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Unit 2- Day 5

We learned about Latin American culture today! We were able to share our "Day in the Life Of" projects with one another and learn about the different aspects of life in Latin America.

Culture Day PowerPoint
Culture Day notes
Culture Interview assignment (we completed this in class)

Remember: We have our Unit 2 test next period and all your assignments are due!

Study Guide
Assignment Checklist

Unit 2- Day 4

Today we learned about the MOVEMENT theme of geography by looking at Drug Cartels in Latin America.

Class handout/notes

Video we watched at the beginning of class: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/world/2009-mexican-cartel/index.html

Interactive map: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/22/us/BORDER.html

Here is another video of a drug cartel bust in Utah: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=19212689&title=police-seize-about-500000-in-meth-from-mexican-drug-cartel&s_cid=featured-3

Unit 2- Day 3

MIGRATION! We read an article on the changing patterns of migration from Latin America to the U.S. and then worked on our theme project and current event. Remember: they are due the 27th/28th!

PowerPoint
Migration Article

Homework: Read this article for next class! You will need to answer the questions on the bottom of the page and turn those in with your assignments on the last day of the unit.

Unit 2- Day 2

Today we finished going over colonization and moved onto some physical characteristics of Latin America. We then discussed three natural disasters that affect the area: earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis.


PowerPoint- Natural Disasters
Class handout


You can read this article on Haiti and answer questions 3-6 on the handout above for extra credit!

You can also see the movie The Impossible and write 1-2 paragraphs on how it shows human-environment interaction for extra credit.

HOMEWORK: Read this article on migration in Latin America. You do NOT have to answer the questions at the end- we will discuss those next class.

Unit 2- Day 1

Today was all about the COLONIZATION of Latin America. We went over a brief history of the native peoples and watched Episode 2 of Jared Diamond's documentary Guns, Germs, and Steel. (If you missed this day, the documentary is available on Netflix- just watch the second episode on colonization.)

PowerPoint
Movie Guided Notes

The homework was to read the article on natural disasters that you received at the end of class. If you didn't get an article or want to read the other two, here they are:

Japanese Earthquake
Indonesian Tsunami
Haitian Earthquake

Unit 2

Unit 2 is all about Latin America! We'll be studying about the culture, physical characteristics, economy, and colonization of Latin America. Today we set up the classroom into different Latin American countries and learned about those. We also created our own government systems within those countries! Below is the Unit Plan that we will be following.

Unit 2 Plan

(Some of you said you did not get the unit plan at the beginning of the unit so USE THIS ONE- it's the most updated).