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Fri, 09 Sep

2

1. Mutual respect. No puts downs. Everyone has something valid to say. You have my respect and I expect the same from you.
2. Come to class on time. Punctuality is key to your success in my classroom. ( if you are late enter the class quietly, do not disturb other students, I will expect an apology and explanation at the end of class.
3. Come prepared to work and begin each class with the primer question before being asked.
4. Give your best effort. Mediocrity stays in the hall, and “good enough” is only good enough for the garbage can.
5. Always Raise you hand to speak
6. When I raise my hand:

· Stop what you are doing and freeze

· All eyes must be on Mr. Kowaltschuk

· Listen to instructions and do not re-start your work until Mr. Kowaltschuk has finished talking.

Multiple Intelligences Survey #1

Multiple Intelligences Survey #2

True Colours Survey

Please Finish these inventories for homework. Place a copy of your results for each survey in your onenote geography notebook and send a copy in an email to Mr. Kowaltschuk

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Mon, 19 Sep

3

Hans Reselling just told me that when there is poverty the earths population will grow because there is no birth control in the poor countries. He explained how children are more likely to survive childhood as the years progress using a bubble diagram. He said if we erase poverty our future will be much brighter.

Hans Roslings just told me that in 1960, the

World population was 3 billion, and in 50 years the population has doubled. He told me that in 2011, 2 billion, are rich, 3 billion are average and that b billion are living in poverty. He said that in 2050 that if the 4 billion people don't come out of poverty, the population will double.

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Fri, 23 Sep

2

Add a my profile section to your onenote binder and a Learning skills section

Population Vocabulary: Copy the table into your onenote demographics section and then work in groups of three to find definitions for the terms and add them to your notes

Next Class we will have a Quiz on both the course outline, marks, rules, and the learning skills

Finish your MI survey # 3 and True Colours Survey

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Tue, 27 Sep

3

Quiz Today on Marking, Units, and Class Rules, and learning skills

When students  finish the quiz please have them re-direct there OneNote note books to the new Moore drive.

Please have students share a text book in pairs. Text Books and Atlases are on my desek

In their OneNote Notebooks under Demographics students should create a new page called Population Patterns pages G24 to G34

Students should use the textbook's subtitles to create their own notes summarizing key points .  Each paragraph in the text book represents one sentence in their notes. Students should pay close attention to the blue sticky notes on each page including completing any activities described there.

In addition to the Blue sticky note activities students should complete the thinking it over questions on page G31 and G34

Test Oct 5 on Geo vocabulary and text pages G24 to G34

5

Mon, 03 Oct

2

OneNote Transfer and text book set up

6

Wed, 05 Oct

3

Test today :

Text book pages

1. Linear , scattered and clustered populations
2. Reading a population map
3. Factors that affect populations

When you finish the test please download and start the work below

http://www-popexpo.ined.fr/english.html Use this link to complete the  2 Question sheets below.

Web Site 09 10/Geo 8/6 Billion People Question sheet part 1.pdf

Web Site 09 10/Geo 8/6 Billion People Question sheet part 2.pdf

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Thu, 13 Oct

2

http://www-popexpo.ined.fr/english.html Use this link to complete the  2 Question sheets below.

Web Site 09 10/Geo 8/6 Billion People Question sheet part 1.pdf

Web Site 09 10/Geo 8/6 Billion People Question sheet part 2.pdf

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Mon, 17 Oct

3

Finish working on the two work sheets on the 6 billion people web page!

http://www-popexpo.ined.fr/english.html Use this link to complete the  2 Question sheets below.

Web Site 09 10/Geo 8/6 Billion People Question sheet part 1.pdf

Web Site 09 10/Geo 8/6 Billion People Question sheet part 2.pdf

 What is Demographic Transition? this is the question

you will attempt to answer with the resources below


1. http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/animations/world_population/


2.   Read and take notes from your text book pages 36  to 39 , remember to pay close attention to the blue sticky notes and the green questions..

3. When you finish your notes click and watch the video link below.

http://desip.igc.org/mapanim.html

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Fri, 21 Oct

2

Question Answer Check list:

1. Your answer should include 2 references to the video you watched.

2. Your answer should include 2 references to the text book pages you read. specifically the 3 major causes of past population booms. 7 application marks

Population Pyramids     of the World

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Tue, 25 Oct

3

Make your own Pyramid!!!! Yeah!!

Population Pyramids: Read and follow the instructions on the handouts below and print the Graph Template to create your own population pyramid. Use a ruler and pencil to make sure your pyramid is identical in design to the example pyramid in the handout.
Handout 1
Handout 2
Handout 3
Handout 4

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Mon, 31 Oct

2

Make your own Pyramid!!!! Yeah!!

Population Pyramids: Read and follow the instructions on the handouts below and print the Graph Template to create your own population pyramid. Use a ruler and pencil to make sure your pyramid is identical in design to the example pyramid in the handout.
Handout 1
Handout 2
Handout 3
Handout 4

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Wed, 02 Nov

3

http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php

Study for your Geo test on Nov. 22nd

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Tue, 08 Nov

2

Using the video

H.D.I and Population Pyramids

1. Using the http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/Tables choose three top ten countries and ten bottom countries.

2. Use the http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php web site to examine the pyramids for your country and describe the shape and patterns of developed vs. developing pyramids.

http://www.heavygames.com/3rdworldfarmer/gameframe.asp

Quiz next class: Demographic transition and interpreting Population pyramids.

Finish your question for next class 3. What is the relationship between the H.D.I and the shape of a countries population pyramid , include your knowledge of population characteristics and baby booms in your response 

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Thu, 10 Nov

3

No Class because of Parent interviews

15

Fri, 18 Nov

2

Quiz today demographic transition and and interpreting population pyramids

16

Tue, 22 Nov

3

Test Today:

Creating population Pyramids

Analyzing population pyramids ( using population Characteristics to describe a countries pyramid)

Demographic Transition: stages, what causes population growth, where on the model is the greatest population growth, where on the graph would a very high development country be?, where on the graph would a very low development country be?

Web-Site-2011-2012/Demographic Transition Definition - Exemplar answer

After you finish the test please begin working on your population Characteristics Mind Map in Inspiration

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Mon, 28 Nov

2

Library Day #1

18

Wed, 30 Nov

3

19

Tue, 06 Dec

2

Library Day #2

20

Thu, 08 Dec

3

Concept Map Work

21

Wed, 14 Dec

2

Quiz on population pyramids

Project Work

22

Fri, 16 Dec

3

Concept maps and Cohorts project

Boom Bust Echo Take point form notes in the form of a table on your cohort from Boom Bust Echo. 

23

Tue, 10 Jan

2

Geo 8-2

Students should work to complete their cohort projects and should begin practicing their presentations. When there are ten minutes left in class students should download and complete the self assessment form from the class web page print it and complete it.  Each group member must sign all other groups members self-assessments before they are submitted.  A signature indicates the other group members agree with the assessment.

Web Site 2011-2012/Self assessment.docx 

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Thu, 12 Jan

3

25

Wed, 18 Jan

2

Students should work on writing scripts and practicing their presentations.  If they need to leave the class room to do so it is OK

26

Fri, 20 Jan

3

27

Thu, 26 Jan

2

Types of Economies and Economic sectors.  Graph demo

Game: what are the world's ten biggest companies?  What companies currently generate the most profits? Which companies employee the most people?

Read and take notes in your text book pages 66 - 73

• Take notes on each paragraph
• Get definitions for all bolded terms
• Complete all blue  notes and activities on each page as your read.

28

Tue, 31 Jan

3

Presentations begin today

29

Mon, 06 Feb

2

Economic Systems:

Read and take notes in your text book pages 75-92

• Take notes on each paragraph
• Get definitions for all bolded terms
• Complete all blue  notes and activities on each page as your read.

66 - 73 must be done for homework

30

Wed, 08 Feb

3

Read and take notes in your text book pages 75-92

• Take notes on each paragraph
• Get definitions for all bolded terms
• Complete all blue  notes and activities on each page as your read.

Design a poster to promote the economic system of your choice: Poster must demonstrate understanding of the economic system based on your notes and the case studies you have read.   Use standard letter size paper and print in colour.  Mixed, Market, or Command.(There is an exemplar poster posted at the back of the geo class for a mixed economy)

Geo 8/poster assignment rubric.pdf

Pages 75-87 command and market

pages 90-95 Mixed.

31

Tue, 14 Feb

2

Design a poster to promote the economic system of your choice: Poster must demonstrate understanding of the economic system based on your notes and the case studies you have read.   Use standard letter size paper and print in colour.  Mixed, Market, or Command.(There is an exemplar poster posted at the back of the geo class for a mixed economy)

Geo 8/poster assignment rubric.pdf

Pages 75 market-84 command and

pages 90-95 Mixed.

32

Thu, 16 Feb

3

Using the text book pages 96 to 100 create a flow chart to track the fashion industry through primary secondary and tertiary industries.  As an extension try and add the information sector to your chart.  You can use Prezzi or Inspiration to create your flow chart. your chart should reflect an accurate reading of the text book

Check list for flow chart

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Fri, 24 Feb

2

1.  Students should complete the prezi's they started last class paying close attention to the check list on the class daybook.

2.  Students who are finished can add 3 more connections on the concept maps of population characteristics.  Including an explanation of the connection, the correlation and a graph from gapminder.org

3. Please use the last 25 minutes of the class to show the movie black gold.  Thanks

34

Tue, 28 Feb

3

Prezi's and concept maps

Let's see some prezi's

When  you are finished do the text book geo skill page 102 and 103

35

Mon, 05 Mar

2

Here is a quiz for you to take: Economic systems and sectors

Click the link below to take the quiz :

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=economic-systems-sectors

The main components of this sector are the publishing industries, including software publishing, the motion picture and sound recording industries, the broadcasting and telecommunications industries, and the information services and data processing industries.

Finish and Submit your Prezi or flow chart, Check out Alonso's Prezi for great ideas!

http://prezi.com/z0s1pjnqfqqo/sectors/

36

Wed, 07 Mar

3

Complete the putting it all together activity on page 82 and 83 in your text book, Copy the map and questions into OneNote

Watch the preview for Blood in the Mobile, http://bloodinthemobile.org/  What are you impressions of the clip? What are you feeling or thinking while you watch?

37

Thu, 29 Mar

2

Question:

What correlation would you expect to see between education and number of cell phone subscribers and why? ( use an example country and use the term developed or developing) 

Prediction:

I would expect to see a positive correlation for example in a developed country like Canada people have a high literacy rate and lots of cell phones. Wealthy nations with strong economies have money to spend on things like education and internet and wireless technology. Countries with a high quality of life have excellent education systems and good access to technology. Developed countries have high literacy rates and are therefore likely to have good wireless technology/cellular systems and be able to use technology.   Undeveloped countries have been left without the ability to pay for things like technology and education.

Anomaly questions: Why do Turkmenistan have a very high literacy rate and very few cell phone users?

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Mon, 02 Apr

3

Stats:

Population

Literacy

Health and Wealth

Economy, Market , mixed

Jobs: Primary, secondary or tertiary ….

Government: democracy or dictatorship

Birth Rate

Death Rate

Religion

General Culture

Life Expectancy

Population pyramid

Environment: water, Co2, pollution

Where ??? www.Google.com , Microsoft Encarta Student , www.Wikipedia.com , www.Gapminder.org , www.BBC.com

39

Tue, 10 Apr

2

Some groups Video:

http://www.the-map-as-history.com/demos/tome05/index.php 

Some groups Reading: (first four paragraphs)

http://www.beyondintractability.org/bi-essay/post-colonial

40

Tues, 10 Apr

3

Today’s Class:

Step One- Create a Graph using Gap minder, Make sure your graph has a strong positive or negative correlation.

Step two – choose an anomaly from your graph.  The anomaly is the country which is breaking the trend.

Step three- create a question based on your anomaly and your graph, see the example on the day book from out March 29^th class.

Step four – research your anomaly country.  Your goal is not to answer the your question, but to find out as much as you can about your country.

Using Encarta Student, Wikipedia, BBC.com, CIA World Fact Book, Try to find information and create point form notes on:

Population

Literacy

Health and Wealth

Economy, Market , mixed

Jobs: Primary, secondary or tertiary ….

Government: democracy or dictatorship

Birth Rate

Death Rate

Religion

General Culture

Life Expectancy

Population pyramid

Environment: water, Co2, pollution

Microsoft Encarta:

1. When did trading begin with West Africa
2. When did the trading turn to Slave trading
3. How many slaves were brought to the Western World.
4. What were the primary countries where slaves were shipped.
5. How many slaves died en route to the Western world

Using Encarta Student, Wikipedia, BBC.com, CIA World Fact Book, Try to find information and create point form notes on:

Population

Literacy

Health and Wealth

Economy, Market , mixed

Jobs: Primary, secondary or tertiary ….

Government: democracy or dictatorship

Birth Rate

Death Rate

Religion

General Culture

Life Expectancy

Population pyramid

Environment: water, Co2, pollution

41

Wed, 18 Apr

2

Using Microsoft word for report writing.

Outline checklist for anomaly project.docx

42

Thu, 26 Apr

2

Blood in the Mobile.

Complete your anomaly checklist, submit it to Mr. Kowaltschuk

43

Mon, 30 Apr

3

Finish watching Blood in the Mobile

Begin writing your Introduction to your report.

44

Fri, 04 May

2

Here is a quiz for you to take: Colonization and Slavery

Click the link below to take the quiz :

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=colonization-and-slavery

Thanks!

Once you have finished the Quiz please Write the rough draft of your Anomaly Country Report. Send you Rough draft of your introduction and your Main body opints to Mr. Kowaltschuk in an email attachment.

45

Tue, 08 May

3

Spend today's class writing your intro and main body for your report on your anomaly country.

Population  pyramids of the world

http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

142. Benin
143. Gambia
144. Sudan
145. Côte d'Ivoire
146. Malawi
147. Afghanistan
148. Zimbabwe
149. Ethiopia
150. Mali
151. Guinea-Bissau
152. Eritrea
153. Guinea
154. Central African Republic
155. Sierra Leone
156. Burkina Faso
157. Liberia
158. Chad
159. Mozambique
160. Burundi
161. Niger
162. Congo (Democratic Republic of the)

Using the Index above Select a country to research

http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php

46

Mon, 14 May

2

Complete writing you three main body paragraphs

When you come to class on Wednesday you must immediately email you rough draft of the intro and main body paragraphs to Mr. Kowaltschuk

47

Wed, 16 May

3

When you come to class on Wednesday you must immediately email you rough draft of the intro and main body paragraphs to Mr. Kowaltschuk

Web-Site-2011-2012_copy(1)/Grade 8 geo study guide 2012.docx

Web-Site-2011-2012_copy(1)/Grade 8 geo study guide 2012.docx

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Thu, 24 May

2

Web Site 2011-2012/final exam2011 practice.docx

49

Mon, 28 May

3

Web Site 2011-2012/Report check list and grade scale.docx

Web-Site-2011-2012_copy(1)/Grade 8 geo study guide 2012.docx

Final Project Due Wednesday day

50

Fri, 01 Jun

2

Exam Essay Question

51

Tue, 05 Jun

3

Exam Review

Web-Site-2011-2012_copy(1)/Grade 8 geo study guide 2012.docx