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?
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Your Assignment
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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?
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Today is: Wed. Sept. 30, 2009
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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
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Using a desk map, find the latitude and
longitude of the following cities:
– Miami
– Osaka
– Luanda
– Melbourne
– Tehran
Today is: Thurs. Oct. 1, 2009
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Using a desk map, find the latitude and
longitude of the following cities:
– Miami
– Osaka
– Luanda
– Melbourne
– Tehran
Today is: Thurs. Oct. 1, 2009
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Using a desk map, find the latitude and
longitude of the following cities:
– Miami
26N, 80W
– Osaka
– Luanda
– Melbourne
– Tehran
Today is: Thurs. Oct. 1, 2009
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Using a desk map, find the latitude and
longitude of the following cities:
– Miami
– Osaka
– Luanda
– Melbourne
– Tehran
26N, 80W
35N, 135E
Today is: Thurs. Oct. 1, 2009
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Using a desk map, find the latitude and
longitude of the following cities:
– Miami
– Osaka
– Luanda
– Melbourne
– Tehran
26N, 80W
35N, 135E
9S, 13E
Today is: Thurs. Oct. 1, 2009
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Using a desk map, find the latitude and
longitude of the following cities:
– Miami
– Osaka
– Luanda
– Melbourne
– Tehran
26N, 80W
35N, 135E
9S, 13E
38S, 145E
Today is: Thurs. Oct. 1, 2009
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Using a desk map, find the latitude and
longitude of the following cities:
– Miami
– Osaka
– Luanda
– Melbourne
– Tehran
26N, 80W
35N, 135E
9S, 13E
38S, 145E
36N, 51E
Today is: Fri. Oct. 2, 2009
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Using a desk map, find the latitude and
longitude of the following cities:
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Minneapolis/St. Paul
Manila
La Paz
Berlin
Istanbul
Today is: Fri. Oct. 2, 2009
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Using a desk map, find the latitude and
longitude of the following cities:
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Minneapolis/St. Paul
Manila
La Paz
Berlin
Istanbul
45N, 93W
Today is: Fri. Oct. 2, 2009
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Using a desk map, find the latitude and
longitude of the following cities:
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Minneapolis/St. Paul
Manila
La Paz
Berlin
Istanbul
45N, 93W
15N, 121E
Today is: Fri. Oct. 2, 2009
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Using a desk map, find the latitude and
longitude of the following cities:
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Minneapolis/St. Paul
Manila
La Paz
Berlin
Istanbul
45N, 93W
15N, 121E
17S, 68W
52N, 13E
41N, 29E
Today in Class:
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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?
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Your work in class today….
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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
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Using the textbook (chap. 2, beginning
on p. 39)
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1. Using specific examples from Key
Issue 1, where is the world’s population
distributed?
Today in class:
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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
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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:
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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
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Using a textbook, define the following
vocabulary from Chap. 2.
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Demography
Ecumene
Crude birth rate (CBR)
Crude death rate (CDR)
Natural increase rate (NIR)
Total fertility rate (TFR)
Infant mortality rate (IMR)
Life expectancy
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In Class Today
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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!!!!
Today is: Fri. Oct. 9, 2009
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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?
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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!!!
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Today is: Wed. Oct. 14, 2009
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.
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Upcoming Events/Work
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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!!!
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Thurs. 10/22: ALL WORK DUE!!
– Population questions (1-10,1-6)
– World map population posters
– Population pyramid assignment
– Chap. 2-3 vocabulary
Today is: Mon. Oct. 19, 2009
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?
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Upcoming Events/Work
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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
Today is: Wed. Oct. 21, 2009
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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:
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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?
Today is: Mon. Oct. 26, 2009
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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 specificyou have lots of information to go through!
In Class Today…..
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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 2Population.
 This is individual work, it should be in color,
no more than 1 page and due at the end of
the hour!
Today is: Wed. Oct. 28, 2009
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?
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In Class Today….
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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.
Today is: Thurs. Oct. 29, 2009
1. Look at the following maps and
compare and contrast the information
given.
 2. What is the message of these maps?
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Today is: Fri. Oct. 30, 2009
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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?
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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.
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In class today….
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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.
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The poster will be due on Tuesday at the end
of class.
Today is: Tues. Nov. 3, 2009
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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
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1. What are the parts that are required
to create or write a “good” essay?
– Be specific!!!
How to write a successful essay
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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
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Describe how the people of Africa
and Southwest Asia have affected
their environments as they have
interacted with them.
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The people of Africa and SW Asia have
affected their environments in positive
and negative ways.
Now to Practice….
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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.
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