CLASS SCHEDULE

Sept 2-12
IN CLASS for 2 weeks - 5 Worlds PC Globe Assignment. Issues facing the world. Also introduction of ISU for the course. Introduction of Internet Scavener Hunt assignment.News Article Search DUE OCT 8

Sept 15-19
Monday - IN-CLASS/ Tuesday - Friday: What is an Issue? Inquiry Model, Classifying Countries, Name the Savage Country, News Analysis DUE Sept 19, and Scattergraphs.

Sept 22-26
Monday - IN-CLASS/ Tuesday - Friday: Introduction to Population - Start on the Population Unit of the Course and complete the following assignments:Population Survey, Brief Overview and History of population,and How Many Can the Earh Support?

Sept 29-Oct 3
Monday - IN-CLASS Video/ Tuesday - Friday:Population continued. Complete the following assignments:Tracking the Trends, Pop'n and the Environment, Pop'n and Religion and Economic and Social Impacts DUE BY SUNDAY OCTOBER 5

Oct 6-10
Monday - IN-CLASS - Web Page Design/ Tuesday - Friday:Population cont'd - Complete the follwoing assignments: Personal and Global Solutions, other theories of population growth DUE BY SUNDAY OCT 12

Please read the China a Case Study before class on Tuesday

Oct 14-17
Tuesday - IN-CLASS Video on China (read course material before class on Tuesday to fully appreciate the video)/ Wednesday - Friday:Population cont'd. - Complete assignments:Mandatory Sterilization, Policies to Promote Small Families and Pop Survey Again. DUE BY SUNDAY OCT 19

Oct 20-24
Monday - IN-CLASS-Test on Introduction and Population AHHHH!- Follow-up on Web Page Design

Tuesday - IN-CLASS - Follow up on Web Page Design

Wednesday -Friday:Read the Population Pyramids page and the Demographic Transition Model

Oct 27-31
Monday - Friday : Work on ISU Web Pages, ISU Progress Check is next week

Nov 3-7
Monday - Tuesday: Geopolitics - Introduction - read the defining Geopolitics (Read pages 360 to 366 and 372 to 383 in textbook)and read the chronology of Cambodia and Death of a Nation/Palace of Fear articles (these will help you greatly while you watch the video on Cambodia)

Also read over the Geopolitics Hot-Spots Assignment so you can line up your partner for this assignment.

Nov 10-14
Monday - Wednesday: Video on Cambodia (The Killing Fields)

Friday: Work on Cambodia Video Assignment (Due by Nov 14)

Conflict: Read pages 390-397 in text.

Geopolitics-Solutions (Read pages 413-427 and answer Question 3 on page 427 - Due Nov 19)

ASSIGNMENTS: Work on ISU (Due Nov 24), Geopolitical Hot Spots(Due Dec 1), Cambodia Video (Due Nov 14), and Geopolitics-Solutions Q#3 (Due Nov 19)

Nov 17-21
Monday- IN CLASS - Test/Quiz on Geopolitics and Work on ISU first draft on computers

Tuesday - Friday:Introduction to Food and Hunger Myths, History of Hunger (also Read Text pages 150-160). ASSIGNMENTS: ISU First Draft (Due Nov 24)Geopolitical Hot-Spots (Due Dec 5-bonus if submitted early)

Nov 24-28
Monday - IN-CLASS-(ISU First Draft Due) Video: Famine vs Chronic Hunger

Tuesday - Friday:ASSIGNMENTS Green Revolution and Factors that Contribute to Hunger (Due Nov 26)Food Aid and Food Self-Reliance (Due by Dec 3)

Geopolitical Hot-Spots (Due Dec 5-bonus if submitted early)

Dec 1-5
Monday - IN-CLASS- Video on the Politics of Food / Tuesday - Friday:Food Aid and Food Self-Reliance, Work on 2 ISU First Draft evaluations

ASSIGNMENTS: Geopolitical Hot Spots (Due Dec 5-bonus if submitted early), Food Aid and Food Self-Reliance (Due Dec 3),2 ISU First Draft evaluations Due by Dec 10

Dec 8-12
Monday - IN-CLASS - Introduce Environment Assignment (choose topics - be there) and Work period on Web pages for ISU

Tuesday - Friday:Development, Work on 2 ISU first draft evaluations - sent to the author and teacher by Wed Dec 10

ASSIGNMENTS: 2 ISU evaluations sent by Dec 10, Development Strategies - Due by Dec 12

Dec 15-19
Monday - IN-CLASS-Video on Appropriate Technology and Work period on Web pages for ISU and Environment Tuesday - Friday:Development and Environment

ASSIGNMENTS:

Read scenarios in Discussion Area about development
Read web page discussing why countries develop and some obstacles to development.
Finish up your Final Draft of ISU to submit it on Thursday, Jan 8
Work on Environment Web Page assignment - Due Jan 9,
Work on Environment Background Information assignment - Due Jan 9

Jan 5-9
Monday - SNOW DAY Tuesday - IN-CLASS - TAKE HOME EXAM GIVEN OUT TODAY(ISU FINAL DRAFT IS DUE Thurssday)/ Wednesday - Friday: Work on:

Read scenarios in Discussion Area about development
Environment Web Page assignment - Due Jan 9
Environment Background Information assignment - Due Jan 9
Take Home Exam Due Jan 16

Jan 12-16
Monday - IN-CLASS-Test on Food and Development; Tuesday:IN CLASS - Society Simulation(Please be prompt to class) / Wednesday - Friday:Environment Web Page topic evaluations - Take Home Exam Due Jan 16