Class Space by Carley

This is our new look for teacher blogs at Sprayberry! I hope you will visit often. In fact, please book mark this blog because it will be essential for effective communication among parents, students, and teacher. You will see categories and pages along the right side for specific classes, study helps, etc. The right hand menu is where you will find most of the information specific to daily assignments, projects, due dates for your class. The left hand menu will be for more general information and links to helpful sites.

Today was the deadline for registering for the AP Exam. If you didn’t register yet, please do it by Friday and bring in the proper forms. Remember: you get to exempt the final exam if you take the AP National Exam!

Friday: Inner/Outer circle discussion on Cambodia section of Notes From My Travels - You must have 3 questions with answers in order to participate – this time there will be no exceptions!!!

Anyone who is re-doing the culture journal, must turn it in by Friday!

Please keep up with your adopted country portfolio project. You don’t want to spend your entire spring break working on it!

Internet Investigation: East Asian Governments

General directions: Investigate the official government web sites and write out the answers to the questions on a separate sheet of notebook paper. The answers are all there, but you may have to look for them. This assignment will give you practice in navigating web sites for information.

http://www.korea-dpr.com/      Across the top of the main page click on DPR Korea.

1. Who is the current lead of North Korea?  What is his title? Write down a few facts about him.  How are the people supposed to think about him?
2. Click on History. Then click on Motherland’s Liberation. Read a few paragraphs. How does Korean history represent the USA?  How does this account describe the USA?
3. Click on Society. What did you learn about N. Korean culture from this page?
4. Click on FAQ’s.  Could you backpack across N. Korea? After reading these questions and answers, what is your general impression of N. Korea?

http://english.gov.cn/  China’s official site                                              

1. Who is the present leader of China? What is his title?
2. Click on China fact file and take a few notes on China’s government structure.
3. Check out the photo gallery and the travel information. How does China want the rest of the world to regard them?

http://www.mongoliatourism.gov.mn/   Mongolia’s official site

1. Navigate this site and see if you can find out some basic information about Mongolia like what type of government it has.
2. Check out the many slide shows. How do you think Mongolia’s web site compares with N. Korea’s and China’s?
3. If you could travel to Mongolia, what are some of the things you would want to see and do there?

http://www.korea.net/

1. Across the top menu, click on Korean info.Click on facts and figures. What is the official name of the country? What does its flag look like and what do the symbols mean?
2. Who is the current leader? What kind of government does the country have?
3. Click on other categories that interest you (maybe sports, people, food, etc.) Write down a few interesting facts.

http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/japan/government/index.html

1. Who is the leader of Japan? What is his title? Was he elected? How long will he be in office?
2. Across the top, click on Culture. Scroll down and check out some of the links. What did you find out about pop culture in Japan?
3. Check out WEB JAPAN. What kind of information can you get here? What is your general impression about Japan from this web site?

http://www.gio.gov.tw/

1. Click on side menu choices to find out more about Taiwan. Write down a few basic facts such as leader, type of government, founder, etc.
2. Click on Geography. Although Taiwan is an island, it has many different physical features. Make a list of the diverse features of this land. Take note of the Special Weathers section.
3. Check out people and language. Look at the pictures. What did you learn about Taiwan’s people.

Finally, write a comparison of all of the web sites. Which web sites do you think were the most effective? Why? How important is a web site to a country? This should be at least two paragraphs long!

If you have time, go to   http://www.usa.gov/index.shtml

Have you every visited this site before? Check it out. What kind of info can you find here? How does it compare with the other sites you’ve investigated today?

Here is a web site with religious information for station #3.

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/religion/

No exceptions! My room is open by 7:15 AM if you need to finish anything. You can also finish this poster at home.  Use the Cobb virtual library and other media center resources if you need help to finish from home.

Tomorrow, you can re-take the Africa map quiz. You will also need your textbook.

KUBY – HUMAN GEO IN ACTION

This is homework for Thursday.  We will be in the lab on Thursday to work out of the Kuby (Human Geography in Action) book, but you need to do some reading and complete the following assignement before you can begin.

1. Read the Introduction (pages 333-337) to “Do Orange and Green Clash” .  Take notes as you read on any new information or any new words that you come across.

2. Next, read the case study about Northern Ireland and Ireland that begins on page 338.  As you read you need to make a mind map of the situation in Ireland on which you will take your notes and create a summary of what you have read. FOLLOW ALL OF THE STEPS BELOW

• Draw Ireland on a sheet of paper. Divide Northern Ireland from Ireland. This is the beginning of your mind map.  You may add other graphics as you wish.  Information about N.Ireland should obviously be listed near or in N.Ireland and vice versa for Ireland (south)
• Define the following as you come across them in the reading: I.R.A., plantation system, tenant farmers, spacial division, and spacial convergence.
• Take notes on your mind map of Ireland as you read.  Similar to a body biography, I want you to visually explain what is going on in between N.Ireland and Ireland.  Get creative.  Take notes, but visual create a mind map (this means it is up to you how you visually represent the information). 
• Be sure to differentiate between N.Ireland and Ireland.
• You must have at least 10 icons/notes on your mind map (this does NOT include the vocab above)
• When you are finished , you will answer the question at the end of the reading in paragraph form.
• This is part of your lab and is required to be completed BEFORE you may begin the lab. 

HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA  POSTER PROJECT     Now that you have a definition and a concept of human rights, your mission will be to make a human rights poster and get the word out about what is going on in Africa.

FIRST: To do this you first need to focus on an area of human rights in Africa that is important to you… child labor, genocide, blood diamonds, child soldiers, Darfur, famine, AIDS in Africa, malaria, etc. Look at your notes for different ideas.

SECOND: Do Research: take notes on the issue, be sure to get some basic facts and statistics

            – websites attached

Now that you have researched and know what your poster will focus on, your poster needs to include all of the following:

1. A human rights slogan that fits your cause. Example: if you were doing child labor, you might use something like “Child labor is wrong labor”. THIS IS A SLOGAN YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH … DO NOT JUST TAKE SOMETHING FROM THE INTERNET.
2. Pictures .. your poster needs pictures that show the viewer why it is an issue that needs immediate attention. You can draw these yourself, use photos from a magazine, or the internet, or even use a political cartoon. Do something that catches the attention of people and draws them to your cause.
3. A short paragraph (5-7 sentences) telling the reader why this is an issue, where in Africa it is happening, and why something needs to be done. Again, look on the internet and find organizations that are focused on your cause. Be sure to cite specific violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
4. Give contact information. Include a website or information for an organization that has information on the cause in case someone wants to get involved after they see your poster.
5. Your poster must be on something other than standard paper. You can use poster board, construction paper, cardboard, or card stock. Your poster does not have to be huge (1/2 of a poster board is ideal), but remember it is a poster and your classmates need to be able to see it!!
6. All posters will be posted in the room and possibility in the hallway when finished, so do your best work! GO ABOVE AND BEYOND!!

WEBSITES

Human Rights

www.un.org/rights

www.amnesty.org

www.hrw.org

 Conflict Diamonds

http://www.diamondfacts.org/index.aspx

http://www.realdiamondfacts.org/ 

 Darfur, Sudan

http://darfur.amnestyusa.org/site/c.ggLLIYOHKrF/b.1847455/k.BE16/DARFUR_CRISIS_Home.htm

 Child Soldiers

http://www.invisiblechildren.com

http://www.youthnoise.com/MyCauseIs/?cause_id=5&a=index&gclid=CMDxvtCb5o4CFRGCGgodaRv2Pg

http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/index.htm

Malaria

http://www.amref.org/index.asp?PageID=50&PiaID=1

http://www.fightingmalaria.org/

http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/malaria.asp

http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/

 Sleeping Sickness

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs259/en/

http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/adult_travel/african.cfm

 River Blindness

http://medilinkz.org/HealthTopics/Diseases/onchocerciasis/onchocerciasis.asp

http://www.worldbank.org/afr/gper/

 Genocide

http://www.youthnoise.com/MyCauseIs/?cause_id=13&a=index&gclid=CN-p1oqf5o4CFRqWGgodRj_bRA

http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/index.html

http://us.oneworld.net/section/us/perspectives/8/genocide?gclid=CO-Yy7Cf5o4CFQgaHgodvxQVJQ

http://www.genocidewatch.org/

AIDS

http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/diseaseinfo.asp

http://www.aidsandafrica.com/  

http://www.aidsinafrica.net/

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/aids_in_africa/

http://www.until.org/statistics.shtml

 Violence Against Women

http://www.un.org/en/women/endviolence/news.shtml

Child Labor

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2003/04/01/west-africa-stop-trafficking-child-labor

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2007/06/14/guinea-thousands-girls-face-abuse-domestic-workers

http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/features/aei_liberia.html

General Sites with links to many issues

http://www.ifrc.org/where/africa.asp

http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/

Chapter 5

EQ’s: Where are English language speakers distributed?

How do languages diffuse and interact?

Lab Directions:

Go to Rubenstein  (8^th edition) website:

http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_rubenstein_humangeo_8/20/5324/1363004.cw/index.html

      Do: Thinking Spatially, Reviewing Concepts, Short Essay # 1, Critical Thinking #3

Ö         Cut and paste your answers for Reviewing Concepts and Short Essay #1, Critical Thinking #3 into a Word document that you can print out. Or you can write your answers neatly on notebook paper.

**The following web sites should help you to answer Short Essay #1.

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/MED-magazine/may2005/30-New-Word-Spanglish-print.htm

http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/spanglish/book/

http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/a/spanglish.htm

**For Critical Thinking #3: Read the information and instructions. Click on the link, then from the tabs across the top, click on “Who We Are” to read an introduction to the web site. Then on that same page under the sub-heading, Languages, click on the link “continent” which will take you to the portal for maps.  All you need to do here is read and analyze the information and jot down a few notes as you do so.  (Don’t do the 2 questionnaires)

Part II

Ö        Go to the following text book web site. http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=resource&bcsId=3139&itemId=0471679518&resourceId=7822&chapterId=24715

Ö         Do Action Activity 6.2 (don’t do Part 2), 6.3  and 6.5. Print or write out your answers.(In 6.5, the question about English as an official language will be answered in the next step. You may want to use the web sites provided here.)

Ö         Go back to Rubenstein text book site:

http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_rubenstein_humangeo_8/0,9140,1363004-,00.html. Read the article, “Crazy English”. Using the websites listed below as well as ones from activity 6.5, write down five arguments in favor of a English as the official language of the U. S. and five arguments against it.

http://englishfirst.org/

http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/should-english-be-the-official-language-of-the-us

http://www.proenglish.org/issues/offeng/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/officialamerican/banenglish/

Ö         http://www.esperanto.com/idxeng.html    (a global language!)

     Check it out! Create a mind map of “Esperanto”. Then write an opinion for or against the creation and use of a “global language”.

WHATEVER YOU DON’T FINISH IN CLASS TODAY,

YOU MUST FINISH AT HOME!!!

** Be ready an Inner/Outer Circle Discussion on Thursday.

You must come to class with 3 questions/answers for the discussion!

ALL wildlife projects should be comlete–even if you’ve been absent! Read the instruction sheet and make sure you have everything. There is a check list at the bottom of the sheet! Print out everything BEFORE you come to class! If you lost your sheet, print out a copy from this blog.

Monday: finish Hotel Rwanda

Tuesday: begin Humanitarian Issues Poster Project

Wednesday: finish poster, begin review

Thursday: Africa Map Quiz

Over the week-end: start your culture journal! Work on your adopted country portfolio! Finish reading/note-taking on chpt.41

Monday: finish soccer activity, share posters, begin chpt. 5

Tuesday: continue chpt. 5 language – labs – Power of Place video

Wednesday: continue chpt. 5  – lab – Socratic seminar

Thursday: Begin chpt. 6 – religion

Friday: 1st Notes From My Travels Discussion/quiz

Watch the news – watch the

Olympics – be aware of culture all around you!!!!

Child Soldier in Sierra Leonne

Work on your African Wildlife Project this week-end! You will only have 45 minutes to work in class on Tuesday. Then you will present to the class!

Visit class zone and check out the activities for this unit – chpts. 18-20.

Enjoy the long weed-end!