World Geography-2(B) Assignments

Research information on a country or archipelago in Asia or Oceania. Use the graphic organizer as your guide and use the CIA Factbook for your research. You can also use Google for additional information. As you conduct your research, be sure to identify ONE major social, economic OR environmental issue in your country and explain which SDGs would help and how.

The final project will be presented on a Google Slide Show. I'll share the template next class.

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

Indonesia is constructing an entire new capital city in Borneo called Nusantara — from scratch. What's at stake?

For decades, overcrowding, pollution, poor resource management, and climate change have caused parts of Jakarta to sink at a an alarming rate of 25 cm per year. To solve this problem, the Indonesian government has proposed building a new capital city on the island of Borneo called Nusantara. Is this a good idea? What is the cost in terms of human and environmental terms?

After the video, read the article "This City is Sinking" from the April, 2023 issue of Junior Scholastic. You can either open the PDF or access the article online for text to speech. When finished, please respond to the questions in the Google Form.

Let's take a closer look at Indonesia, a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea.

What are some of the economic, environmental, and social challenges Indonesia faces?

Review the Five Themes of Geography, complete a fact sheet, and a map.

For our final unit, we will still focus on the essential question: What economic, environmental, and social challenges face East Asia, Australia and Oceania?


We will begin with an overview of the region, identifying the countries that make up this complex region, practice our map skills, and later, analyze the issues that face that region connecting their problems with applicable Sustainable Development Goals (SDs).

We continue our study of Bangladesh and seek answers to the following questions:
How is climate change affecting people and their environments?
How can people rebuild and adapt after natural disasters?
How can people work together to help displaced people?
Read the article "Seeking a New Home" and complete the attached activities.

After reading the article "India's Growing Pains", please complete the Google Form.

Create an infographic using the information you learned about South Asia in our previous class. Refer to your guided notes and the SDGs that you chose. See the attached instructions and example below.

Today we will begin our unit on South Asia. The essential question for this unit is: How do people adapt to their changing environments, economies, and societies in a time of climate change, resource scarcity, and conflict?

Our lesson today will focus on discovering the geography of South Asia and identifying the major environmental, economic, and demographic issues facing the region.


See attached assignments for this Unit. Instructions are on slides #9 and #10 of the intro Google slide show

1) Guided Notes
2) Digital Map Exercise
3) Infographic Sample and Instructions (separate assignment)

Please read this biography on Nelson Mandela and answer the questions on the Google Form

Please read the Junior Scholastic article "Africa's Youth Boom" and answer the questions on the Google Form.

Password: fogcloud6774

This week we will wrap up our Africa unit by watching a movie that embodies many important character traits such as perseverance, ingenuity, and hard work. This is a true story of William Kamkwamba, a boy living in Malawi during the great floods there in 2001, and his quest to save his village from famine after the grain fields were ruined. It’s really an amazing story, one that I know you’ll enjoy!

Part I: You are part of a non-governmental organization (NGO) tasked with identifying and addressing issues in African nations. Examining each nation’s history and data, come up with one major issue you would like to address. For your audience, create a poster that highlights important data from a selected country. Research the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) associated with the chosen issue, and develop an action plan to address the issue for your NGO. You will do this in Part II.

Attached is the project packet with instructions, rubric and graphic organizer.
Here is the link for research: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/

We can't begin to understand modern Africa without looking at the Berlin Conference. During this series of meetings in 1884 and 1885, the leaders of Europe decided how to divide Africa among themselves for control of valuable natural resources. By 1960, many of these colonies gained their independence and became the modern nations of Africa. However, the legacy of imperialism has left many of these countries still facing terrible economic, environmental, and political challenges.

Before we introduce our project on Africa, we need to look at how European imperialism and the colonization of Africa impacted its development and set the stage for many economic, environmental, and social problems that African countries face today.

Part I
Read this lesson and complete the quiz.
https://study.com/member/classrooms/share.html?classroom=brown-cow-1000&assignment=8725098

Part II
Complete the graphic organizer on Colonial Africa per instructions.

We will begin our study of Africa this week! Please finish defining all vocabulary by next class.

Now that we have spent some time learning about favelas, let's dive deeper into some of Rio's most famous favelas. As we watch this 2016 Vox video, please follow along with the study guide and be thinking different ways people have adapted to, and in some cases changed, their environments.

So, how DO people overcome their challenges and build sustainable communities?

How have humans affected the environment in ways that leave so many species endangered?

The ecosystems of rainforests have thrived in temperate and tropical zones for nearly 70 million years. Today, around 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction, many within decades, more than ever before in human history. Let’s learn more about the endangered species of South America and the Amazon Rainforest and how we can help slow down, and maybe even reverse the rate of extinction.

Read the article: "The Number of Fires in the Amazon Rainforest Spiked in 2019" and complete the Google Form.

Now that you have completed a map, quick profile sheet, and brief historical overview of Brazil, it's time to begin an exploration of Brazil in great detail. We will start with a short video overview of the country (followed by a short Google Form) and a more detailed Prezi on the "Five Themes of Geography" of Brazil. We will learn what the five themes of geography are, and how they apply to Brazil. I will hand out a graphic organizer to assist you in keeping the information organized (it's also attached here).

Like Omar in Bolivia and Daniella in Colombia, Vinicius of Brazil also has a dream: to be a professional soccer player. Born in the city of Belem in the Amazon Rainforest, 16 year-old Vinicius moves to Rio de Janeiro to try out for a professional futbol club. Will he succeed? How is his life similar/different to Daniella's or Omar's? What challenges does he face?

Please read the story from the textbook (p. 305-307) and complete the Google form below.

Welcome to Brazil! Here is the introduction to the largest country in South America. We will spend a few weeks exploring this amazing country's people, geography, economy and history. Here is an introductory slideshow to familiarize yourself with Brazil. Use the information here and your Desk Atlas (p. 120-121, 127)to complete the following activities:

1) Quick profile document (20 pts)
2) Map of Brazil's major cities and geographic regions (20 pts)

You will have paper copies of both of these assignments, but I included them in the attachments in case you lose them and need to print another copy.


When finished, you can complete the Brazil Word Search for fun!

Please see the attached outline for the essay on the test.

Use your Desk Atlas to complete this assignment.

Now that we have explored our personal ecological footprint, the human footprint of consumption, and the unit on Sustainability let's examine global sustainability issues around the world. Working in groups, you will choose a region of the world, and a sustainability issue affecting a country in that region. You will develop an essential question, conduct research, and present your findings to your audience in a Google Slideshow.

Please utilize World Book online to start your research.

     Username: nhbook
     Password: barn

Make a copy of the slideshow template and attach it to your assignment to start. Use this as a graphic organizer to organize your research.

Please fill out this Google Form once you have completed the poster.

Utilize the SDG website linked below to complete the graphic organizer and expand you understanding of how the Goals work to promote the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of our planet.

Now that we have learned about the ECOGOLICAL FOOTPRINT, create your own footprint. Find five areas of consumption which can improve to reduce your footprint on the planet and create a more SUSTAINABLE world. See some examples attached.

How does CONSUMPTION impact our planet? Learn about the ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT humanity leaves on Earth and explore some solutions to help maintain a SUSTAINABLE planet.

Please review the slideshow below and complete the activities per instructions:

1) Open the slideshow and read the first two slides
2) Watch the video Human Population Through Time
3) Read the article "Predicting the World Population" and answer the questions (on paper)
4) Complete the Google Form, World's Most Populous Countries
5) Complete the Population Density worksheet (on paper)

The global population is around 8 billion as of 2023. By 2035, it is expected to reach 10 billion. If we could imagine the world as a village of just 100 people, what would it look like? What languages would we speak? How many of us would have enough to eat or medicine to keep us healthy? As you watch the video, take few notes on the data. What predictions can you make for the future of Earth? What problems do you foresee, or what needs to be fixed?

Now that we have learned about maps, time to show your cartography skills! Please see attached assignment on creating your own thematic map.

Please use your notes from Google Classroom from this unit to complete this exercise.

Please read instructions and complete maps 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5

Please read the instructions and complete exercises 3.1 and 3.2

Please complete these two activities on Hemispheres and the Global Grid.