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Pre-Viewing (to be completed before the first day of school)

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Student Orientation/ Registration

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Student Orientation/ Registration

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FIRST DAY; Schoology; syllabi, goals & class rules; receive textbooks; check on notetaking

Bring laptops (every day; unless instructed otherwise)

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TODALSIG; the Amazing Earth & Analyzing Maps; organize files

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Map Projections; Kahoot!; Introduction to ArcGIS Explorer; lesson walkthrough; discuss current events; look at Geography Education; watch Where is Matt?

*Check out your post results (wordle)

Read through class expectations and requirements; go to Schoology - submit your responses to the Student Introductions (Google Form); think about "Why are maps useful?"

Go to Schoology - Discussions - Invention - read the "Netiquette" rules - and submit your post; read the Preface (you do NOT need to take notes); review map projections; look into current events; How does geography affect history?

Read Chapter 1 (Foundations of Civilization, pp 1-3) (through Natural Influences on Our Environment); watch video (1); What caused a crisis in food availability in the Neolithic Era & what was the effect of this?

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Discuss the Impacts of Change & Natural Influences on Our Environment

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Due: Vocabulary Terms #1 & #2; Plant and Animal Domestication; Adaptation to Place; Subsistence Agriculture; bring in notebooks & evidence of active reading (annotations, notes, etc.)
Bring earbuds

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Intensification; Pros and Cons of Sedentary Living; The Birth of Urbanization; bring in notebooks & evidence of active reading (annotations, notes, etc.)
Bring earbuds

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Characteristics of the First Civilizations; finish checking evidence of active reading (annotations, notes, etc.)


Bring earbuds

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Begin watching Guns, Germs & Steel: Out of Eden

Read Chapter 1 (Foundations of Civilization, pp 3-6) (The Foundation of Farming); watch video (2); define terms #1 & #2; How did agriculture take root & why is geography important?

Read Chapter 1 (Foundations of Civilization, pp 5-8) (The Dawn of Urbanization); watch video (3); What elements are necessary for the foundation of cities and civilization?

Read Chapter 1 (Foundations of Civilization, pp 8-10) (The Start of Civilization); watch video (4); Why did civilizations emerge where they did, and what were their common characteristics?

Read Chapter 1 (Foundations of Civilization, pp 10-15) (The Pre-Globalized World; Classical Era); watch video (5); What cultural and religious influences did the Classical Era have on the modern world?

Read Chapter 1 (Foundations of Civilization, pp 15-17) (the Post-Classical Era through Commerce and Connections); watch video (6); What commercial and cultural factors shaped the Post-Classical Era?

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Discuss the Foundations of Farming, Urbanization, and Civilization; watch Guns, Germs & Steel: Out of Eden

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Discuss the Classical and Post-Classical Eras; MCQ (Multiple-Choice Question) Workshop; finish watching Guns, Germs & Steel: Out of Eden

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FRQ (Free Response Question) Workshop (Example #1)

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Due: answers to Guns Germs & Steel: Out of Eden; Connections: The Trigger Effect; handout (optional 10 point assignment); review for test

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Test - Foundations of Civilization (Objective & Essay Outline); Optional Vocabulary due (optional)

Read Chapter 1 (Foundations of Civilization, pp 17-19) (through Politics and Society); watch video (7); What political factors shaped the Post-Classical Era?

Organize the unit (and sub-units); focus on main ideas, and recognize areas in which you are less confident

Study for test review; look over Geohistorical Concepts (pg. 20) and Outline Example #1