May 21 – Declining Population

Today everyone told me the country or culture they would like to investigate for the cultural tile and fair.  Remember, everyone has to do their own tile and paragraphs, but you may team up for the food.

Next we continued with the demographics powerpoint

• Demographics PowerPoint

And completed an organizer for Canada's declining growth rate.  That means we're growing at a slower and slower rate, and one day, might even decline if it does not turn around.

Handout

• Declining Population Organizer

May 20 – Hotel Rwanda

Today we finished watching Hotel Rwanda.  Be sure to answer these following questions because they can appear on a future test!

• Hotel Rwanda Questions

Some of you might be wondering what happened after the genocide.  Here's a linke to a photographer who took photos of perpetrators and survivors 20 years later and told their stories.

• http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/06/magazine/06-pieter-hugo-rwanda-portraits.html?_r=0

Here are a couple of articles.  One is about Canadian general Romeo Dellaire and the other is about how Rwanda is fairing in 2010, 16 years after the genocide.

• Romeo Dellaire Article
• 16 Years After Article

I also handed out the next big assignment:

• Cultural Tile and Fair

May 15 – Overpopulation

Today we completed the Demography handout from yesterday.

• Demography Handout

At this point you should have the front side complete and the organizer on the back side with overpopulation in the middle of the organizer.

Then we started watching Hotel Rwanda.  It's a movie about the genocide that took place in Rwanda 20 years ago.  Have a look at these questions and be able to answer them by the end of the movie.

Handout

• Hotel Rwanda Questions

May 14 – Demographics trends

Great work on the field trip guys!  I hope you all enjoyed the trip and I can't wait to see all your photos.  The powerpoint with all your photos is due on Friday May, 16.

We did a fun diagnostic quiz on demographics to get you guys thinking about the issues.

• Human Systems Diagnostics Quiz

Then we continued with the powerpoint introduction to Demographics.

• Demographics PowerPoint

And we organized our notes on this handout:

Handout

• Demography Handout

May 12 – Unit 4

Today we started a new unit!

UNIT 4: Demographics

This unit discusses the study of populations.

PowerPoint

• Demographics

We started and got a few slides in, but I'm sure you're all more interested in the FIELD TRIP tomorrow!

See you bright and early at 8:15 AM!!

May 7 – Doodle for Google Project

Today we will continue working on your unit summative project.  At this point, you should already know what your invention will be.  You should have started looking into where the resources come from and where the manufacturing will take place.  Keep working on your drawing and remember to keep track of our references.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

May 2 – Doodle for Google Summative and Field Trip Forms

Today I introduced the summative assignment for this unit.  It will be due at the end of next week, Friday, May 9.

Handouts

• Doodle for Google Summative

Field Trip!

We will be taking a field trip to Niagara Falls!  Please have your parents complete the forms and bring in cash or cheque.  There is important information about our trip and school on that form, so I will not post it online, please see me if you need a copy of the form.