Unit 3 Extended Response Questions

HG Ch. 3 Extended Response Questions

1. According to the demographic transition model, population growth should slow down as a country becomes more developed. Where is the U.S. according to the demographic transition model?


2. In the 1990s, the U.S. experienced increased population growth; explain this recent growth and compare it to slow growth patterns in other highly developed countries.


3. At the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo, Egypt in 1994, the Indian delegation claimed that population policy involved much more than limiting growth. Describe India’s claim that consumption of natural resources must enter global conversations on population policy.


4. Discuss the ways that population, technology, and affluence have affected the environments of three countries: China, India, Thailand.


5. Explain why LDCs may have higher population growth.

Week of Oct. 18

10/18/10
1. collect outlines (make sure all sections are combined)
2. 1. Jigsaw p-58-61 "The Demographic Transition"
3. Complete the following activities:
a. Draw on Promethean board
b. draw on paper
c. write paragraph explaining meaning of DTM
4. Homework: work on semester exam questions; test is Friday!!

10/19/10
0. Draw a rough world population DTM; write a paragraph explaining the model.
1. Powerpoint on Population Pyramids
Rubenstein:
2. Answer the following from p. 64 in Rubenstein
a. What percentage of Honolulu's population is made up of 20-year-old males?
b. Female?
c. Which area has the largest number of senior citizens over age 65? What is the percentage of males and females?
d. Which area has the largest percentage between the ages of 20 to 25? Why?
e. Draw at least two conclusions about the age-sex distribution in Unalaska, AK.
3. Homework: work on semester exam questions; test is Friday!!

10/20/10
1. Jigsaw Rubenstein p. 72. Groups of 4
World Health Threats
2. Rubenstein: LP: Thinking Geographically
#2-5 discussion questions
3. Bangkok

10/21/10
Group work on essay questions

10/22/10
Essay test

Week of Oct. 11

10/11/10
1. vocab words (VIS chart)
2. Go over web page
3. review essay tests
4. Collect outlines (Block 1)
5. Promethean Board vocab review
6. Homework: Outline Section 2 "Population Parameters and Processes"

10/12/10
1. Collect section 2 outlines
2. Computer competencies
Model how to do a document.
Practice: Write a paragraph convincing me to accept a suggestion you have for this class. Use the following format:
one-inch margins
centered title: Suggestion on How to Improve Human Geography
page numbers inserted in footer at bottom right
double-spaced
spell-checked
name, date, subject, and block in top right header
save as "suggestion"
attach as word document and send to me

10/13/10 (no Block 2)
1. Xpeditions Lesson Plan
Finding Population Density of the United States
Using the US Govt. Census web site, construct a choropleth map of individual states in the US.
2. Film

10/14/10
Persuasive Prompt
1. Persuade a classmate to either accept or reject Thomas Malthus theory on overpopulation.
This must be typed on a word processing sheet adhering to the following:

• one-inch margins
• centered title: Thomas Malthus's Theory of Overpopulation
• page numbers inserted in footer at bottom right
• double-spaced
• spell-checked
• name, date, subject, and block in top right header
• save as "Malthus"
• attach as word document and send to me

10/15/10

1. Cultural Hearths Computer Work
For your hearth find any numeric value data and plot it on an EXCEL data base.

Title for header should be: Geographic Terminology

Columns should be headed in bold with the following subheadings:

Geographic Term Answer URL

Make sure you manipulate the row and column widths to accommodate you data.

Quantitative related terms can be found in the Unit 3 vocab. list. You should also add absolute distance and absolute location (coordinates).

Finally you need to sort terms alphabetically.

Send to me as an excel attachment.

The more data you can gather, the higher your grade.

3. Homework: finish outlines.

Semester Exam questions

Extended Response Questions

For the semester exam, we will randomly choose three of the questions below. You will then choose one to answer in a full essay.

1. Choose one question to answer. Make sure you define your terms, give ample examples, and use geographic vocabulary. You must do a graphic organizer before you begin writing.

2. Discuss the history of human geography and how it developed as a discipline.

3. Discuss why human geography is an important field of study.

4. Define the spatial perspective. What does it mean to think geographically? What kinds of geographic problems can be solved from a spatial perspective?

5. Identify and discuss the five goals of the AP Exam in Human Geography.

6. Throughout history advancements in technology have “shrunken” the size of the world. What does the author mean by this statement?

7. Discuss Tobler’s “First Law of Geography”. Be sure to address related terminology.

8. Define time-space convergence and give examples of this process at work in today's world.

9. Explain the Demographic Transition Model. Where is your cultural hearth in terms of the DTM?

10.Discuss Thomas Malthus’ theory on population. Do you agree with his assessment? Why or why not? Provide research based evidence.

HG Population Flipchart

Go to this address to view my Population Flipchart:

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=55548931

Maps, etc. Flipchart

Go to this address to view Maps flipchart.

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=55533666

Introduction to Human Geography

Go to this link to view Introduction to Human Geography (Ch. 1) flipchart.

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=55531657

Week of Oct. 4

10/4/10
1. Collect work from last week.
2. Review for Tues. test
3. Promethean Board review
4. Bingo review

10/5/10
1. Unit 2 test
2. begin VIS chart for Unit 3
3. check vocab

10/6/10
1. Warmup--
VIS chart Unit 3
2. Introduce Population KWL
3. HW: five words

10/7/10
0. vocab quiz
1. Group read Rubenstein: p. 69-71
2. Whole group discussion of Malthus

10/8/10
1. warm up: 5 vocab words
2. Model how to outline section
3. Outline your section of writing
4. Film: 6 Billion People
5. Film discussion
6. Homework: 5 vocab. words

Power of Place Videos

http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html

Week of Sept. 27

9/27/10
Human Geography
1. Go over vocab. test/writing assignment
2. In your own words identify 5 goals of the AP exam. Share with LP
3. Class discussion of goals.
4. Test review: board game
5. Homework: Study for test.

9/28/10
1. Warm-up: study for exam
2. Take exam
3. Read computer copyright laws handout.
4. Highlight 3 important sentences.
5. Plan for Thurs. & Fri.
6. Homework: finish vocab. words
7. Maps & Globes final vocab. quiz on Monday
8. Review directions for media center work.
9. Computer Research for Sept. 30th-Oct. 1 (Make sure you cite your source):

a. Find the following information for your cultural hearth:
1. coordinates (absolute location)
2. population
3. infant mortality rate
4. life expectancy
5. languages spoken
6. absolute distance from your cultural hearth to your present residence
(Hint: much of this work can be found on Encyclopedia web sites such as Britannia or Encarta.)

b. Relate your hearth to another place. Most of your hearths will have a connection to the US. Find out what that connection entails. If not the US, find another connection between your hearth and another country. The connections can be economic, social, or political. Identify each and state the connection. You can d0 a google search on your hearth and another place.

c. What are your cultural hearth's hazards (chances of hurricanes, mudslides, tsunami, etc.)? Find web sites that address these issues. (Model how to find a legitimate site, e.g. www.britannica.com/; google scholar; advanced google; dbhs library). Save, copy, and paste URL addresses on word document (must have 3 URLs.) Write a one-sentence summary of each article or map.

d. Give an example of diffusion. e.g. see how AIDS has diffused into your cultural hearth.

e. Locate and print out three different kinds of maps you can find on your cultural hearth. They can be large or small scale. Analyze each map in a paragraph.

9/29/10--Interpreting Maps
1. P. 39 in Rubenstein:
a. In a paragraph compare 1981 to to 1993. 1993 to 2001
b. Referring to the map in the bottom right, which states have the most AIDS cases? the least?
c. Do you see any patterns?
d. In your own words, summarize in terms of relocation versus expansion.

2. p.57
a. What countries have the highest life expectancy?
b. What countries have the lowest?
c. Provide the life expectancy for the following:
Australia
Sweden
Portugal
South Africa
Botswana
Saudi Arabia
Mongolia

3. p. 95
a. Which country had the largest amount of immigrants to the US during the 1990s?
How many?
b. Which had the second largest amount? How many?
c. Which Asian country had the highest amount of immigrants to the US in 2001? How many?

Week of Sept. 20

Human Geography

9/20/10
1. Warm-up--crossword puzzle
2. Vocab. quiz
3. Check outlines
4. Ch. 2 Promethean Board

9/21/10
1. 5 vocab review words
2. Promethean review
3. Reading Europe
Plot the following approximately: Central Portugal, Andorra, Luxembourg, Estonia, Slovenia, Malta.
Estimate distance from: the southern tip of Sweden to the southern tip of Italy (toe of the boot); Macedonia to Lativia; Ireland to Iceland; Slovenia to Switzerland.
4. Homework: 5 more vocab. words; map projection handout

9/22/10

1. Review practice questions.
2. Warm-up with LP: Promethean Board: HIV prevalence in adults 2001. Answer 4 questions.
3. Outline model on Spatial Diffusion

4. Finish latitude and longitude plottings.

9/23/10
1. LP--Find the city of the given coordinates. Find the coordinates of the capital city of your cultural hearth. Plot it on worksheet.
2. Answer the following questions:
A. p. 92--What does Toblers 1st Law of Geography state? Give examples. Give exceptions.
B. When might a geographer use a Mercator, Azimuthal, Peters, Fuller, or Robinson.
C. List three types of spatial diffusion and give one example of each.

9/24/10
0. Block 2 (Vocab. quiz)
1. Read the graphic on p. 90. Brainstorm what the graphic means.
2. Individual: Write a one-page essay describing and interpreting the graphic on
p. 90. What is the author trying to tell us?
3. Test review for Monday (Geography basics)

Week of Sept. 13

9/13/10
BAT Tests
Finish Ch. 2 outlines

9/14/10
BAT Tests
Finish Ch. 2 outlines

9/15/10
Human Geography
Block 2
AIDs in Africa: The Scope of the Problem
From Newspaper articles we will look at AIDS in Africa.


9/16/10
1. warm-up--finish Ch. 2 vocab
2. check remaining portfolios and oral quizzes
3. Collect outlines
4. Finish Geo. Basics
5. Homework: study 5 more vocab. words

9/17/13
1. Warm-up: review for vocab. quiz
2. Vocab. quiz 10 words
3. Geo. Basics follow up practice (Checking latitude & longitude)
4. finish Geo. Basics (redo pre-test and vocab. words)
5. Make Charts.
6. Homework: Study 15 vocab. words.

Quiz assignment

http://www.classmarker.com/embedded_quizzes/?quiz=907e380acc92297b9b69f235a078d83e

Unit 2 (Maps, etc.) Objectives

OBJECTIVES:

Maps
• Locate the equator and prime meridian and use latitude and longitude to find places on a globe.

• Identify map projections

• Identify map types

• Read and analyze information found on a map


. Discuss how the amount of water in a region affects the lifestyle of the people
living there.

. Describe the various types of landforms found on the earth.

. Explain what impact different landforms have on people’s patterns of living.

Week of Sept. 7th

9/7/10
1. Warm-up
In spiral notebooks, write 3 things you remember from Ch. 2. Then compare with your learning partner.
2. Test Review (writing review on Promethean Board)
3. Activity: Draw a cognitive map of your neighborhood.
4. Globes, Maps, and Graphs pre-test
5. Collect homework (Outlines of "An Introduction to Human Geography")

9/8/10
1. Review questions and 10 vocab. words
2. BEEP: Geography Basics Part 1
3. Collect cognition maps (Bl. 2)

9/10/10
1. Warm-up--10 vocab words and review questions.
2. Check portfolios
3. class pictures
4. Homework: read and outline Ch. 2

An Introduction to Human Geography (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ce4P05TrNQ

Barrons Ch. 1 Outline

History and Development of the Discipline
• Early cartographers
 3rd C. BC Eratosthenes calculated the earth’s circumference
 2nd C. AD Ptolemy rough maps and landmasses
 1400s explorers (Columbus & Magellan)
 18th-20th C. geography became a respect field of study and scholars began to synthesize knowledge.
• Darwin’s theory of evolution
• Wegner’s theory of continental drift
• 1864—George Perkins Marsh wrote Man and Nature
• 1925—Carl Sauer proposed that cultural landscapes be the focus of geographic inquiry which began environmental geography and cultural ecology
• 1960s—quantitative revolution
o Empirical measurements
o Hypothesis testing
o Mathematical models
o Computer programs
• 1970s—with more complex computers and technology we have
o Remote sensing
o Global Positioning System (satellites)
o Geographical Information Systems (software programs)

• Geography Today
 Broadly defined as “the study of human activities on the earth’s surface”
• Population
• Cultural
• Economic
• Urban
• Agricultural
• Political
 Today’s focus is on environmental geography
• How humans have altered the earth
• Are our actions sustainable?


• Thinking Geographically
 Developing a spatial perspective
• Looking at relationship between places
o Why do certain phenomena occur in certain places?
o How do places interact economically, socially, and culturally?
o Why are places alike or different?
 Appreciation of scale
• Ratio between distance on a map and distance on earth’s surface
• Looking at the local and the global
o How each affects the other
• Looking at the neighborhood, city, metro, and region (small to large)
o Regions
 Defined as an area that contains some type of unifying social or physical characteristics
• Functional (Nodal) Regions
o Specific characteristics
o San Francisco Bay area (all depend on SF)
• Formal
o Uniform specific characteristics
o Rolling hills
o Cultural similarities (practice same religion)
• Vernacular (Perceptual) Regions
o Exists in people’s minds
 The Deep South
 Southern accent
 Southern Baptist
 Fried food
o Sense of Place – People’s attachment to these regions
o US has 10 major ones
 The Northwest
 West Coast
 Inter-Mountain West
 Southwest
 Great Plains
 Midwest
 South
 New England
 Mid-Atlantic
 South Florida
• Understand and synthesize various types of data
o Qualitative data
 Associated with culture or region
 Non-mathematical
 Interviews
 Empirical observation
 Interpretation of texts, art, maps, etc.
o Quantitative
 Uses math
 Measures
 Statistical
o Idiographic
 Uniqueness of particular region
o Nomothetic
 Universally applicable


• Applications of Geography
 Environmental studies
• Global warming
• Climate change
 Human conflict
 Population predictions

Week of Aug. 30

Human Geography
Objectives: Understand and use Unit 1 vocab.
8/30/10
1. Vocab. Writing
--With LP write a paragraph using any 10 of your vocabulary words. Underline the words. Paragraph must be coherent, legible, and geographically informed.
2. Enter bus numbers in roll book.
3. VIS 5 words

8/31/10
Objective:
a. to expand on the purpose of Human Geography
b. to list different kinds of regions
b. to outline video clip: What is Human Geography.
1. get samples of VIS
2. collect paragraphs
3. continue with Promethean Board (outline video)
4. Choose two quotes and highlight key words; paraphrase quote; provide examples.

9/1/10
1. Make a geographic time line noting the work of the geographers mentioned in Ch. 1
2. Continue Promethean Board flipchart
3. Pattison's regional analysis (do one instead of two)
4. Finish outlining chapter

9/2/10
Objective: test review
1. Review flipchart
2. vocabulary bingo
3. computer research

9/3/10
1. vocab. test
2. Writing Prompt:
Thinking about what you have learned in Human Geography this week. Now convince your friend to take a Human Geography course.
3. Check vocab & outlines

Vocabulary Link

http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo101/glossary.html#site

First Day Introductions

Name______________________ First Day Introductions
If you could go to any destination in the world, where would you go and
why?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Where is your family’s cultural hearth?____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Have you ever been outside the US? Where? What were the circumstances?
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Have you ever lived in another country? Explain.____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What do you think this class is about? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What do you want to learn from this class? ________________________________________________
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What classroom rules do you think are important? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How do you learn best?
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Is there anything special that I need to know about you? (confidential)
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Who rocks your world and why?__________________________________________________________

What would you like to ask me? __________________________________________________________
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Name one thing you’d like to share that few people know about you.____________________________
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