CPWC Day 76 - Geography of Latin America

Objective: Label the physical and political features of Latin America.

Task:  Welcome back and happy new year!  To begin our final stretch I'll distribute your final exam study guide.  We'll spend the first portion of class discussing the format of the final exam.  Then, you'll pick up and label the Latin America map.  Finally, we'll spend the final portion of class practicing map skills with the physical and political maps of Latin America.

Homework:

• Tuesday, January 6 - Chapter 9, section 1 reading notes due
• Wednesday, January 7 - Chapter 9, section 2 reading notes due
• Thursday, January 8 - Chapter 9, section 3 reading notes due
• Friday, January 9 - Chapter 11, section 1 reading notes due
• Monday, January 12 - Latin America map quiz
• Tuesday, January 13 - Chapter 11, section 2 reading notes due
• Wednesday, January 14 - Reading quiz (9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 11.1, 11.2 - reading notes may be used)
• Thursday, January 15 - Cumulative map quiz
• Tuesday, January 20 - Semester 1 Final Exams (Study Guide distributed 1/5)
• Wednesday, January 21 - Semester 1 Final Exams (Study Guide distributed 1/5)
• Wednesday, January 21 at 3:00 - Extra Credit due

CPWC Current Events - Extra Credit Opportunity (due by 3:00 pm on Wednesday, January 21)
Use one or more of the news sources below to find recent news articles relating to topics we've studied in quarter 2.  Create citations and annotations in NoodleTools.  The annotation MUST include a summary AND an explanation of how the article relates to our studies.  Share your work with the "CPWC Quarter 2 Extra Credit" dropbox.

• Al-Jazeera America
• BBC World Service
• Christian Science Monitor
• The Economist
• Euronews
• The Guardian
• National Geographic News
• New York Times
• Newseum
• NPR
• Reuters
• The Washington Post
• The Week
• The World

Each citation/annotation is worth up to 5 points and you may complete up to 3 per unit (East Asia; South Asia; Southeast Asia, Australia, & Oceania; Latin America).