Study Guide

Here is part one of your study guide. Part Two will be added later today.

FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE PART I

The final study guide check schedule will go as follows:

Wednesday - I will check for definitions for every term at the beginning of class.
Thursday - I will check that you have added to each definition either the significance or applicability of the term.

***There have been lots of questions about what I mean by significance or applicability. Essentially I am asking you to be able to answer at least one of these following questions for each term. 

- WHY is this term/idea/concept significant?
- HOW can this term/idea/concept be applied to today's world or to YOUR world? 
- WHAT makes that term/idea/concept important to you/others/the world?
- WHY is it relevant to you/others/or even at all?

Friday - Add an example for each term. I will check at the beginning of class.

Below is the link for the SECOND part of the study guide. Please note that I will NOT be answering any questions about these, I will not go over outlines or ideas or concepts or practice answers you guys write out to see if you are the right track. Because I have decided to give you the possible essay questions ahead of time, you have more time to prepare for them, but unfortunately I can't help you much with them since I can GUARANTEE one of those questions will be on the test and that wouldn't be fair. I can better explain the question if something is unclear, but I will not give you examples or ideas on how it could be answered (or better answered if you have already made an outline).

I will check the second part of the study guide (just those terms from "Unit Six") on Monday.

FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE PART II

Discussion Homework

Below is the homework sheet for this week. It is a short discussion sheet (only two questions) that we will talk about on Thursday (Friday for 4th hour). Make sure you read the directions. One paragraph per answer (minimum five sentences). You will also get points for your participation on Thursday. Put this in your Unit 5 homework folder in OneNote.

Discussion Sheet

Quiz Prep

Hey Everyone!

Don't forget, we have a quiz on Monday! Below are what you should study (along with associated reading if you missed the lecture).

Constructing Identity Notes (reading pages 146-154)

Identity in Places Notes (reading pages 155-157)

The quiz will be short, consisting only of multiple choice, a short matching section, and just a couple short explanation (two sentences).

Enjoy your weekend!

Humans of New York Homework Assignment

For this assignment you will have to visit one of my favorite webpages "Humans of New York." What the photographer, Brandon, is doing is quite impressive. He heads out into the city and listens to the stories of normal people he crosses paths with. He takes their photograph, then shares small snippets of their conversation on his website. It makes a large city seem smaller, and gives you a glimpse into the lives of every day New Yorkers. Through each conversation, you find out a little bit about the identity of the person photographed.

For this assignment, it is your job to discuss those identities. You need to sift through the site and find three pictures and their accompanying story. Take a snipped shot of both the picture and the story, put it in your OneNote folder (Unit 5: Homework), and then write a short paragraph (minimum 5 sentences) about what that person's statement or photo (or both) says about their identity. What can you derive about this person from either the short conversation Brandon and this random New Yorker had or maybe even the photograph? What are their defining identity traits? Did they infer this? Did they directly say it? Or does the situation make you believe that about them? All or none of these questions could be addressed in your one paragraph response. Once you have done this for all three photos, you are done.

For 7th Hour this is due on Wednesday, for all other classes it is due on Thursday.

Study Guide

Hi Guys,

Here is the Unit 4 Quest study guide. Don't forget, the quest is on this coming Monday! The projects are also due on Monday. We will present them on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

Unit 4 Quest Study Guide

Upcoming Quest

Hey guys,

Just an FYI, your group projects will be due on Monday. The same day you will be taking a QUEST over this unit. It will be just like the quest in the past, and will be a quiz/test hybrid. The study guide for it will be up tomorrow.

Project presentations will be the day after the quest, but all materials will be due on Monday. We will go over this in class tomorrow some more. In the mean time, the class calendar for this week has been posted under the class calendar tab.

Study Guide and Upcoming Exam

Hi guys!

Here is your study guide for the Unit Three Exam. The test will be split up in to two parts with the short answer portion being given on Monday and the Multiple Choice exam being given on Tuesday.

The study guide is an optional study tool. Should you choose to complete it (by Friday!), you will get 3 bonus point on your test.

Happy Studying!

UNIT THREE STUDY GUIDE

Unit Three Quiz

We will have a quiz this Thursday in class. You can expect to find information from the following on the quiz.

- Israel Right of Return Case Study
- What is Migration? Notes
- Why Migrate? Notes
- Video Notes (this is purely supplemental, all information would have been previously covered in the two sections of notes, but in case you were wanting to add to your understanding)

Test Style:

12 Multiple Choice
5 Matching
2 Short Explanation
1 Short Answer

And just so everyone can be planning ahead the test will be the week of October 27th. I am still working out if it will be on Tuesday or Wednesday (or both!) of that week. I will let you know in the next week or so the official date.

Study Guide

Hey all,

Here is a study guide for our "quest" next Wednesday. This will not be taken for a grade, it is simply for your own use. Please keep in mind it is made AFTER I make the test...so all terms are VERY relevant.

UNIT TWO STUDY GUIDE

Happy Weekend!

Populations Homework

The following Google Docs link will lead you to your homework assignment. Please check the homework calendar for when this is due for your class (it is two class periods from today...but that varies for some of the classes).  Please make sure to read and follow all instructions. Once completed please put it in your Unit Two Homework sub folder.

Populations Homework Link 

Happy Monday!

Study Guide

Hi All!

Sorry I couldn't be here today. Although it worked out quite well for you since you get to use the hour to work on your study guide. Don't forget, our test is NEXT FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19th!!!

The study guide consists of terms and concepts. This will need to be completed for a grade and must be done alone. You MAY NOT split up the work with other classmates. You need to do your entire sheet yourself. Today in class is a silent work period intended for you to make substantial progress on your study guide so that you can spend more time at home studying the actual terms. The concepts are the ideas that the short and very short answers will be built around. There will be more than five short questions on the test, but I felt the other topics were adequately covered within the guide already.

UNIT ONE STUDY GUIDE

You may either print the following document to your Unit One Homework folder in OneNote or you may simply download it and work on it as a Word Document before printing it to OneNote to be graded. The choice is yours as long as it eventually ends up in your homework folder.

There are a few terms you do not yet have, but you will all have all of the terms by Tuesday, so just don't worry about completing that portion of the study guide until we cover them in class. That is all...enjoy your weekend and I will see you all on Monday! :)

Mrs. Ramseyer

Monday, September 8th

Hi Guys!

To 2nd hour - sorry, I couldn't make it to class today! I will be here this afternoon (but not after school) so swing by and see me if you have any questions.

To Everyone - Today in class we are discussing the Five themes of Human Geography. 2nd hour, the link to your sheet is below. Please open and print it to your In-Class work folder in OneNote.

2nd Hour Five Themes of Geography

After the class discussion, you all will have time to work on your homework that is due on Thursday. This Thursday is the 13th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. We will be discussing the attacks and their impact (locally, nationally, and globally) all day in class. Prior to that, you need to complete the following sheets. I would open this up as a word document, and do all of your typing on that before sending it to OneNote. Once in OneNote it will go in your 'Homework' folder.

Please note that there are TWO pages to this. The first page is questions for a discussion/interview with your parents. The second is simply questions you can answer yourself about your own perceptions of the world since 9/11. You work on those in class today.

September 11th Interview and Discussion Prompt

I have also included a few resources to use if you feel you need more information on the events of September 11th.

Scholastic Newspaper Articles

Newseum Newspaper Pages

That's all! 2nd hour...I'll see you on Tuesday!

Upcoming Quiz

Hi everyone!

As I mentioned in class today, we will have our first quiz this Thursday! Below is a list of notes and other assignments that may help you on the quiz (with maybe some hints on what to focus on).

The quiz will include eight multiple choice, four matching, and four short answer questions (one sentence answers, from each of the sources of review except one).

I will be here for tutorial Wednesday. Feel free to stop by and ask questions.

Things to review for the quiz:

What is Human Geography Prezi- terms/definitions, concepts
What are Geographical Questions Prezi - Cholera history/causes
Using Maps Prezi - terms/definitions
Cultural Landscape handout - impact of cultural landscaping
Mental Mapping PowerPoint - terms/definitions, significance

Bubonic Plague

“Ring-a-ring o’roses,

A pocket full of posies,

A-tishoo! A-tishoo!

We all fall down.”

                Today, young children enjoy playing “Ring around the Rosie.” But to those who first sang it, the rhyme was anything but playful. The song actually describes the deadly bubonic plague. One of the first symptoms of the disease was a circular red rash- a “ring O’roses.” To ward off the disease, people carried around “posies,” or bunches of herbs. The last two lines refer to the final stages of the plague. The victim suffered bouts of sneezing, then “fell down” ---dead.

                 Bubonic plague struck Western Europe several times during the Late Middle Ages. The worst outbreak occurred during the mid-1300s, the direct result of increased trade with the Middle East. The plague had already swept through much of Asia. Flea-infested rats that carried the disease crept on board Italian trading ships in Asia Minor and spread the plague into Europe. In Genoa, Italy, sailors developed hideous swellings on their bodies. They turned black and blue all over, then died within a few hours.

                From Italy, the Black Death spread across all of Western Europe. People died by the thousands, keeping gravediggers busy night and day. In all, the plague killed more than one third of the population of Europe, an estimated 25 million people.

Punishment for “our sins.”

                Many people viewed the plague as “just punishment for our sins.” The pope called on Christians to pray for forgiveness. In 1348, more than 1 million pilgrims flocked to Rome. The crowded conditions there increased the spread of the disease. Only 1 pilgrim out of 10 survived.

                Panic seized Western Europe. Fearing contagion, doctors refused to treat the sick. Priests refused to hear their confessions. Some parents even abandoned children who showed signs of the disease. In art, the “dance of death” became a common theme. Woodcuts showed the Grim Reaper dancing along a road, leading a train of victims- nobles and commoners alike.

                For the Jews of Europe, the Black Death brought double trouble. They not only suffered from the disease but they also were blamed for it. In one German town, Christians walled up Jews in a wooden building and burned them alive.

Effects of the Plague

                In England, Henry Knighton recorded the crushing economic effects of the plague:

“Because of the fear of death there were low prices for everything….Many large and small buildings….collapsed and were levelled with the earth for lack of inhabitants.”

                The plague helped to weaken serfdom. In the chaos of the times, serfs fled without fear that anyone would capture them. Workers became so scarce that the serfs who remained could demand high wages from their lords at harvest time.

                Europe did not recover from the effects of the Black Death for more than 100 years. The disease’s most terrible toll, though, was on the human spirit. The Italian writer Agnioli di Tura reported simply:

“I buried with my own hands five of my children in a single grave. No bells. No tears. This is the end of the world.” 

(Text from World Cultures: A Global Mosaic)

Mapping the Plague Google Doc

Bubonic Plague Map

Trade Routes Map for reference

Verde Article and Discussion

Today in class you will get your first homework assignment. Here are a couple things to note about it:

- It is due on TUESDAY for EVERY class.

- The discussion sheet needs to be answered in COMPLETE SENTENCES.

- Put a letter with a circle around it before each question on the article (as demonstrated in class).

- Put a number with a square around it before each paragraph (as demonstrated in class).

- Highlight in yellow any words or short phrases that you find confusing or do not know the definition to. We will discuss these in class.

- Any other questions you have may be underlined or noted in the margins.

And in case for some reason you don't get the assignment via Dyknow in class, here are links to the google docs. Please print them to your OneNote (we will work out folders and tabs on Monday). Label as they are labeled below. Also, some people find it easier to copy and paste the Verde Discussion so that it is easier to type on.

Verde Article

Verde Discussion


Enjoy your weekend...see you all on Monday!

Welcome Back!

Hi everyone!

I am excited to get to know you all! While we will go over navigating the blog in class, I do want to make note of a couple extra things for parents. Please notice the class calendar at the end of the tool bar on top. This is where all weekly schedules, including class assignments, will be posted. I will also post the dates for upcoming tests (I work to give one to two weeks notice on the test, although I will give kids an approximate testing window at the beginning of the unit).

There is also a class documents page on the tool bar. This includes links to my syllabus, which I find important for all parents to read, too. It contains a lot of vital information not only about what to expect as far as coursework, but also what to expect in terms of class policy. Please take a moment to go over it.

Again, I am so excited to get to know everyone as the year goes on! I have heard wonderful things about this class and know we will have a great year!

Mrs. Ramseyer