Here's the schedule for this week. Now, we had some other stuff planned, but as we found out, not many of the students were adequately prepared for the new materials... The original plan included a new unit on how to study cultures through the lens of various aspects such as geography, social organizations, economic activities, and beliefs and values, BUT... many were not too familiar with basic geographical terms and concepts, so we had to take a step back.
Here's what we are doing (have done) this week.
Monday - We watched a introductory movie on how to study cultures, especially the geographical aspects. We discussed why and how geography impacts the way we live. The lesson of the day: Where we live impact how we live. How very true, indeed...
Tuesday - Class discussion and guided lecture on basic geography, terms, and why geography is important. Discussed some local Navarre and Brewster history as connected with geography (the canal in Navarre, and the railroad in Brewster) and how this impacted the local population. Students began charting out what they know about landforms as well. The landforms we are focusing on are: Deserts, Tundra, Tropics, Temperate Zones, Mountains, and the Savanna.
Wednesday - Students will work in small group to become area experts on one of the six landforms. Most of the classes will work in the library with various atlases, maps, and other materials related to geography. They will have multiple questions to research and document.
Thursday - Students will take a test (an evaluation) including all materials learned and discussed in the past three weeks. The test will be an open-binder test, and students will be allowed to use all notes they have taken, handouts, etc.
Friday - The morning classes will spend some time working on their geography and maps left over from Wednesday. The afternoon classes will watch a movie in their homeroom as part of a school wide Holiday movie. Friday is the last day before break. School resumes Wednesday January 2, 2008.
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The test we took on thursday was hard! I wasn't here forthe kwlon Mr. Johanson so i guessed on that question. I knew mostly everything else though. But boy oh boy was it confusing!!!
Hey. This class was fun. I hade it the last 12 weeks. Hope you do fear factor. Have a fun time.
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