June 16 – Geography Jeopardy

Here are the Jeopardy review questions that we played in class today.  The answers are on the last slide of each file.

• Geography Jeopardy
• Double Jeopardy

Good luck studying for your exam!

June 9-10 – Work Periods

We will spend the next couple of days working on our Take Action presentations.

Remember, your presentation will be evaluated on the following criteria:

Presentation Criteria

• What is the issue?
• Why is it important?
• What organization?
• Tell us about them.
• What did you do?
• Success & Failures.
• How has your project contributed towards solving the issue?

Also, don't forget, you'll need to submit a completed Take Action Log and a Take Action Reflection.

Presentations begin on Wednesday,

Good luck!

June 4 – Exam Review and Avatar

Congratulations on completing your test!  The only remaining evaluations you have are Take Action and the Final Exam.

• Take Action Presentations begin on June 11.
• Take Action Reflections due on June 16.

• Final Exam on June 24, 10:00 AM.

Here is some material that will help you on your exam.

• Exam Review Package
• Exam Review Powerpoint
• Exam Study Tips

We then started watching the movie Avatar by James Cameron, hope you guys enjoy it!

May 30 – Cultural Fair

Today we showed everyone what we did with the cultural tiles and then we presented and ate all the food you brought.

We ate Matzo, Pocky, BBQ Pork Buns, Samosas, Shawarmas, Jamaican beef patties, and much much more!

You guys did a great job with food and clean up.
Good work everyone!

At this point, you should have handed in the following:

• Photo manipulation
• Cultural tile
• Three paragraphs for Cultural tile

This weekend, you should start studying for the Unit Test on Tuesday, June 3.

May 28 – The Land Before Canada (and multicultural music!)

Today we completed the urban vs. rural comparison.

Then we started our discussion of Aboriginal people.

Handout

• The Land Before Canada

As we worked, I played some contemporary aboriginal music for you.  Watch this:

The group is A Tribe Called Red.  If you like them, look up more of their music!

To be fair, we looked up music from the different cultures you guys are studying for your Cultural Fair.

Here's some Persian music:

Here's some Indian music:

Here's some Hewbrew music:

Here's some Korean music:

Enjoy!

May 26 – Population Density

Today I showed you some statistics about York Region, where our school is located.

• York Region Demographics

Did anything surprise you?  Did anything stick out?  Don't forget that we're all living in a place that is very special in Canada.  We are extremely diverse, have a higher level of education, and make more money than most of Canada!

We then discussed what is meant by population density.

Handouts

• Settlement Patterns
• Urban vs. Rural
• Urban vs. Rural Venn Diagram

May 23 – Multiculturalism

Here are the notes and files from today.

• Multiculturalism
• Flag Controversy
• Knowing the Neighbours
• Mixed Marriages
• Ethnic Enclaves