WORLD HISTORY CLASS INFO & HOMEWORK
Unit 1 = Geography (Finish)
Unit 2 = Foundation Lessons (Start)
MONDAY September 16, 2019
1) Foundation Lesson I - Inner
2) Cycle of Life
HW:
A) Review BBQ Foundation Info
B) Geography Info
C) What Social Studies Careers interest you?
TUESDAY September 17, 2019 (LATE START)
1) Social Studies Careers
2) BBQ Foundation Info
3) Intro CER Hi-Lite
4) Social Studies Writing Method
5) GEO RETAKE Today @ 3:12
HW:
A) Review BBQ Foundation Info
B) Geography Info
WEDNESDAY September 18, 2019 (BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT)
1) Foundation Lesson II - Outer
A) Long Echo & Me
B) Movement of Man
C) Connecting to the Long Yesterday
HW:
A) Have you decided what BBQ Foundation Question will do?
B) Study for Geo Retake #2 (TBA - Look on North Whiteboard for next offering)
THURSDAY September 19, 2019 (Late Start)
1) Foundation Lesson II - Outer
A) Long Echo & Me
B) Movement of Man
C) Connecting to the Long Yesterday
HW
A) BBQ Foundation Info
B) Intro CER Hi-Lite / Social Studies Writing Method
C) Social Studies Careers
D) Geography Info
FRIDAY September 20, 2019
1) Conclude Foundation Lesson II
A) Long Echo & Me
B) Movement of Man
C) Connecting to the Long Yesterday
HW:
A) BBQ Foundation Info
B) Intro CER Hi-Lite / Social Studies Writing Method
C) Social Studies Careers
D) Geography Info
EXTRA STUFF FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE:
If you liked Mr P's talk on the Long Echo... you might like UCLA Professor Jared Diamond's Talk on Why Societies Collapse?
A) 19 Minute Talk
B) 59 Minute Talk
C) Want more detail? Read Jared Diamond's book: Collapse... Mr P did.
Also, check out these talks about digging for the origins of humanity
D) Louise Leakey - Digging for Humanity's Origins (19 minutes)
E) Human Evolution & Why it matters: Conversation with Leakey & Johanson (90 minutes)
F) Cool video on Primitive Technology - Here is how to build a tiled roofed mud hut with your own hands.
F) Another gem on Primitive Technology - Here is how to build a grass hut
G) Humans are NOT the only ones with an imagination. Check this out, if you love to learn. This is NOT required, but then again the good stuff often is NOT required.
MONDAY September 23, 2019
Student Free Day (No School)
WORLD RELIGIONS & PHILOSOPHIES
WEST
1) Judaism Reading & Answer Sheet
2) Christianity Reading & Answer Sheet
3) Islam Reading & Answer Sheet
EAST
1) Hinduism Outline & Answer Sheet
2) Buddhism Reading & Answer 11 Questions from Reading & complete Answer Sheet
3) Confucianism Reading & Answer 7 Questions from Reading & complete Answer Sheet
4) Taoism Reading & Answer 9 Questions from Reading & complete Answer Sheet
TUESDAY September 24, 2019
1) BBQ Foundation Info
2) East & West
3) World Religions?
HW:
A) Judaism Reading & Answer Sheet
WEDNESDAY September 25, 2019
1) East & West
2) World Religions -
a) Spread of World Religions over time
b) Religious Tree of the West - Judaism, Christianity & Islam
c) Western Religions Similarities & Differences
HW:
A) Christianity Reading & Answer Sheet
THURSDAY September 26, 2019
1) East & West
2) World Religions -
a) Spread of World Religions over time
b) Religious Tree of the West - Judaism, Christianity & Islam
c) Western Religions Similarities & Differences
HW:
A) Islam Reading & Answer Sheet
FRIDAY September 27, 2019
1) Collect Judaism HW
2) Wrap up Western Religions
3) Religions of the East - Hinduism & Buddhism
4) Chinese Philosophy - Confucianism & Taoism
HW:
MONDAY September 30, 2019
1) Collect Christianity HW
2) Conclude Religions of the East - Hinduism & Buddhism
3) Chinese Philosophy - Confucianism & Taoism
HW:
1) Study for World Religion & Philosophy Mini-Exam (Tuesday)
2) World Religion & Philosophy WS Packet (Tuesday)
3) Group Religion / Philosophy Questions & Comments (Tuesday)
TUESDAY October 1, 2019
1) Collect World Religion & Philosophy WS Packet
2) World Religion & Philosophy Mini-Exam
3) Class Discussion - Group Religion / Philosophy Questions & Comments
HW:
WEDNESDAY October 2, 2019
1) Nader's Island
THURSDAY October 3, 2019
TBA
FRIDAY October 4, 2019
TBA
WORLD RELIGIONS & PHILOSOPHIES
WEST
1) Judaism Reading & Answer Sheet
2) Christianity Reading & Answer Sheet
3) Islam Reading & Answer Sheet
EAST
1) Hinduism Outline & Answer Sheet
2) Buddhism Reading & Answer 11 Questions from Reading & complete Answer Sheet
3) Confucianism Reading & Answer 7 Questions from Reading & complete Answer Sheet
4) Taoism Reading & Answer 9 Questions from Reading & complete Answer Sheet
Yale's Professor Kagan's Greek Lectures - This is for students who enjoy and want to learn more about Ancient Greece. This is NOT required work.
GEOGRAPHY & STATISTICS = MORE INTEREST IN WORLDLY MATTER
Once you have a decent understanding of locations, start to look at geographical statistics. Check out
this Geo Stat website: gapminder.org Enjoy! Click to watch tutorial on how to use gapminder.org
GROUP INSTRUCTIONS
A) Each Group will be assigned 1 of the topics below.
B) Group, individually or together, follow a suggested process below:
a) Speculate / Forethought - Before you analyze info, guess what you think the information will say about the 2 topics.
b) General Data Discovery - After you have analyzed the information,create a generalization about your topics (ie the higher the income per person, the higher the life expectancy). Was your original forethought correct / incorrect?
c) Evidence - Using the gapminder information for your topics, give examples to prove your generalization
d) Interesting Finds - Share something unusual or noteworthy to share with others / Tracking a nation
e) Skeptical Claim - explain why your generalization might NOT be correct.
Once you have a decent understanding of locations, start to look at geographical statistics. Check out
this Geo Stat website: gapminder.org Enjoy! Click to watch tutorial on how to use gapminder.org
GROUP INSTRUCTIONS
A) Each Group will be assigned 1 of the topics below.
B) Group, individually or together, follow a suggested process below:
a) Speculate / Forethought - Before you analyze info, guess what you think the information will say about the 2 topics.
b) General Data Discovery - After you have analyzed the information,create a generalization about your topics (ie the higher the income per person, the higher the life expectancy). Was your original forethought correct / incorrect?
c) Evidence - Using the gapminder information for your topics, give examples to prove your generalization
d) Interesting Finds - Share something unusual or noteworthy to share with others / Tracking a nation
e) Skeptical Claim - explain why your generalization might NOT be correct.
GAPMINDER.ORG GROUP TOPICS
1) Life Expectancy & Income Per Person (Used as DEMO in class only. Students use 2-11 below)2) Life Expectancy & Children Per Woman
3) Life Expectancy & Mean years in School (For Men 25+) (For Women 25+)
4) Children Per Woman & Mean Years in School (For Men 25+) (For Women 25+)
5) Suicide (Per 100,000) & Income Per Person
6) Life Expectancy & Personal Cell Phones (per 100 people)
7) Life Expectancy & Age at 1st marriage (woman)
8) Income Per Person & Mean years in School (For Men 25+) (For Women 25+)
9) Death Under Age 5 Per 1000 Births & Income Per Person
10) Life Expectancy & Teen Fertility Rate (Birth per 1,000 Woman Age 15-19)
11) Income Per Person & Teen Fertility Rate (Birth Per 1,000 Woman Age 15-19)
Want More? Bored? Interested? Got Time? Here is a short 5 minute video where Hans Rosling talks about NOT the US falling behind but the rest of the world catching up to the US,
SUPER COOL GEO VIDEO LECTURES ---
These are short video lectures by prominent professors. These lectures
demonstrate that Geo is so much more than just locations. It relates to
culture, economics, politics, religion and much much more.
10) Bill Davenhall: Your health depends on where you live
11) Hans Rosling: River of Myths
12) Hans Rosling: World catching up to the US,
13) Hans Rosling: Why the World Population will NOT exceed 11 billion
14) Hans Rosling: Overpopulated - BBC Documentary
11) Hans Rosling: River of Myths
12) Hans Rosling: World catching up to the US,
13) Hans Rosling: Why the World Population will NOT exceed 11 billion
14) Hans Rosling: Overpopulated - BBC Documentary
STOP! READ...POSSIBLE EXTRA GEOGRAPHY CREDIT
Did you not do well on the Geo Unit? Did you do well and just want to learn more about Geo? Then start a Extra Credit Sign up sheet in your period. If enough students sign up, Mr P will have an extra credit offering related to gapminder.org Get going on this unique offering. Be sure to ask and listen for more announcements in class.
GEOGRAPHY EXTRA COOL ONLINE STUFF
Mr P mentioned in class how Maps don't always tell the truth or distort the truth. Here is a short video illustrating what Mr P was saying.
Why All Maps Are Wrong?
There are many many types of maps. The Mercator World Map makes areas at the bottom or top like Greenland look large and areas in the middle like Brazil look small. At the The True Size.com you can compare the true size of areas. Start with Greenland and take it down to Africa and you will get a sense of how Greenland is oversized and Africa is undersized. Have fun!
The True Size.com
GEOGRAPHY BOOKS P RECOMMENDS READING
1) PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY by Tim Marshall
A) Meet the Author
B) Book Review
2) GEOGRAPHY OF TIME by Robert Levine
A) Quick glance at some topics covered in book
B) Book Review
RANDOM AGENDA FROM BEFORE YOUR TIME...MONDAY Sept 27, 2010
Student Free Day - No School for Students! Take a nap for Mr P
Bored? Want to learn more about the Ancient Greeks?
Still bored? Want to attend a philosophy lecture at Yale?
Keep
going
down
and
you will
find
this:
Jared Diamond's Collapse Lecture
George Smoot - The Design of the Universe
Passport
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