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3MD:
No 3MD

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Pass Back Finals
Map Test #2

Homwork:
Read 293 - 299
2

3MD: Compare the modern maps of religion and language and identify the three major examples where Islam dominates non-Arab speaking areas.

Cloze Activity on SWA & NA Culture


Homework:
No Homework

3
Periods 2 & 4

3MD:
Use the chart on page 287.  Which 3 countries have the highest TFR?  Which three have the highest RNI?  What can we gleen from this data?

Correct and collect the Cloze activity from yesterday.

Begin Film:
Islam: Empire of Faith


Homework:
Read pages 299-302
4
Period 3

See February 3rd
5

3MD:
Rate and justify your participation for this week on a scale of 1-10

Periods 2 & 3:
Finish the film from block day

Period 4:
Period by period assembly

Homework:
Review pages 299-302
February
8
3MD:
Who colonized where in SWA & NA

Period 2:
Map Quiz

Period 3:
Reading Check

Period 4:
Finish Film

Homework:
Read 302-304
9

3MD:
Read the primary sources on the Arab-Israeli issue and summarize the views of the three documents.

Discussion:
Clarifying the primary sources

Homework:
Catch up on notes and study your maps
10
3MD:
Why do you think fundamentalism has been on the rise in recent years?

Lecture: The Arab-Israeli conflict

Homework:
Watch the video from the streaming video site.  Click here for instructions on how to view video.  Take notes and be ready for a video check.
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See February 10
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NO SCHOOL
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NO SCHOOL
16

3MD:
Who was Yasser Arafat and the PLO?

Read Article Different Faces of Islamic Fundamentalism and answer the questions that accompany it.

Homework:
Read the remainder of the theme pages 304 - 307 fill in the chart on conflicts in the region

17

3MD:
Find as much support as possible for the 3 thesis statements on the board.

Discussion:
Islamic fundamentalism article
other conflicts in the region

Homework:
Read 307-313
18

See Feb. 17
19

3MD:
Rate and justify your participation for the week on a scale of 1-10

Class discussion:
the flow of oil and the significance of choke points around the globe (ie the Straits of Hormuz)

Homework:
Finish the chapter

22

3MD:
Read the side bar on page 307.  What should the US role in the region of SWA and NA be?

Lecture:
Economic and social development in SWA & NA

Homework:
Study for Exam on block day.
23

3MD:
Brainstorm some essay topics.  (list at least 5)

Review for exam

Homework:
Study for the exam tomorrow.
24

3MD:
Hand in your reading notes.


Take the Chapter 7 Exam


Homework:
Read and notes pages  219 - 221
25

See Feb. 24
26

3MD:
Thematically Speaking What do you already know about Subsaharan Africa

Reading Check on intro to Sub Saharan Africa

Pass Out Africa Maps

Homework:
221 - 226
March
1

3MD:
Give an example of a problem that you have faced that you overcame.

Class Discussion:
Problem & Solution Frames: Environmental issues of Subsaharan Africa

Homework:
Watch the following film clips on You Tube:
Film Clip #1
Film Clip #2
Film Clip #3

Read the Article
A Conservation Colossus

Be Prepared for checks on all of these items.
2
Block Day for Periods 1-3-5

3MD:
Why did Wangari Maathia deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for "planting trees"?


Discussion of PSFs from yesterday.

Discussion:
Sub Saharan African Population and Settelment.

Homework:
Read 231 - 235
3
Block Day for Periods 2-4-6

SEE YESTERDAY
4

3MD:
Read the side bar on page 236.  What strategies are they using to slow the spread of HIV/AIDs?

Film

Homework:
Study your maps and catch up on reading assignments.
5

3MD:
Rate your participation for the week on a scale of 1-10 and justify your score.

Article:
Death Stalks a Continent.
Read amd answer questions

Homework:
Find an article that updates us on the progress of the struggle agains HIV/AIDs in Sub Saharan Africa.
8

3MD:
Create a mnemonic device to help with the area of the map that has been giving you the most trouble.

Collect last weeks 3 Minute Drills

Discuss and collect articles on HIV/AIDS in Africa today

Homework:
Read 235 - 240
finish questions for Death Stalks a Continent if not completed already.
9

3MD:
Define the terms Informal Sector and Urban Primacy

Reading Check 235 - 240

Homework: Read pages 251 - 256 skip the section titled "Decolonization and Independence"
10

3MD:
Explain how apartheid worked.

Class discussion on apartheid.

Short video on apartheid

Begin watching film:
The Power of One

Homework:
Study your maps.
11

SEE YESTERDAY

12

3MD:
None

Continue the Film
Power of One

Homework:
Read South Africa Country Report

15

3MD:
None

Finish the Film
Power of One

Homework:
Power of One Reflection Questions

Print out a copy of the Article on Apartheid to bring to class

16

Block for 1,3,5
3MD:
Put yourself in the shoes of a Black South African during Apartheid.  How do you go about changing the system?

Class Discussion of Power of One Reflection Assignment.

Class Discussion: How does Apartheid end?

Homework:
Read the article Apartheid's Long Shadow and read 240 - 244.
17

Block for 2,4,6

See Yesterday
18

3MD:
Define: Anglophone and Francophone Africa

Jigsaw African Cultural Coherance & Diversity (language and religion)

Homework:
Read 244 - 247 & finish getting yourself ready to inform your group about your topic
19

3MD:
Come up with at least one question for clarification from your last two reading assignments.

Jigsaw activity part II: Share  your information with your group.

Brief Quiz on cultural coherance and diversity - Language and Religion

Homework:
247 - 249