Unit 9: Agriculture and Rural Geography (Chapter 11)

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Winter Break (2/6-15)

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No School: Winter Break


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Origins of Agriculture; introduce What's For Breakfast? (extra credit; 5 pts. maximum); America's Bottomless Cup

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Clasifying Economic Activities; look over North Africa & Southwest Asia; map (no labels) (countries highlighted); start watching video

[bring headphones]

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Second Agricultural Revolution; introduce

von Thünen Model (Minnesota DOA); Green Revolution in India : A Case Study and An Indian Paradox

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Map Quiz: North Africa and Southwest Asia; The von Thünen Model; writing workshop; look at Food for Thought (lesson)
Read 314-19 (11.1, from Hunting, Gathering, and Fishing through Subsistence Agriculture); video (review) (NNN (no notes necessary)) Read 313-14 (Introduction, start of 11.1); guide; video (1) Read 320-21 (11.2 up to Understanding the Spatial Layout of Agriulture); guide; video (2) Read 321-22 (11.2 Understanding the Spatial Layout of Agriulture); guide; video (3); study North Africa & Southwest Asia; map (no labels) (countries highlighted) Read 322-25; 311-13 (rest of 11.2; Introduction); guide; video (4)

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Third Agricultural Revolution; Biotechnology Revolution; Impacts of Modernization

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Due: America's Bottomless Cup; Agriculture and the Cultural Landscape; begin work on Agriculture Chart (11.4; 330-39)

[textbooks & laptops]

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Due: Green Revolution in India : A Case Study and An Indian Paradox; work on Agriculture Chart (pp. 330-39); Global Agriculture

[textbooks & laptops]

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Commercial Agriculture and Specialty Crops; Commodity Chains in the US; begin reading the Holocaust Awareness Packet*

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Due: Commodity Chains in the US; Agribusiness; the Environment; Food Distribution; continue reading the Holocaust Awareness Packet*
Read 326-30 (11.3); guide Work on Agriculture Chart (11.4; 330-39); video (6) Work on Commodity Chains in the US; watch The Meatrix: Relaunched (NNN (no notes necessary)) Read 339-45 (rest of 11.4); guide Study for the test review; continue reading the Holocaust Awareness Packet*

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Due: What's For Breakfast? (optional; 5 pts); review for test

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Unit 9 Test: Agriculture and Rural Geography; Chapter 11 (Objective only); vocab; notes due (including Agriculture Chart)

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Holocaust Awareness Program

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Holocaust Awareness Program

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No School; King Corn (optional assignment; 20/20 pts.) due by 3/6 @ 9:59 pm
Study for test *Required pages for the Holocaust Awareness Packet (listed as the page numbers found in the Table of Contents) - 3, 4-9, 22-23, 24-25, 27-31, 52, 57-58, 59, 70-72, 75, 76, 85, 86-87, 88, 89 (you are encouraged to read and investigate on your own - beyond the required pages of this packet) Optional assignment: King Corn (video; questions) (20/20 pts.) Look over 247-57 (9.1 up through Urban Growth After Greece and Rome); video (NNN (no notes necessary))

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