TUESDAY!

Let’s get down to the business of geography

DO NOW – 5 Lines

Identify a problem facing the world today and explain why it is a

worldwide issue and why we should “care.”

Information Do Nows – Were due on Thursday!

- be sure to complete the learning progress tracking graph

Textbook checks – will be random - bring your books to class - assigned today Use the Wikispace:

ss200.wikispaces.com

Current Events

Baseball game in Japan lasts 50 innings

- over 4 days to complete

- 1400 pitches Americans detained in North Korea - plead for U.S. assistance in video - here’s a novel concept,

“Don’t travel in hostile anit-American countries”

DO NOW – 5 Lines

Identify a problem facing the world today and explain why it is a

worldwide issue and why we should “care.”

Do Nows from last week

5 LINES - does not include the question - watch spacing Few “pen” answers Learning goals on back - track your progress, graph your understanding Truthful responses?

Some Do Now favorites

“I want to learn whatever it is you are gonna teach”

“I want to learn whatever it is I don’t know, so that I know it then and can use it somehow”

“I really don’t know anything about the world, I just don’t pay attention to it”

“I know the world has water and there are good and bad people in it.”

Let’s see what you know…

World Geography quiz - spend the next ten minutes sharing and comparing answers from the quiz

We will review the answers

Ticket out the door - TOTD

1. Did you know more or less about the world than what you thought?

2. How do you “fit” in this world? Explain your answer.

3. Explain why we should/shouldn’t study the world and the other people in it?

Tracking Progress

On the back of the Do Now sheet is a graph

Follow these steps to determine your progress1. Look at the learning objectives, how “comfortable” are you in meeting the objectives2. Look at the scale (0 to 4), rate your understanding and mastery of the objectives3. Fill in the graph on the back of the Do Now Sheet