Welcome to Ms. Feener's Global Geography Website
Contact Information:
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This website is available as an additional resource for the Global Geography 12 class. It in no way replaces coming to class everyday and taking part, as not all notes will be placed on the website.
What are we doing in Global Geography today?
Week 1: Introduction week with Mrs. Hodder
Week 2: Feb 8-12
Feb 8 - Snow Day
Feb 9 - Snow Day
Feb 10 - Introduction to class / "Sorry" Spoken Word Response / 6 Concepts & Classifications
Feb 11 - "The Lorax" + Questions
Feb 12 - Population PPT + Census Activity
Week 3: Feb 15-19
Feb 15 - Joe Howe Day
Feb 16 - Population Calculations
Feb 17 - Factors Affecting Population Change (Computer Lab 229)
Feb 18 - Factors Affecting Population Change (Computer Lab 229)
Feb 19 - Review Factors + "Don't Panic" Population Video
Week 4: Feb 22-26
Feb 22 - Population Pyramids / Demographic Transition Model
Feb 23 - Pyramids/DTM Assignment
Feb 24 - Population Distribution/Density + Restrictive/Expansive Policies + Theorists
Feb 25 - Introduction to Comparative Analysis of MDC's & LDC's
Feb 26 -Comparative Analysis of MDC's & LDC's
Week 5: Feb 29 - March 4
Feb 29 - Comparative Analysis of MDC's & LDC's
March 1 - Comparative Analysis of MDC's & LDC's
March 2- BBC Documentary - "How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?" + Questions
March 3 - Presentations of MDC/LDC Project
March 4 - Presentations of MDC/LDC Project
Week 6: March 7 - 11
March 7 - Presentations of MDC/LDC Project
March 8 - Unit Review Package
March 9 - Unit Review Package
March 10 - "Children of Men"
March 11 - "Children of Men"
March Break - March 14-18
Week 7: March 21 - 25
March 21 - Ecological Footprints
March 22 - Ecological Footprints
March 23 - Systems/Spheres/Cycles + Biosphere 2
March 24 - Textbook Assignment
March 25 - No School (Good Friday)
Week 8: March 28 - April 1
March 28 - No School (Easter Monday)
March 29 - Natural Disasters/Hazards
March 30 - National Geographic Video
March 31 - Natural Disasters/Hazards Assignment (Rm 228)
April 1 - Natural Disasters/Hazards Assignment (Rm 228)
Week 9: April 4 - 8
April 4 - Geological Disasters - Mount St. Helen Eruption
April 5 - Mount St. Helen Reading + Questions
April 6 - Biological Disasters + Tb Assignment
April 7 - Intro to Climate Change + "An Inconvenient Truth"
April 8 - "An Inconvenient Truth" continued + Questions
Week 10: April 11 -15
April 11 - Alternative Energies Project
April 12 - Alternative Energies Project
April 13 - Alternative Energies Project
April 14 - PD/PT Day
April 15 - Snow Day
Week 11: April 18 - 22
April 18 - Alternative Energies Presentation
April 19 - Pollution
April 20 - Garbage Warriors Project
April 21 - Garbage Warriors Project
April 22 - Garbage Warriors Project
Week 12: April 25 - 29
April 25 - Fragile Planet Review Package
April 26 - Fragile Planet Review Package
April 27 - Intro to Global Resources + Laws of Ecology
April 28 - Guest Speaker
April 29 - Globalization Article + Questions
Week 13: May 2 - 6
May 2 - Food as a resource (Blue/Green Revolution) + Desertification
May 3 - "Food Inc"
May 4 - "Food Inc"
May 5 - Water as a resource Assignment + Graphing
May 6 - Water Assignment continued
Week 14: May 9 - 13
May 9 - Three Industrial Revolutions
May 10 - Economic Systems & Sectors of Industry
May 11 - Global Trade
May 12 - Multinational Corporations Web quest
May 13 - PD Day
Week 15: May 16 - 20
May 16 - Multinational Corporations Web quest
May 17 - Multinational Corporations Web quest
May 18 - Exploitation (Rain forest, Sweatshops) + Free/Fair Trade
May 19 - Global Resources Review Package
May 20 - Global Resources Review Package
Week 16: May 23 - 27
May 23 - No School
May 24 - Intro to Urbanization (Hierarchy of Communities/Site/Situation/Functions of Communities/ Theories of Urban Structure - Centreal Zone, Sector & Mutiple Nuclei)
May 25 - Redesign Halifax Project
May 26 - Redesign Halifax Project
May 27 - "Dubai: Greatest City on Earth" Doc + Questions
Week 17: May 30 - June 3
May 30 - Mega Cities (Slums/Shanty Towns/Informal Economy)
May 31 - Mapping Mega Cities
June 1 - Mega Cities Project
June 2 - Mega Cities Project
June 3 - Mega Cities Project
Week 18: June 6 - 10
June 6 - Urban Sprawl (Green Belt/Gentrification/Covenant/Decentralization/Deurbanization)
June 7 - Urban Planning (Ideal Cities/Complementary Land Use)
June 8 - Urban Sprawl & Urban Planning Article( Problems/Solutions Chart + Questions)
June 9 - Urbanization Review Package
June 10 - Urbanization Review Package
Week 19: June 13 -14
June 13 - Exam Prep
June 14 - Exam Prep
June 15 - Exam Prep
June 16 - Exam Prep
June 17 - Exams!