Early?
https://greatlanguagegame.com/
You need headphones!