UNIT 2: Population (Chapters 2-3)
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9/7
No School: Labor Day

8
Fantasy Geopolitics; review maps - North America & Canada (blank)

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Map Quiz - North America & Canada (maps will be numbered, fill in the blanks); look at maps - Central (blank) & South America (blank); begin watching The People Paradox

10
Population and Growth;
Population Density and Distribution, Scale, and Change;
The Demographic Transition; Gapminder video; work on Climax of Humanity

11
9/11 Remembrance

  Read Field Note, Where People Live and Why (29-36); guide; look over maps - North America & Canada (blank) Read Why Populations Rise and Fall (36-46); guide

Read Why Does Population Composition Matter, How Does Health Influence Population Dynamics (46-51); guide; look at current events (focus on stories concerning 9/11)

Finish reading How Does Health Influence Population Dynamics, How Governments Impact Population Change (51-59); guide; work on Climax of Humanity and The People Paradox (film link)

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No School: Rosh Hashana


15
Due: Climax of Humanity
; Population Pyramids; Population Theorists; Geography of Health; watch 7 Billion; go over Unit 1 Test

16
Map Quiz: Central & South America; Demographic Momentum; Government Policies

17
Due: The People Paradox (film link); Movement and Migration; Forced Migration; introduce The Gravity Model


18
Push and Pull Factors; work on The Gravity Model

Bring earbuds

 

Study maps - Central (blank) & South America (blank)

Read Field Note, What is Migration, Why do People Migrate (60-68); guide

Read Voluntary Migration, Push and Pull Factors (69-73); guide

Work on The Gravity Model; watch video

21
Due: The Gravity Model; introduce Migration Trends and Dislocation Table

Bring textbooks

22
Half Day: Yom Kippur



23
No School: Yom Kippur

24
Migration Flows; work on Migration Trends and Dislocation Table

Bring textbooks

25
Investigate Geography Education
; current migrant crisis; work on Migration Trends and Dislocation Table

Read Where People Migrate (73-79) No assignment No assignment Read Refugees and Regions of Dislocation (79-86); video Read How Governments Affect Migration (86-89); finish work on Migration Trends and Dislocation Table; read up on the migrant crisis (parts 1-5, not 6 (yet))
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Due: Migration Trends and Dislocation Table (make a copy for yourself); Regions of Dislocation

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School Day ACT




30
Final discussion on Population and Migration; review for test

10/1
Test: Chapters 2 & 3; Population Geography and Migration (Multiple Choice and Essay Outline); extra vocab due

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Review for Test Review

Study for Test Look at the Caribbean  

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