Geography homework for January 29, 2015

Use the category key we created in class to categorize the details you have collected in your "Leopards of Zanzibar" Fact File.  Work for 20 minutes, attaching appropriate category labels to each fact you collected.  Hand in a homework slip.

 

Category Key:

H   - History

G   - Geography (see below)

SC  - Swahili Culture (see below)

 

GL   - Geography (location)

GR   - Geography (region)

GM  - Geography (movement - travel, transportation, trade)

 

SCJ   - Swahili Culture (jobs)

SCP   - Swahili Culture (Pastimes, Passions) 

SCHL  - Swahili Culture (home life)

SCR    - Swahili Culture (religion)

Geography homework for January 26, 2015

Provide the narration for the opening scenes of the episode, "Leopards of Zanzibar". Try to create and answer who, what, when, where, why and how questions based on the 5 minute visual-only excerpt (intentionally lacking sound).  Set it up as a 4-6 sentence paragraph introducing the video we will watch together on Wednesday.  Hand in a homework slip.

 

Geography homework for January 14, 2015

Organize all of your South America materials in a separate folder to keep in your locker or desk.

Geography homework for January 13, 2015

Choose 3 of the locations from your mapping direction sheet (political and/or physical) to relatively locate and share two facts about each (from your notes and recollections).

Geography homework for January 12, 2015

Answer the 1st essential question (Why do so many people living in western South America still speak the native language of Quechua today?) in your notebook using an open response format. Hand in a homework slip during homeroom tomorrow.

Geography homework for January 5, 2015

Red group: continue marking up the text titled, "Incas: The Land of the Four Quarters" and work for 10 minutes on answering questions 1-10. Be sure to include proof of each correct answer. No need to fill out a homework slip; just bring your work to class.

 

White group: finish marking up the text titled, "Incas: The Land of the Four Quarters"