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Welcome to Ms. Broyles' Honors Geography course website!
Please become familiar with our course syllabus and check this page frequently for updates and reminders.
online textbook website: pearsonetext.com
The second semester final will be a 60 multiple choice question exam that you will take in class on May 30 or 31. Here is the study guide and here is the link to the review jeopardy that we played in class.
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UNIT 6 TEST WEDNESDAY MAY 10. 25 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS IN 45 MINUTES. Study guide is here.
Chapter 9 notes due Wednesday May 17.
PROXY WAR STATIONS: (If you were absent, you need to complete this note catcher to complete your research of the proxy wars.)
Vietnam War:
Cuban Missile Crisis:
Iran-Contra Scandal:
Korean War:
IF YOU MISSED CLASS ON 4/24 or 4/25:
Use this template to research a territorial dispute. Choose your territorial dispute to research from the following: Sudan/S. Sudan, Western Sahara/Morocco, China/Taiwan, North/South Korea, India/Pakistan, Israel/Palestine, or Polar Regions. This is due on Wednesday in class along with your chapter 8 notes.
FOR CLASS ON 4/17 or 4/18:
Start by reading this article on the stateless nation of the Kurds. After you read the entire article, conduct your own research to complete this template.
CHAPTER 8 "POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY" CORNELL NOTES DUE WEDNESDAY APRIL 26.
Students should study for the Unit 5 Culture test on April 6 or 7 in class. The study guide can be found here. Honors students should also be moving through their honors paper!
IF YOU ARE NOT IN CLASS ON 4/4 or 4/5:
Here are the directions for what we did in class today. You are responsible for researching all of the cultural regions and filling in the other boxes from home. I will collect the completed worksheet (linked below if you need another copy) on Thursday or Friday before the test. There are also review questions on the directions page that you can use to review for the test. I will be available to you during lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday if you need me.
IF YOU ARE NOT IN CLASS ON 3/23 or 3/24:
You need to conduct research on 3 cultural regions (I should have assigned these to you in class. Otherwise you can choose 3 that interest you) on this research template. Your options are Insular Oceanic, Anglo American, Latin American, European, Slavic, Islamic, Sub Saharan African, Sino-Japanese, Southeast Asian, and Austral European. Bring your research to class after break - all the boxes should be filled in for the 3 that you research. Do not delay on this! The cultural regions are on the test the week after break, so you need to not fall behind over break.
UNIT 5 CREATIVE ASSIGNMENT DUE MARCH 13 or 14:
Read through these directions for your creative assignment for unit 5. Please contact Ms. Broyles with any questions or if you get stuck. I will be randomly calling on students to present; if you are not ready when I call you, your assignment will be considered late. If you are showing a video or audio file, please email it to me the day before so that I can make sure that it will play on my computer.
HOMEWORK DUE MARCH 2 or MARCH 3
Read and take Cornell notes on Chapter 4. I will collect your notes in class.
Options for Unit 4 test corrections are below (they have changed). Remember that you can't do test corrections as homework. If none of these will work for you this week, please come talk to me.
- Wednesday lunch
- Friday lunch
- Thursday after school
- your off period
IF YOU MISSED CLASS ON 2/21 or 2/22:
You need to complete this worksheet. Conduct independent research on the front side and complete the back side after reading this article. This is due the next time I see you.
The next chapter that you need to read and annotate is Chapter 4 on Pop and Folk Culture. Notes for Chapter 4 are due March 2nd or 3rd. That is two weeks from today!
The following powerpoints will be included on the Unit 4 exam. Make sure you study your discussion notes as well!
Unit 4 Exam will be Thursday February 16 or Friday February 17. Here is the study guide. Start studying right now! Studying is your homework over the weekend. If you were absent from class on Thursday/ Friday, see me on Monday.
No additional new homework over the 1/28 weekend,
DUE MONDAY 1/23 or TUESDAY 1/24:
Make sure that you have proficient 4-level map analyses for all 7 of the maps (linked here). I am looking for thoughtful analysis for each one.
ALSO, you need to complete your perfect paragraph to show me what you have learned from working through the 7 maps. Your perfect paragraph needs to have an intro, thesis (AP+TP+3 categories), and evidence from at least three maps. You can cite the evidence from the maps as follow:
Example: Cameroon spends almost 50% of its weekly income on just basic food needs. (Chart A)
The packet will be a process grade and the paragraph will be a product grade.
Don't forget your chapter 10 notes are due on Wednesday 1/25 and there will be an in-class reading quiz!
IF YOU MISSED CLASS ON 1/17 or 1/18:
Review these 7 agricultural maps and complete a 4-Level map analysis for each one. The spots to complete the 4-Level map analyses are the final pages of this packet (after the maps). There is not a spot for Map F, so here it is and you can just staple them all together. We completed 5 of these maps in class today, so you can expect time to complete 2 more in class on Thursday/Friday.
SEMESTER 2
DUE 1/18:
Bring to class your signed and completed honors contract (with parent signature), regardless of whether you are taking the class for honors or not. This is a grade in the gradebook! An additional copy is here.
DUE 1/25:
Read and complete Cornell notes for chapter 10 ("Agriculture") in the textbook. Notes due in class on Wednesday January 25th.
HONORS STUDENTS: If you need the codes for turnitin.com, they are below. Remember that any papers turned in after midnight will be zeros!
Period 2: Class ID: 13291379, password: period2geo
Period 3: Class ID: 13291401, password: period3geo
Period 7: Class ID: 13291465, password: period7geo
The geography final will be December 19th or 20th during our assigned finals block. It will be multiple choice and it will cover everything we have discussed from day 1 of class, including chapters 1, 2 and 3 of the textbook and all of our notes and discussions. I recommend that you start studying now! I will give you a study guide and we will review in class but I would start studying on your own as well because this final will be worth 10% of the total semester grade.
STUDY TOOLS FOR THE FINAL
Unit 1 powerpoints: Cartographic Communication, Intro to Geography
Unit 2 powerpoints: Intro to Globalization, Human Environmental Interaction
Unit 3 powerpoints: Intro to Population, Intro to Migration, Migration Continued, Migrant Workers and Refugees
Also use: your notes from class, your notes from the textbook, textbook chapters, class time activities, previous tests.
DUE THURSDAY 12/8 OR FRIDAY 12/9:
Complete your research and notes on both Tan Le and a second immigrant of your choice. Another copy of the paper is here. Write a perfect paragraph (short constructed response) on the back. Please contact me if you have questions about this perfect paragraph. Remember that you can cross out the "USA" in the prompt if your immigrants did not migrate to the USA. Both the response and the research are due on Thursday/Friday.
If you missed class on 12/1 or 12/2:
You need to review this powerpoint and take down all of the notes into your notebook, as if you were in class (I will be doing a binder check before the end of the semester). You also need to create a comprehensive list of push and pull factors (more detailed than what is listed in the textbook) with at least 7 push and pull factors each in your notes. Finally, you need to watch this TED talk and complete the top half of the first page of this worksheet. It is due in class on Monday/Tuesday. Come talk to me if you need any help or support.
No new homework over the weekend. Honors students you should be finishing your honors paper. If you want me to edit it, you need to set up an appointment with me. I will not be able to edit it last minute the last week of classes.
Homework over break:
1) Chapter 3 notes due 11/28 or 11/29
2) If you missed class on Thursday 11/17 or Friday 11/18, you need to conduct this independent research for any country of your choice. Due the next time I see you
3) Honors paper due 12/16. Get started on it now!
Options for Unit 2 test corrections: Tuesday 11/15 at lunch, Wednesday 11/16 at 7:35am or Wednesday 11/15 after school. Come talk to me ASAP if you know these times will not work for you!
CHAPTER 3 CORNELL NOTES WILL BE DUE ON NOVEMBER 28/29.
IF YOU MISSED CLASS ON 11/9
Watch this video and identify key trends and important points that he makes about America's changing demographics.
IF YOU MISSED CLASS ON 11/7 or 11/8
Compare and contrast these two maps. Complete a 4 Level Map Analysis on this graphic organizer. If you were in class on Monday or Tuesday, this is due on Wednesday (if you didn't already give it to me).
Unit 2 test is on Monday/Tuesday. Here is the study guide for the test. The following videos and powerpoints will also help you, but you should be relying on your notes to remember how we talked about this in class and which examples we came up with together.
Human Environmental Interaction and thesis examples powerpoint
Guns, Germs and Steel part 1 part 2 part 3
Don't forget that your chapter 2 notes are due on 10/31 or 11/1 as well!
If you were absent from class on 10/20 or 10/21:
Watch this video about climate change and complete this note catcher. Then, research the implications of climate change on one biome of your choice. You choices are desert, savanna, marine, tundra, taiga, chaparral, rain forest or deciduous forest. Bring your completed worksheet (both sides) to class on Monday/Tuesday.
Upcoming important dates:
October 31/November: I pushed back the Unit 2 test! This will cover what we learned in class; there is no text book chapter on the test. More review info to come in class next week.
October 31/November 1: Chapter 2 (Population chapter) Cornell notes from the textbook due in class.
If you were absent on 10/10 or 10/11: Read this article about environmental determinism. Then, write a thesis statement that answers the following prompt: According to Fagan, how did the environment impact human development in Europe?
Map Test 2 will be Thursday 10/13 or Friday 10/14. Here are blank copies are the Africa and Asia maps that I will test you on. You can practice on any blank map. The countries that you need to be able to locate, spell and shade based on World System's Theory are listed below:
FOR AFRICA
Core: none
Semi-periphery: South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt
Periphery: Ghana, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda
FOR ASIA:
Core: Japan
Semi-periphery: Russia, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Iran, South Korea, Saudi Arabia
Periphery: Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, North Korea, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan
TEST CORRECTIONS:
You have one week to come in and do test corrections in my room (Thursday for periods 3, 5, and 7. Friday for periods 2 and 4). I am available for test corrections:
- Tuesday at lunch
- Wednesday from 7:30-8am
- Wednesday after school
**Bring your test with you!
Homework over the weekend: study for the test! If you missed class on Thursday or Friday you have some notes to get from a friend or from me on one of the dates listed above.
Map Test 1 is Wednesday! Remember that for this test you need to be able to label, spell and color the countries I gave you for North America, South America and Europe depending on if they are a core country, semi-periphery or periphery country. Please bring your colored pencils to the test!
CHAPTER 1 TEST will be September 22/23 (next Thursday or Friday). It will cover all of chapter 1 in the textbook and everything covered in class. If you have been absent you need to see me to get the notes and warm ups. Your homework is to start studying NOW. Make flashcards and break the material down into sections for you to study. Do not try to study for this the night before!
On the TEST: Everything in chapter 1 of the textbook (even if I didn't specifically cover it in class!), The Intro to Geography Lesson, Cartographic Communication Lesson and Intro to Maps Lesson Part 1 and Part 2.
HOMEWORK DUE Monday 9/19 or Tuesday 9/20:
Review the Introduction to Maps powerpoint (above). Bring in one of each of the 4 types of thematic maps (staple them to the questions). Answer these questions about each of your 4 maps. If you don't have a printer at home (can be in black and white), remember to do this at school and use the counseling center's printer.
DUE SEPTEMBER 8th/9th:
Read and take Cornell Notes on Chapter 1 of our textbook The Cultural Landscape. Ms. Broyles will review Cornell Note structure in class next week.
DUE SEPTEMBER 1st (for periods 3 and 7) or 2nd (for period 2):
Bring back your signed and completed syllabus and honors contract. You need to return the honors contract even if you are opting out of honors. Also, you need to show me your materials for my class including a 3 ring binder, 8 labeled dividers and loose leaf paper. These will be your first grades in the gradebook.