Thursday, September 30th 2010

Write a short journal entry describing at least TWO of the neighborhoods we visited in class, one “HAVE NOT” and one “HAVE” neighborhood.  USE YOUR NOTES TO PROVIDE DETAIL ABOUT…

·      Their homes

·      The kind of jobs they have

·      Their living conditions

·      Their standard of living

EXAMPLE

Today we visited two neighborhoods in Bangladesh.  One in the "slums" and one in the wealthy area.  The people in the "slums' have a very low standard of living.  They don't have running water in their homes.  Their housing is made out of trash they've gathered from the dump.  Their children cannot go to school and very few people have jobs.  In the wealthy neighborhood life is much different.  These people have a very high standard of living.  They have large homes with maids, gardeners, security men and personal drivers.  Their homes are very luxurious.  They have swimming pools, large gardens and lots cars. Most people in this neighborhood are land or business owners. These two neighborhoods show that spatial inequality exists in Bangladesh.

Tuesday, September 27, 2010

Identify and Label the Physical Geography of South America

• Find the North or South Coordinate on the left side
• Place your left pointer finger on this line(or imaginary line)
• Find the East or West Coordinate on the bottom of the map
• Place your right pointer finger on thie line(or imaginary line)
• Follow the lines or imaginary lines until your fingers touch
• Write out the ENTIRE NAME of the place you are locating

Monday, September 27, 2010

GEOTERMS CHAPTER 

Students will complete the Geoterms assignment for Chapter 2.

Students will be responsible for creating a symbol and  using the GEOTERM in a sentence with the words Mexico City.

FOR EXAMPLE:

 Rural Decline

Definition

nWorsening economic conditions in the countryside, including rising unemployment and poverty.

Sentence

nRural Decline is causing people to move to MEXICO City to look for jobs.

Symbol

Definitions:

Spatial Inequality: The unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area.  So that some places are richer than others.

Standard of Living: the overall level of comfort and well-being of group of country.

Urbanization: the movement of people form rural to urban areas resulting in the growth of urban areas.

Thursday September 23, 2010

Identify and Label the Human Geography of North America

• Find the North or South Coordinate on the left side
• Place your left pointer finger on this line(or imaginary line)
• Find the East or West Coordinate on the bottom of the map
• Place your right pointer finger on thie line(or imaginary line)
• Follow the lines or imaginary lines until your fingers touch
• Write out the ENTIRE NAME of the place you are locating

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Identify and Label the Physical Features of North America

• Find the North or South Coordinate on the left side
• Place your left pointer finger on this line(or imaginary line)
• Find the East or West Coordinate on the bottom of the map
• Place your right pointer finger on thie line(or imaginary line)
• Follow the lines or imaginary lines until your fingers touch
• Write out the ENTIRE NAME of the physical feature you are locating

Tuesday September 21, 2010

Students will identify various physical features from Chapter 2.

Monday September 20, 2010

GEOTERMS CHAPTER 2

Students will complete the Geoterms assignment for Chapter 2.

Students will be responsible for creating a symbol and  using the GEOTERM in a sentence with the word map.

FOR EXAMPLE:

If the Geoterm is CLIMATE: Long term patterns of weather.

  

They must provide a symbol/drawing

They must also use the GEOTERM and the word MAP in a sentence.

We learned about the CLIMATE in African by using a map.

Email me with questions or concerns tolsen@boston.k12.ma.us

Homework September 16, 2010

Plot the Points on the Map-

• Use your fingers to find the points on the map
• Draw at dot where the coordinates meet
• Label the City using the entire city name.(no abbreviations or numbers)

1. 30N 120W- Carson City
2. 30N 80W- Tallahassee 
3. 30N 95W- Austin
4. 40N 105W- Cheyenne 
5. 42N 70W- Boston
6. 40N 90W- Springfield
7. 33N 90W- Jackson
8. 45N 93W- St. Paul
9. 38N 76W- Richmond
10. 33N 115W- Phoenix

****Remember to follow the imaginary curve when between lines
***North numbers increase when they go up-West numbers increase to the left
**Write out the entire city name
*Do your best

Homework September 15, 2010

Notebook page 7

Bedroom Map:  Make a map of your bedroom.  Make sure the map has... 

• a title 
• a scale
• a legend with 5 map symbols 
• and a map grid.

FOR EXAMPLE

HOMEWORK SEPT. 14TH 2010

GEOTERMS CHAPTER 1

Students will complete the Geoterms assignment for Chapter 1.

Students will be responsible for creating a symbol and  using the GEOTERM in a sentence with the word map.

FOR EXAMPLE:

If the Geoterm is absolute location: A precise point where something is located on earth.

  

They must provide a symbol/drawing

They must also use the GEOTERM and the word MAP in a sentence.

My address is the absolute location on a map of Boston.

Email me with questions or concerns tolsen@boston.k12.ma.us