10/2 Investigating Regions

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day which is posted in the classroom.

Today in class you will 

• explore regions of the world with your questions.

Why?

• In order to drive your own learning.
• To develop your geographic understanding and mental map of the world so you can better relate to and make connections to people around the world.

1.  Continue finding information to answer questions for your assigned region - see previous dates (ask for help in citing sources)

2. Make sure any yes / no answers have evidence to show that answer is correct.

3. Highlight the open ended questions you answered - show them and your bibliography to me.

4. Follow my next directions.

10/1 Investigating Regions

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day which is posted in the classroom.

Today in class you will 

• explore regions of the world with your questions.

Why?

• In order to drive your own learning.
• To develop your geographic understanding and mental map of the world so you can better relate to and make connections to people around the world.

1.  You should have already prioritized at least 12 questions on your categorization doc.

2. You should have already added the Easy Bib Add-On.

3. You should have already created a two column note area at the top of your categorization doc.

4.  Continue finding information to answer questions for your assigned region below (ask for help in citing sources):

1. North Africa
2. West Africa
3. East Africa
4. Central Africa
5. Southern Africa (not the just the country of South Africa)
6. South America
7. Western Europe
8. Eastern Europe
9. WESTERN ASIA (THE MIDDLE EAST) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, area governed by the Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
10. CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
11. SOUTHEAST ASIA AND OCEANIA Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Guam (U.S.), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.), Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam 
12. NORTH AND EAST ASIA China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia, South Korea 

9/30 Investigating Regions

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day which is posted in the classroom.

Today in class you will 

• explore regions of the world with your questions.

Why?

• In order to drive your own learning.
• To develop your geographic understanding and mental map of the world so you can better relate to and make connections to people around the world.

1.  You should have already prioritized at least 12 questions on your categorization doc. 

2. You should have already added the Easy Bib Add-On.

3. You should have already created a two column note area at the top of your categorization doc.

4.  Continue finding information to answer questions for your assigned region below (ask for help in citing sources):

1. North Africa
2. West Africa
3. East Africa
4. Central Africa
5. Southern Africa (not the just the country of South Africa)
6. South America
7. Western Europe
8. Eastern Europe
9. WESTERN ASIA (THE MIDDLE EAST) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, area governed by the Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
10. CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
11. SOUTHEAST ASIA AND OCEANIA Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Guam (U.S.), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.), Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam 
12. NORTH AND EAST ASIA China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia, South Korea 

9/29 Investigating Regions

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day which is posted in the classroom.

Today in class you will 

• begin to explore regions of the world with your questions.

Why?

• In order to drive your own learning.
• To develop your geographic understanding and mental map of the world so you can better relate to and make connections to people around the world.

1.  Take out your questions about regions in the categorization doc.

2. Read the direction below.  Then explain it to someone near you.

3. Using your prioritized questions, continue to take two-column notes. (see 9/28 if you have not gotten this far). The assigned regions are as follows:

1. North Africa
2. West Africa
3. East Africa
4. Central Africa
5. Southern Africa (not the just the country of South Africa)
6. South America
7. Western Europe
8. Eastern Europe
9. WESTERN ASIA (THE MIDDLE EAST) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, area governed by the Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
10. CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
11. SOUTHEAST ASIA AND OCEANIA Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Guam (U.S.), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.), Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam 
12. NORTH AND EAST ASIA China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia, South Korea 

9/28 Questioning - Investigating Regions

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day which is posted in the classroom.

Today in class you will 

• notice patterns in the questions the class generated by categorizing them.
• begin to explore regions of the world with your questions.

Why?

• In order to drive your own learning.
• To develop your geographic understanding and mental map of the world so you can better relate to and make connections to people around the world.

1.  Take out your questions about regions.

2. Continue to categorize your questions from last class.

3.  Sharing

4.  Prioritize:  Which questions are the most important ones to answer?  Choose at least 12 and mark them by underlining them on your categorization doc.

5.  In your categorization doc, go to ADD-ONS, then get Add-Ons.  Search for Easy Bib, and add it - it is orange.  You will use this to cite ALL of your sources.

6.  You will be randomly assigned a region.  Begin to investigate the region using your questions as a focus.  Create two columns at the top of the categorization doc - questions will go in the left column; notes will go in the right column. (Put only one question in each row.

1. North Africa
2. West Africa
3. East Africa
4. Central Africa
5. Southern Africa (not the just the country of South Africa)
6. South America
7. Western Europe
8. Eastern Europe
9. WESTERN ASIA (THE MIDDLE EAST) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, area governed by the Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
10. CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
11. SOUTHEAST ASIA AND OCEANIA Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Guam (U.S.), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.), Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam 
12. NORTH AND EAST ASIA China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia, South Korea