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Plans for Monday, October 01, 2012
By: Christine Thompson
World Geography PAP
Learning Standards:
[Integrated] explain weather conditions and climate in relation to annual changes in Earth-Sun relationships.[WGS.3A]
[Integrated] describe the physical processes that affect the environments of regions, including weather, tectonic forces,
erosion, and soil-building processes.[WGS.3B]
[Integrated] examine the physical processes that affect the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and
biosphere.[WGS.3C]
[Integrated] explain how elevation, latitude, wind systems, ocean currents, position on a continent, and mountain barriers
influence temperature, precipitation, and distribution of climate regions.[WGS.4A]
[Integrated] describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development.[WGS.4B]
[Integrated] explain the influence of climate on the distribution of biomes in different regions.[WGS.4C]
[Integrated] describe the interaction between humans and the physical environment and analyze the consequences of
extreme weather and other natural disasters such as El Niño, floods, tsunamis, and volcanoes.[WGS.8B]
[Integrated] evaluate the economic and political relationships between settlements and the environment, including
sustainable development and renewable/non-renewable resources.[WGS.8C]
[Integrated] identify physical factors such as climate, vegetation[and] river systems that constitute a region.[WGS.9A]
[Integrated] interpret maps to explain the division of land, including man-made and natural borders, into separate political
units such as cities, states, or countries.[WGS.13A]
Procedures:
Exam on physical geography.
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Government and Politics AP
Learning Standards:
[Integrated] analyze the functions of political parties and their role in the electoral process at local, state, and national
levels.[11A]
[Integrated] transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual,
using computer software as appropriate.[21C]
Procedures:
Sort presidents into appropriate party eras. Read and discuss the five eras. Examine the structure of political parties at the
local, state and national level.
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Plans for Tuesday, October 02, 2012
By: Christine Thompson
World Geography PAP
Learning Standards:
[Integrated] use geographic terminology correctly.[WGS.22C]
[Integrated] use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation.[WGS.22D]
Procedures:
Test corrections for all missed questions.
Accommodations/Modifications/Extensions:
Work in small groups to review/correct missed questions on Unit 2 Exam.
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Government and Politics AP
Learning Standards:
[Integrated] create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information.[21D]
[Integrated] use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation.[21B]
[Integrated] use social studies terminology correctly.[21A]
Procedures:
Brainstorm from material learned this six weeks and create an AP-style writing product based on a College Board prompt.
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Plans for Wednesday, October 03, 2012
By: Christine Thompson
World Geography PAP
Learning Standards:
[Integrated] explain the processes that have caused changes in settlement patterns, including urbanization, transportation,
access to and availability of resources, and economic activities.[WGS.6B]
[Integrated] describe trends in world population growth and distribution.[WGS.7C]
[Integrated] evaluate the economic and political relationships between settlements and the environment, including
sustainable development and renewable/non-renewable resources.[WGS.8C]
Procedures:
Watch the video "World in the Balance" regarding population growth worldwide and create a graphic organizer showing
the different patterns of growth in various regions and the reasons for this uneven growth.
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Government and Politics AP
Learning Standards:
[Integrated] analyze the functions of political parties and their role in the electoral process at local, state, and national
levels.[11A]
[Integrated] understand the factors that influence an individual's political attitudes and actions.[15C]
Procedures:
Interacftive lecture and class discussion regarding political socialization, public opinion, parties, and interest groups.
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Plans for Thursday, October 04, 2012
By: Christine Thompson
World Geography PAP
Learning Standards:
[Integrated] explain the processes that have caused changes in settlement patterns, including urbanization, transportation,
access to and availability of resources, and economic activities.[WGS.6B]
[Integrated] locate and describe human and physical features that influence the size and distribution of
settlements.[WGS.6A]
[Integrated] explain how political, economic, social, and environmental push and pull factors and physical geography affect
the routes and flows of human migration.[WGS.7B]
[Integrated] describe trends in world population growth and distribution.[WGS.7C]
[Integrated] evaluate the economic and political relationships between settlements and the environment, including
sustainable development and renewable/non-renewable resources.[WGS.8C]
Procedures:
Lecture on population change and factors that impact population and migration.
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Notes/Reflections:
Government and Politics AP
Learning Standards:
[Integrated] analyze the functions of political parties and their role in the electoral process at local, state, and national
levels.[11A]
[Integrated] understand the factors that influence an individual's political attitudes and actions.[15C]
[Integrated] examine different points of view of political parties and interest groups such as the League of United Latin
American Citizens (LULAC), the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) on important contemporary issues.[16A]
[Integrated] give examples of the processes used by individuals, political parties, interest groups, or the media to affect
public policy.[2A]
Procedures:
Finish interactive lecture. Begin research of specific political action committees, their goals, structure, and actions.
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Plans for Friday, October 05, 2012
By: Christine Thompson
World Geography PAP
Procedures:
Student Holiday
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Government and Politics AP
Procedures:
Student Holiday
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