Sept. 28

Presentations

10 Fun Facts – Kwincie, Abigail, Marianne, Doug

My Heritage – Rosaline, Shawn, Kimaria

Fun Foods – Owen, Marianne, Zoe

Slide deck due for My Heritage presentation on Oct. 5th – Brady, Doug

Homework

Practice your North and Central American map work on Seterra.com

Watch “The World A to Z” 2-3 times this week

Finish reading Esperanza Rising or Wild Like the Foxes for our discussion today

Watch Most Dangerous Way to School Mexico

Bring your homework checkoff sheet filled out to class

High School

  • Read Prisoners of Geography 88-98

Just for fun

Watch 13 Days, a movie about the Cuban missile crisis. This movie is rated PG-13, so check with your parents to make sure it’s a good fit for you.

Sept. 21 – North and Central America

Presentations

Here is a video explaining how to make a Google Slides presentation

My Heritage: Eliza Jeppesen

10 fun facts: Caden Fenn, Annie Nelson

Fun Foods: Adelia Swan, Shandiin Yesslith

My Heritage slide deck due today for Sep 28 – Rosaline, Shawn

Homework

Practice your North and Central American map work on Seterra.com

Watch “The World A to Z” 2-3 times this week

Sign up for the International Intrigue newsletter

Continue reading Esperanza Rising or Wild Like the Foxes for our discussion next week

Bring your homework checkoff sheet filled out to class

High School


Read Prisoners of Geography 80-85

Watch Arctic: Life in the Deep Freeze

Just for Fun

Try out this fun game that lets you virtually explore the world!

From class: Mariachi band! Utah tribes! Icelandic music video!

Sept. 14th – North and Central America

Presentations

  • My Heritage: Zoe Stanfill
  • My Heritage: Owen Hodges
  • 10 Fun Facts: Kwincee Clark
  • 10 fun Facts: Owen Hodges
  • Fun Foods: Hyrum LaMont

My Heritage presentation outlines due: Eliza Jeppeson

Homework

  • Finish reading one-third of either Esperanza Rising or Wild Like the Foxes for our discussion on Sep. 28 (For more clarification on our readings, including selections for middle and high school track, see the “required books” tab at the top of the blog homepage.)

High School

  • Read Prisoners of Geography 72-80

Just for Fun

Check out Geography Now Mexico

April 28 – PARTAY!

Today we will be having a party with an international food feast and geography games.

Homework due today:

  1. Bring an international food to share. Bring your food ready to serve. Have a card to post in front of your dish that says your name, the name of the food, where it is from, and any other interesting information you have to share.
  2. Test yourself and see how awesome you are by trying this massive countries of the world quiz! If you want, post your high score on our Slack channel and see how you stack up against the competition!
  3. If you want to, find a cool international song and send it to Sis. Stanfill at vanessa.stanfill@gmail.com for our party soundtrack. Here is my Icelandic submission, to get your inspiration flowing.
  4. There will be a survey about our class forthcoming, please fill it out when available.

More things:

OK here’s my runner up Icelandic music video! So many sweet moves!

April 21 – Africa

  1. Finish reading Running for My Life
  2. Watch this video about Lopez Lomong
  3. Fill out the book discussion guide
  4. Watch this video about our guest speaker today, Leonard Bagalwa
  5. Watch this Geography Now about Leonard Bagalwa’s home country, DRCongo.
  6. Continue practicing your Africa map quiz.

Presentations: Julianne Barney, Dante Catmull, Meredith Twyman.

Homework Checkoff Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O61wHZAutQ7C02OMhkMyhd_iY20Y-GPfRvhQgJzgBv4/edit?usp=sharing

Optional fun stuff

Watch Most Dangerous Way to School – Ethiopia.

Check out Leonard Bagalwa’s local organization – Utah Valley Refugees.

April 14 – Africa

  1. Read the “Africa” chapter of Prisoners of Geography
  2. Start practicing the Africa map on Seterra
  3. Start reading Running for My Life by Lopez Lomong. We will be discussing this book on April 21.
  4. Watch a Geography Now Africa episode
  5. Watch “Most Dangerous Ways to School: Kenya”

Presentations: Samantha AND anyone who signed up for a PREVIOUS date and hasn’t presented yet. If you would like to earn the GLOBETROTTER AWARD, this is your last chance.

Homework Checkoff Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M9XyyKhIbggHzry3N3C9Da8aJI1iCWLWGzfdqhYwEO0/edit?usp=sharing

Middle East – March 31

Homework

  1. Watch the movie Wadjda. I recommend watching with a parent so you can discuss this movie with them. Come prepared to narrate the storyline of the movie for the class.
  2. Complete this study guide about the movie.
  3. Read this current article about women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.
  4. Watch this interview with the director of Wadjda
  5. Watch a Geography Now from this list
  6. Catch up on any reading or work you need to do for your Globetrotter Award. Please check the page here to final dates and submission forms.

Now is a great time to make sure you have our Africa book: Running for My Life by Lopez Lomong. You can start reading now! You are going to LOVE THIS BOOK!

Fun Stuff

Video about the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr.

Fun games here and here in case you missed them on Slack

Presentations – Jaya, Raja, Claire, Jed

Anyone else want to catch up on their presentation this week? Let us know ASAP!

Homework checkoff sheet

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Id4KLW40Q10uLmJ08UZw74zpJad1Y6tM0TYMmEdNQE/edit?usp=sharing

March 25 – Middle East and Islam

  1. Read the Middle East chapter in Prisoners of Geography. Write down five interesting facts from the chapter and bring them to class.
  2. Practice your Middle East map on Seterra. It’s pretty simple, so once you’ve got it why don’t you practice the Middle East and Asia.
  3. Watch a Geography Now from this list
  4. Watch this video about the founding of Islam
  5. Watch this video about the LDS religion and Islam and then read the pamphlet. (Yes, the whole thing, it’s not long.)

PRESENTATIONS – Jaya, Joshua Mock, John Perkey, Parr Young

Homework Checklist

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zzsvmFzwF4dg2y_luJNgz0p7pI86N1kxBDUw59Cyy6E/edit?usp=sharing

March 17 – Field Trip to Paleontology Museum

IMPORTANT NOTICE: We will be getting an awesome behind-the-scenes tour of the museum, where they do the actual work of dinosaur research, by a BYU graduate student! The thing is, we need to be there RIGHT on time if we’re going to catch him! So…

*Arrive at class at 12:55 PM. We will be leaving at exactly 1:00 PM! If you are late, you will miss out!*

Homework for this class period

  1. Start practicing your Middle East Seterra!
  2. Watch one of these geology/Europe documentaries: The Alps or Iceland Volcanoes or Vesuvius
  3. Watch a Geography Now from this list.
  4. Catch up on your Globetrotter award work

Extra fun stuff

Globle

Worldle

Check out “GeoBee”, an app available on your phone (so fun!)

Homework Checkoff List

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wrnx0erLDkRzRMnm3bXvt1RZC8wGtigKF1axzbSsQQM/edit?usp=sharing

March 10 – Europe

Today we will have a guest speaker from Ukraine!

Homework for this class period

1. Read the “Western Europe” chapter from “Prisoners of Geography”

2. Watch a Geography Now episode from this list

3. Watch this video as background for our guest speaker. It covers some ground we’ve already discussed in class, but also has useful historical background maps that really helped me better understand the importance of the USSR, NATO and the Warsaw Pact in regards to today’s war in Ukraine.

4. If you plan on getting the Globetrotter Award, check the requirements here. We have also posted photos of the award options for those who complete the award! They are pretty awesome, if I do say so myself! This week is a great time to catch up on what you’ve missed so far this semester.

Presentations: Lincoln Swan, Linnea Nelson, Olivia Bruening, Parr Young

Depth Learning

Learn more about Russia’s President Putin in this interesting video. This video is five years old, but the information is more relevant than ever.

European eye candy. Here’s more. Oh my gosh, let’s go guys.

Homework Checkoff Page

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VvRiqht5hrOzeOtyuqX-xdYhUBDLHtJ5XaTl9eg_3NY/edit?usp=sharing