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DANIEL ONDICH  | 2nd QUARTER 2008-2009 **** download: ** ===    === <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **CLASS DESCRIPTION**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center; display: block">WORLD REGIONS: INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> This class is designed to introduce you to the World’s people and their cultures and histories. We will concentrate on geography (physical and cultural), economics, governments, and history of various regions of the world. You will leave this class with a better appreciation of the diversity of the world and an increased understanding of your own culture and history. Topics/themes in this course include birth of civilization, world religions, imperialism, diffusion, war and peace and current events.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**PURPOSE**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> //"World History should be studied because of the increasing global connections in the areas of commerce, politics, technology and communications, transportation, and migration and resettlement. These increasing connections make an understanding of the history of the world’s many cultures especially important in fostering the respect and understanding required in a connected and interdependent world."// (MDE, 2004, p.2)

//"The geographically literate person knows where important things are, why they are located in those places and the significance of the locational patterns of the world. Furthermore, she comprehends the nature and significance of multiple connections between people and places around the world."// (MDE, 2004, p.42)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">- Minnesota Department of Education. (2004, May 15). Minnesota Academic Standards in History and Social Studies. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">


 * COURSE GOALS**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> You will:
 * be able to utilized geographic tools to better understand the word
 * be able to identify the 5 themes of geography in the world around them
 * understand how to interpret and analyze geographic data and statistics
 * begin to think historically

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **ATTENDANCE POLICY**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Although much of the learning in this class will utilize the Internet it is important to actively participate each and every day. Many of the activities require online interaction that must done in a timely manner. If you repeatedly fall behind you will miss key elements of the class necessary for active learning and may end up with a lower grade or reduced credit as a result.


 * GRADING**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> The overall grade will be calculated using the following percentages. To receive full course credit for this class all work must be completed.

The following system will be used to calculate you letter grade: 90-100% = A, 80-89% = B, 70-79% = C, 60-69% = D, and below 60% = incomplete. Progress reports can be accessed through SchoolView.


 * LATE WORK**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">It is your responsibility to log into the class each day and finish assignments by the due date. Acceptance of late work will be handled on a case by case basis and may result in receiving a lower grade or reduced credit for the course.


 * EXPECTATIONS**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">You are expected to work on course activities each day during your assigned work time. You must also come prepared with a folder, notebook (optional) and pen/pencil every day. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> If you begin to fall behind you must contact you learning coach or me immediately so arrangements can be made to get you back on track.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**CONTACT INFORMATION**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Email: dan.ondich@sobrietyhigh.org Phone: 651.748.5257 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">    <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">
 * [[image:Dan1.jpg width="118" height="154" align="center"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Instructor: Daniel Ondich


 * COURSE CALENDAR**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> LESSON OUTLINE:

1. Getting started, register on Nicenet, Blogger, Wiki, vocab: culture 2. Current Events Blog #1, culture pics assignment, vocab: ethnocentric, cultural universals, cultural diffusion, civilization (MN Social Studies V, C) 3. Conferencing topic: civilization, God’s Must Be Crazy & wks (MN Social Studies V, D) 4. Cultural universals wks (MN Social Studies V, C) 5. 5 themes of geography and conference topic: describe school/house using the 5 themes (MN Social Studies V, B-D) 6. Current Events Blog #2, Review and comment on conferencing topics 1-3, map vocabulary (MN Social Studies V, B) 7. Vocab: map vocab, Geo Talk Map Storytelling (MN Social Studies V, C) 8. Finish storytelling assignment, conferencing topic: post your story (MN Social Studies V, C) 9. Review and catch-up, making maps wks extra credit (MN Social Studies V, B-C) 10. Quiz, map projections (MN Social Studies V, B) 11. Finish map projection assignment (MN Social Studies V, B) 12. Current Events Blog #3, time zones (MN Social Studies V, C) 13. Time zones wks (MN Social Studies V, C) 14. Climate (MN Social Studies V, C) 15. Climate, Current Events Blog #4 (MN Social Studies V, C) 16. Media notes, Current Events Blog #5 (special assignment) (MN Social Studies IV, A) 17. Source documents, conferencing topic: primary source (MN Social Studies IV, A) 18. Source documents, The Great Flood reading and wks (MN Social Studies III, A) 19. Source documents, The Great Flood reading and wks (MN Social Studies III, A) 20. Quiz #2, course review (MN Social Studies III, A; IV, A; V, B-D)

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