Monday Feb 3rd Day 18

Today is Mapping Monday.

Current Events assignments (1 USA story, 1 International Story)
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Due Thursday/Friday: "Should we Limit Population" article questions.

This includes 2 (current event) stories.
1- needs to be within the USA and 1 needs to be international.

Objective: Each student will be able to identify a current event story, summarize its key components into a summary paragraph, as well as plotting the location of the story on a map of the country in which it occurred.

Rationale: Students need to gain a better understanding of events occurring around the world and where those places are located.

Evidence: By summarizing a story and plotting it on a map, students will show evidence of a global perspective on events affecting the world beyond their immediate surrounding.

Thursday & Friday Jan 28 & 29 Days 16, 17

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will research data about their selected country and fill-in a data sheet. This data sheet will be used to build an Infographic on a Poster Board

Given a chromebook with access to the internet, student will record information presented in a powerpoint and fill-in a data chart for the various stages of a "Democratic Transition Model"

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key population components that are present in each country to understand their challenges as it relates to advancing along the Demographic Transition Model sequence from a lower stage country to a more modern stage country.

Students need to understand the various causes/forces which propel a country along the various stages of economic and social development within a Democratic Transition Model process

EVIDENCE: By filling in the chart, students will become demonstrate the ability to locate specific data from a data packet, translate that data into a graph or chart, and then display that data in an Infographic for easier understanding.

By filling in their chart, students will be able to identify how demographers classify countries along the Demographic Transition Model, and will be able to identify where "their country" (the one they selected as part of the Infographic project) is located. 
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This short video will be followed by a short TED conference video from Hans Rosling about the Population Growing Box by Box - Population Growth Box by Box

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 We will cover stages 3 - 5

The next step will be to finish the DTM ppt and finish to fill-in the DTM chart they made last week. After each stage is presented, students should finn-in the appropriate info into the DTM chart.
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Students will then be assigned a short article and questions about efforts to limit population growth.
Here is the article - Should we limit population?

Students will be given time in class to continue to work on building their Infographic
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Gates Annual Letter - Gates Letter

Boundless Malthus theory - Malthus

Tuesday & Wed Jan 27th & 28th Days 14 &15

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will research data about their selected country and fill-in a data sheet. This data sheet will be used to build an Infographic on a Poster Board

Given a chromebook with access to the internet, student will record information presented in a powerpoint and fill-in a data chart for the various stages of a "Democratic Transition Model"

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key population components that are present in each country to understand their challenges as it relates to advancing along the Demographic Transition Model sequence from a lower stage country to a more modern stage country.

Students need to understand the various causes/forces which propel a country along the various stages of economic and social development within a Democratic Transition Model process

EVIDENCE: By filling in the chart, students will become demonstrate the ability to locate specific data from a data packet, translate that data into a graph or chart, and then display that data in an Infographic for easier understanding.

By filling in their chart, students will be able to identify how demographers classify countries along the Demographic Transition Model, and will be able to identify where "their country" (the one they selected as part of the Infographic project) is located. 
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This short video will be followed by a short TED conference video from Hans Rosling about the "Incredible Washing Machine" -  The Incredible washing machine

From this short presentation, students should gain a better understanding of the impact of industrialization on the rest of the world.

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1st day we will cover stages 1 & 2

The next step will be to view the DTM ppt and begin to fill-in the DTM chart they made last week. After each stage is presented, students should finn-in the appropriate info into the DTM chart.

DTM Chart Blank (this is the form students create in Drive Document by copying and pasting the DTM Chart image (see chart image below) and inserting a table below the image.

DTM Chart Image (copy and paste this into the doc at the top)
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This will be followed by a Short Video on Population Pyramids. - Population Pyramids - predicting the future

After the video students will make a population pyramid (of their selected country) for their Infographic project. The pyramid should be included on the infographic (both digital version as well as physical poster board version.)

Web based Population Pyramid site to get pop breakdown for each country -Country Population Distribution Site

Step by step directions to build a population pyramid in Google Drive - Population Pyramid Directions

Monday Jan 25th Day 13

Today is Mapping Monday.

This includes 2 (current event) stories.
1- needs to be within the USA and 1 needs to be international.

Here is a short clip from the Daily Show about an important International Issue involving
Boko Haram - Boko Haram


Objective: Each student will be able to identify a current event story, summarize its key components into a summary paragraph, as well as plotting the location of the story on a map of the country in which it occurred.

Rationale: Students need to gain a better understanding of events occurring around the world and where those places are located.

Evidence: By summarizing a story and plotting it on a map, students will show evidence of a global perspective on events affecting the world beyond their immediate surrounding.

Thursday & Friday Jan 22nd and 23rd. Days 11 & 12

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will research data about their selected country and fill-in a data sheet. This data sheet will be used to build an Infographic on a Poster Board

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key population components that are present in each country to understand their challenges as it relates to advancing along the Demographic Transition Model sequence from a lower stage country to a more modern stage country

EVIDENCE: By filling in the chart, students will become demonstrate the ability to locate specific data from a data packet, translate that data into a graph or chart, and then display that data in an Infographic for easier understanding.

Directions for Thursday and Friday

Access this population data packet pdf - Population Packet Data Packet 

Use this packet to fill-in the population Data Sheet - Population Packet Form
Infographic Directions - Infographic Directions

* Be sure to include on your data sheet what stage of the Demographic Transition Model your country is in (is it a stage 2, 3, 4 or 5 ?)

Here are a few sites to help you with your infographic. (some of these sites will require a personal email, the SJUSD email you have will not work because you cannot receive emails on that address)
These will not solve the issue of building the infographic, but can help in design ideas or maybe a graphic or 2

Infographic Tools and Tutorials  

Ten Free Tools for Creating Infographics

8 steps to designing an Infographic

How to Create Great Infographic

How to create a chart in Google Drive 

Tuesday/Wednesday Jan 20th & 21 Days 9 &10

OBJECTIVE: Given a chromebook with access to the internet as well as access to their Google drive acct, students will create a spreadsheet chart on the causes and consequences of transitions within the the Democratic Transition Model as it relates to population growth.

RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key components which moves countries from one stage to another to better understand their current social, political, and cultural challenges.

EVIDENCE: By filling in the chart, students will be able to identify those factors that are present and those factors when changed (as well as what causes those changes) "pushes" a country along the continuum to a modern day society.

What are the factors that are present in each stage of transition?
Which of those factors can be changed internally and which require outside assistance?
What role does access to information play?
What role does the status of women play?

1st part of the Block:

Current Events update - share some of the impactful stories you summarized.

2nd part of the Block:

Students will pick a country to do their Infrographic and Data Stat sheet.
Your assignment for Thursday/Friday will include filling-in the data sheet for your country.
Here is the blank form -Country Data Sheet Form
As well as building an Infographic to display that information. What is an Infographic ?

We will review the Demographic Transition Model by watching the short video.

We will them continue and finish the Presentation on the DTM.

Next we will create a spreadsheet of the DMT Model and fill-in characteristics of each stage.
DTM Chart Blank (most of the information can be found in the DMT presentation)
This is the image to place on the top of the Chart - DTM Chart Image

Monday Jan 19th Martin Luther King Day

No school today as we honor Martin Luther King.

My favorite piece of writing from Martin Luther King was his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
if you are interested, here it is....

( Letter from a Birmingham Jail )