UNIT 5: Agriculture and Land Use in the Rural Sector
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Go over Semester Exams; What the World Eats; introduce What's For Breakfast?

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Lab Day: work on readings, guides, videos; What's For Breakfast?

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Classifying Economic Activities; The Rise of Farming; Subsistence Agriculture; the Columbian Exchange; look over North Africa & Southwest Asia map (blank)

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The Second Agricultural Revolution

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Formative 5.1 (Guide 1); the Von Thunen Model; FRQ Workshop

Organize & plan ahead; read 368-369; guide1; video (1) Read 369-75; guide1; video (2) Read 375-76 (Second Agricultural Revolution); guide2;  video (3) Read 376-77; guide2; video (4); review the Von Thunen Model

Read 377-81; guide2; video (5)

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The Third Agricultural Revolution; begin work on Green Revolution in India : A Case Study; An Indian Paradox

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Formative 5.2 (Guide 2); Global Agriculture; work on Agriculture Chart (pp. 386-96)


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Agribusiness; work on assignments

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Modern Agricultural Trends; Environmental Impacts; Combine Harvester

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Map Quiz: North Africa & Southwest Asia map (blank); von Thunen FRQ (practice)

Read 386-96; start Agriculture Chart (guide #3; do not finish); video (6) Read 396-97; guide4; video (8); also watch The Meatrix - Relaunched (NNN) Read 397-401, 365-67; guide4; video (9) Study North Africa & Southwest Asia map (blank) Read 381-86; finish guide4; video (10)

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No School: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Due: What's For Breakfast? (extra credit);

Village Patterns and Settlements

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Due: Green Revolution in India: A Case Study; An Indian Paradox; Agriculture Chart; review for test

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Review for Test

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Unit 5 Test; Objective Only


Finish Green Revolution in India: A Case Study; An Indian Paradox; Agriculture Chart (have a copy for yourself)

Review for test review Study for Test

Read 314-316


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