UNIT 3: Cultural Geography (Chapters 4-7)
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Human Geography: Understanding Human Culture

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What is Language?



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Due; Human Geography: Understanding Human Culture; Global Distribution of Languages; Dialect quiz

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English Pronunciation

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No School: Parent/ Teacher Conferences

Read 143-51; guide Read 152-56; finish Human Geography: Understanding Human Culture Read 156-60 Read 161-69  

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Begin Language & Religion Investigation;
look at Caribbean map; go over Unit 2 Test

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How Languages Form and Evolve

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PSATs; no class

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Language Diffusion and Relative Dominance


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Religious Origins and Distributions;
work on Language & Religion Investigation

bring laptops & textbooks

Work on Language & Religion Investigation Work on Language & Religion Investigation   Read 171-78; guide Read 178-82

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Religion: East and Southeast Asia; work on Language & Religion Investigation

bring laptops & textbooks

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Map Quiz: Caribbean; Religion: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; work on Language & Religion Investigation
bring laptops & textbooks


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Religion: Impact on the Cultural Landscape; Religious Icons and Images; work on Language & Religion Investigation

bring laptops & textbooks

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Due: Language & Religion Investigation; Religion: Its Role in Political Conflicts; review for the Quarter Test

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Review for the Quarter Test

Read 182-90; review Caribbean map Read 190-99 Read 200-09; finish Language & Religion Investigation; review for the Quarter Test review Review for the Quarter Test review Study for the Quarter Test; review vocabulary

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Quarter Test: All About Maps and Chapters 1-3, 6 & 7; (objective only)

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Movie: The Gods Must Be Crazy (selected scenes); Fantasy Geopolitics

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Identity, Race & Scale

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Ethnicity, Place & Space

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No School: Professional Development Day

  Read 144-54; guide Read 155-62 Read 163-70  

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Go to the Geography Education site - choose an article - go to Schoology - Discussions - and submit your post, then make comments on one other posting; read the Amish and the Mennonites
Bring textbooks to class

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Power Relationships; Discussion on Local and Popular Cultures (with Amish and Mennonites as examples)
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Authenticity and Diffusion of Culture
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Popular Culture & the Cultural Landscape; Mapping America
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Writing workshop; review for test
Read 90-98; finish reading the Amish and the Mennonites Read 98-101 Read 102-10 Read 111-16; finish guide Review for the test review; work on extra vocab (optional)
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Review for test
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est: Culture (Chapters 4 & 5); Objective and Free Response;
extra vocab due
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Look over North Africa & Southwest Asia; map (no labels) (countries highlighted); Human Geography: Political Boundaries

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Finish watching Human Geography: Political Boundaries; Geographic Education

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Nations, States, and Political Organization; work on Evolution of the Contemporary Political Pattern
Study for test   Read 211-16; guide Read 216-18; guide; read an article and respond on Schoology Read 218; finish Evolution of the Contemporary Political Pattern

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