Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
CHapter 9: Development
Lesson 1: Developmental Data & HDI
-Two Koreas Assignment
- Prediction assignment
Country Data: Use the link below to determine A) HDI rank, B) Trend since the 1980's C) Which of the 4 data points your country does well/poorly. Analyze
HDI Data
Lesson 2: Development around the world
- Babies Movie
- Regional HDI activity
-Country Data: Examine the region your country is found in. How does your country compare to others in that region? How has the region changed since 1980? (use thew slide bar at the bottom of the map)
Lesson 3: Development and Gender
Article- No women's BATHROOMS?
-country Data: Examine your country's GDI rank. Is it higher or lower than the HDI rank? Which data has the greatest disparity? Explain. (e without number means 99%)
GDI Data
Lesson 4: Developmental Models
Lecture
Article: Will the LDCs overtake the MDCs? (Note: Article is LONG)
Reading:
pg. 302-303: Eastern Europe
What role has communism played in the development of Eastern Europe? Would you judge it an overall positive or negative role?
Pg. Pg. 311-314- Gender empowerment index
Define this index. Describe the data that is used to determine the rankings. Do you feel that this index is more valuable than HDI or GDI?
Pg. 321-322: Fair Trade
What are the benefits and drawbacks to Fair Trade? would the high price deter you from purchasing fair trade products?
-Two Koreas Assignment
- Prediction assignment
Country Data: Use the link below to determine A) HDI rank, B) Trend since the 1980's C) Which of the 4 data points your country does well/poorly. Analyze
HDI Data
Lesson 2: Development around the world
- Babies Movie
- Regional HDI activity
-Country Data: Examine the region your country is found in. How does your country compare to others in that region? How has the region changed since 1980? (use thew slide bar at the bottom of the map)
Lesson 3: Development and Gender
Article- No women's BATHROOMS?
-country Data: Examine your country's GDI rank. Is it higher or lower than the HDI rank? Which data has the greatest disparity? Explain. (e without number means 99%)
GDI Data
Lesson 4: Developmental Models
Lecture
Article: Will the LDCs overtake the MDCs? (Note: Article is LONG)
Reading:
pg. 302-303: Eastern Europe
What role has communism played in the development of Eastern Europe? Would you judge it an overall positive or negative role?
Pg. Pg. 311-314- Gender empowerment index
Define this index. Describe the data that is used to determine the rankings. Do you feel that this index is more valuable than HDI or GDI?
Pg. 321-322: Fair Trade
What are the benefits and drawbacks to Fair Trade? would the high price deter you from purchasing fair trade products?
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Borders and International Organizations
Ch. 8- Political Geography
Lesson 1: Introduction to Political Geography
Shapes & Borders
Country Analysis: What shapes and borders does YOUR country have? What is their significance?
Article: Stories behind oddly shaped countries
In class assignment: ID country shapes/Borders
Lesson 2: Internal Political Boundaries
Gerrymandering Game
Article: CA Redistricting Politics
Lesson 3: Supranational Organizations
Article: Supranational Organizations- Should we have a global government?
REading: Heartland/Rimland Theory of Geography
Country Analysis: To which of the international organizations we covered in class does your country belong?
Extra Credit Opportunity:
in 2011, Frank Jacob wrote a series of ten or so articles that looked at some of the issues surrounding political borders and boundaries. Though a little detailed, they are a fairly entertaining read. For extra credit (20 pts) look over the articles and write up an analysis of the following question:
What is the overall impact of borders for both nations as a whole and the daily lives of individual people? What are your OWN thoughts about international and internal borders?
You must cite 1 relevant quote, image, or fact from each article (use parenthetical citations with the article title)
Extra Credit: Frank Jacob's Article series on Borders (Due. Feb 1st)
Lesson 1: Introduction to Political Geography
Shapes & Borders
Country Analysis: What shapes and borders does YOUR country have? What is their significance?
Article: Stories behind oddly shaped countries
In class assignment: ID country shapes/Borders
Lesson 2: Internal Political Boundaries
Gerrymandering Game
Article: CA Redistricting Politics
Lesson 3: Supranational Organizations
Article: Supranational Organizations- Should we have a global government?
REading: Heartland/Rimland Theory of Geography
Country Analysis: To which of the international organizations we covered in class does your country belong?
Extra Credit Opportunity:
in 2011, Frank Jacob wrote a series of ten or so articles that looked at some of the issues surrounding political borders and boundaries. Though a little detailed, they are a fairly entertaining read. For extra credit (20 pts) look over the articles and write up an analysis of the following question:
What is the overall impact of borders for both nations as a whole and the daily lives of individual people? What are your OWN thoughts about international and internal borders?
You must cite 1 relevant quote, image, or fact from each article (use parenthetical citations with the article title)
Extra Credit: Frank Jacob's Article series on Borders (Due. Feb 1st)
Friday, January 13, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Links for Leaders
5 Internet Resources:
1 primary source
1 news article
1 reference article
1 academic website (usually ends in .edu) website
1 non-academic website (ends in .com or .org)
Copy and pasted onto a word document
- The title of the website, article, whatever
- The address for the website (from the address bar, even if it's super long)
- a short description of what the website is (reference, news, etc, what its about, where its from)
- the text from the web site you are interested in using
NO MORE THAN 1 PAGE PER SOURCE, 5 PAGES TOTAL
Put your name on it and hit print only when all 5 pages are done.
Useful links for specific leaders
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Nelson Mandela
Napoleon Bonaparte
Emperor Meiji
Thomas Edison
Mohandas Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mustafa Ataturk
Mustafa Ataturk
Simon Bolivar
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Useful General Links
Modern history internet sourcebook
Lots of Primary resources. Use the search box at the top.
Google News
Obviously a link to a news website
BBC History
A Large History resource through the british broadcasting corporation
Wikipedia
Internet reference encyclopedia
1 primary source
1 news article
1 reference article
1 academic website (usually ends in .edu) website
1 non-academic website (ends in .com or .org)
Copy and pasted onto a word document
- The title of the website, article, whatever
- The address for the website (from the address bar, even if it's super long)
- a short description of what the website is (reference, news, etc, what its about, where its from)
- the text from the web site you are interested in using
NO MORE THAN 1 PAGE PER SOURCE, 5 PAGES TOTAL
Put your name on it and hit print only when all 5 pages are done.
Useful links for specific leaders
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Nelson Mandela
Napoleon Bonaparte
Emperor Meiji
Thomas Edison
Mohandas Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mustafa Ataturk
Mustafa Ataturk
Simon Bolivar
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Useful General Links
Modern history internet sourcebook
Lots of Primary resources. Use the search box at the top.
Google News
Obviously a link to a news website
BBC History
A Large History resource through the british broadcasting corporation
Wikipedia
Internet reference encyclopedia
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