Tuesday, April 23, 2013

23-24 April - Catch-all Class

Announcements:

1) I will be collecting the current event maps on 1-2 May for grading. You should have 8 current events on the map at that time.

2) Next class period your first draft of your article for "Reporting for the British Empire is due. You should include:

- Proper heading

- A title for your article
- Article length 450-500 words
- You must include one of the 5 themes of geography (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region) 
- At least 2 citations listed after the article (see bibliography cheat sheet for help)
- At the bottom list your assigned cultural trait

3) After TA presentations, today we will continue working on the British Expansion maps from last class. If you have finished your map, please find some work to do that will increase your grade in this class. Consider:
- showing me notes you have made up for past journal grades 
- working on writing or revising your Deadliest Warrior Paragraph 
- writing your RBE: Topic, if you have neglected to turn it in, or revising it for a higher grade 
- writing your first draft of your RBE article (due 25-26 April for peer editing)

Current Event > 

E. coli bacteria 'can produce diesel biofuel'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22253746

Pop Quiz Retake!

TA PRESENTATIONS! - Note taking required!

Expanding Empire Map

Copy the Red Areas on the Map and Label the Major Countries/Regions

Major Countries/Regions:

Canada
Honduras, Caribbean 
13 Colonies
West Africa
South Africa
East Africa
India
Australia
New Zealand
Singapore
Middle East
Indonesia
Hong Kong (trade from China)




Use a Goode's Atlas (Old: pages 40-48, 50, 58-59; New: pages 59-67, 74, 76) to find which of the countries/regions could supply these major resources:

Wheat
Tea
Corn
Coffee
Oats
Cocoa
Rice
Cane Sugar
Citrus/Fruit
Tobacco
Peanuts
Cotton
Rubber
Cattle
Sheep
Timber
Petroleum

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