8/20
Enjoy the last hours of summer
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Class Orientation/ Registration

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FIRST DAY; navigate Canvas; discuss syllabi, year-long goals & class rules

Bring laptops (every day unless otherwise instructed)

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What is Human Geography?; go over guide and EDpuzzle; note taking instruction; organize files; Where is Matt?

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Formative Assessment - Calculated (FC); TODALSIG; maps - North America & Canada (blank); watch Lilly; discuss current events & Geography Education; watch clip from West Wing (NNN (no notes necessary); just watch & enjoy)

Read through class expectations and requirements; think about "What is Human Geography?"

Read All About Maps (pp. 1 (up to Map Scale)); watch All About Maps [1]; take notes on the guide; think about "Why are maps useful?"

Read All About Maps (pp. 1-4 (up through the Gall-Peters Projection)); watch All About Maps [2]; finish guide(1); start guide(2)

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The Amazing Earth & Analyzing Maps; discuss CMM (and Vocabulary); intro to Kahoot!; go to Canvas - submit your responses to the Student Introductions (Google Form on Canvas)

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Formative Assessment (FC) - North America & Canada (blank); Modern Mapping; Introduction to ArcGIS; lesson walkthrough

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The Why of Where; begin video Guns, Germs & Steel: Out of Eden

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Key Skills and Pattison's Four Traditions; watch Guns, Germs & Steel: Out of Eden

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Formative Assessment - Calculated (FC); Due: Vocabulary (up to "landscape"); The Five Themes of Geography; finish watching Guns, Germs & Steel: Out of Eden

Read Key Geographic Skills & Pattison's Four Traditions; guide2

9/3

No School: Labor Day

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Due: answers to Guns, Germs & Steel: Episode 1; The Usefulness of Maps; Scale and Regions (all of Guide 3)

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Discuss Culture, Diffusion & Environmental Determinism; Writing Workshop (example)

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Due: Vocabulary (all); review for test

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Summative Test: Unit 1 (Multiple Choice & Essay Outline); Due: Guides

Read Culture, Diffusion & Environmental Determinism (28-34); guide4

Review for the test review