CPWC Day 78 - Colonization of Latin America

Objective: Review the physical and political features of Latin America.  Explore the culture and influence of indigenous populations in Latin America.

Task:  When you arrive to class, please pick up and complete the Panama Canal worksheet.  I'll check your homework while you answer the Panama Canal questions.  Next, you'll compare the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas.  Finally, we'll spend the last portion of class examining the colonization of Latin America.

Homework:

• TODAY - 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 - Pd. 3/4 Final Exams at 11:15 am (Study Guide distributed 1/5)
• Wednesday, January 21 - Pd. 6-9 Final Exams at 7:35 am (Study Guide distributed 1/5)
• Wednesday, January 21 at 3:00 - Extra Credit due (see below)

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).