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Conflict And Cooperation In Nigeria: A Dilemma, Dr. Kay Weller Jan 2012

Conflict And Cooperation In Nigeria: A Dilemma, Dr. Kay Weller

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Students will gather data about Nigeria from the learning stations and write a reaction paper based on the information from the graphic organizer and respond to the inquiry question. Students will create a poster explaining what they learned.


Comparing Three World Heritages: The Taj Mahal, The Great Wall, And The Statue Of Liberty, Natasha Cooper, Kathy Sundstedt Jan 2012

Comparing Three World Heritages: The Taj Mahal, The Great Wall, And The Statue Of Liberty, Natasha Cooper, Kathy Sundstedt

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Students will be aware of similarities and differences between these three places.


Cultural Environment: Native American Peoples In North America, Erin Boydston Jan 2012

Cultural Environment: Native American Peoples In North America, Erin Boydston

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Students will use pictures to compare and contrast the cultural environment of Native Americans in their regions.


Desertification, Fulani Herders, And Ecosystems In Nigeria, Dr. Kay Weller Jan 2012

Desertification, Fulani Herders, And Ecosystems In Nigeria, Dr. Kay Weller

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Students will compare and contrast maps of Africa showing climates, vegetation, and precipitation and analyze them as they relate to Nigeria in a 1 page essay. Students will search the Internet (or library) for information regarding desertification locating the region of Africa where desertification is an environmental issue on a blank map. Students will define desertification in one paragraph, and explain what two human processes cause it (overgrazing and overplowing/mismanagement). Students will research the Internet or library about Fulani herders in Nigeria and how they help prevent desertification through migration from Northern Nigeria to Southern Nigeria and back. Students will …


Developing A Sense Of Place Through India's Diversity: Using A Structured Discussion And Role-Play, Kay Weller Jan 2012

Developing A Sense Of Place Through India's Diversity: Using A Structured Discussion And Role-Play, Kay Weller

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Students will participate in a discussion and write a summative essay related to the discussion.


Economic Development, Natasha Cooper Jan 2012

Economic Development, Natasha Cooper

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Students will react to how transportation affects the economy. Students will know the role agriculture plays in development. Students will learn how an industry like tin mining compares in effect to transportation and agriculture.


Discovering Chile And Its Culture, Ileana Gonzalez Jan 2012

Discovering Chile And Its Culture, Ileana Gonzalez

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Students will be able to familiarize themselves with the geography of Chile. Students will be able to familiarize themselves with sites of interest in Chile. Students will be able to become aware of geographical differences and similarities between Chile and the US/Iowa. Students will be able to compare life and culture in Chile to life in the US/Iowa through festivals, schools, landscape, music and other cultural topics.


Float Along With Huck And Jim, Sue Milligan Jan 2012

Float Along With Huck And Jim, Sue Milligan

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Students will map the trip Huck and Jim take on the Mississippi and mark key plot points with a picture of the area, geographic fact about the area, and a question about the characters' actions that can be answered with a geographic and/or cultural fact.


Gandhi's Story, Mary Sue Ellinger Jan 2012

Gandhi's Story, Mary Sue Ellinger

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Students will read aloud and understand Gandhi’s story and impact on India.


Generating Comic Books Teach About Quilts As Maps, Dr. Kay Weller Jan 2012

Generating Comic Books Teach About Quilts As Maps, Dr. Kay Weller

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Students will generate a comic book about how escaping slaves used quilts as maps on the Underground Railroad.


Genocide, Trent Lamphier Jan 2012

Genocide, Trent Lamphier

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Students will be able to understand the causes and effects of genocide in world history.


Geography Of Conflict: Syria, Andrea Aykens Jan 2012

Geography Of Conflict: Syria, Andrea Aykens

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Students will understand the origins of the current conflict in Syria and the human rights abuses that can occur under an autocratic form of government.


Getting To Know You And Others, Anne Hoeper, Natasha Cooper, Kathy Sundstedt Jan 2012

Getting To Know You And Others, Anne Hoeper, Natasha Cooper, Kathy Sundstedt

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Students will be aware of similarities and differences in the lives of teens living in the United States and Nigeria.


Homeless Bird, Kelly Davidson, Natasha Cooper Jan 2012

Homeless Bird, Kelly Davidson, Natasha Cooper

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Students will use “Homeless Bird” to identify Indian geography and culture. Students will define vocabulary from the text. Students will locate important geographical places.


Hotel Rwanda, Jenni Levora Jan 2012

Hotel Rwanda, Jenni Levora

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Students will be able to understand the impact of European colonization on African countries; analyze the film Hotel Rwanda (the context of the genocide and the archetypes in Paul Rusesabagina's character); understand the historical context of the Rwandan genocide; understand the psychological, sociological, and historical causes of genocides.


India's Nobel Laureates Research Lesson, Natasha Cooper Jan 2012

India's Nobel Laureates Research Lesson, Natasha Cooper

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Students will understand the Nobel Prize winners from India, where they are from, and their significant accomplishments.


Introduction To India, George Kuhter Jan 2012

Introduction To India, George Kuhter

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Students will understand India and gain knowledge to compare it to the United States.


Introduction Through Latitude And Longitude, Tamara Tyrrell Jan 2012

Introduction Through Latitude And Longitude, Tamara Tyrrell

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Students will be able to listen and speak English to describe about themselves and their native country. Students will be able to understand what latitude and longitude are while using geographical tools to locate information.


La Historia De Nuestras Vidas: A Cultural Awareness Lesson Through Immigration Stories, Dawn Shattuck Jan 2012

La Historia De Nuestras Vidas: A Cultural Awareness Lesson Through Immigration Stories, Dawn Shattuck

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Students will be able to identify cultural and/or economic conditions that influence one’s desire to migrate to or from a country. Students will become aware of cultural differences and will develop a non-judgmental attitude of acceptance, understanding that there is more than one way to behave or more than one way to organize society. Students will be able to empathize with one from another culture. Students will be able to respect the strengths and weaknesses of cultures.


Iowa And Its Farming During World War Ii, Dennis Smeltzer, Pat Brown, Carmen Nimmo Jan 2012

Iowa And Its Farming During World War Ii, Dennis Smeltzer, Pat Brown, Carmen Nimmo

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Students will have an understanding of the impact of World War II on Iowa and farming. Students will identify the type of propaganda used (name calling, glittering generalities, plain folk, bandwagon, celebrity endorsement).


Learn About Physical Environments, Jodi Russell, Marlene Weber, Jan Jauhiainen Jan 2012

Learn About Physical Environments, Jodi Russell, Marlene Weber, Jan Jauhiainen

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The students will understand that the physical environment affects home construction in different regions. ***The students will recognize the countries where the target language is spoken. ***Students will recognize and/or present information in English on a given cultural topic. (*** Denotes additional high school objectives.)


Monsoons: A Key To Understanding India, Kelly Davidson Jan 2012

Monsoons: A Key To Understanding India, Kelly Davidson

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Students will define monsoons and their significance for India. Students will analyze the impact of the monsoon on many aspects of life in India. Students evaluate the degree to which an understanding of the monsoons and water issues is a key to understanding India.


Mpower The World, Your County, And You, Amy Morgan Jan 2012

Mpower The World, Your County, And You, Amy Morgan

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Students will develop and demonstrate a program/project based on the five themes and their community.


Monsoons: A Three Season Play, Kathy Sundstedt Jan 2012

Monsoons: A Three Season Play, Kathy Sundstedt

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Students will enact and understand the causes of South Asia’s monsoon.


Our Lady Of The Rosary: Andacollo, Erin Nennig, Ileana Gonzalez Jan 2012

Our Lady Of The Rosary: Andacollo, Erin Nennig, Ileana Gonzalez

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Students will be able to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the devotion to the Virgin of Our Lady of the Rosary at Andacollo.


Nigerian Women As Traders, Natasha Cooper Jan 2012

Nigerian Women As Traders, Natasha Cooper

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Students will participate in a simulation.


Plastic Bags Contest - Bangladesh Vs. Usa, Jane Watson Jan 2012

Plastic Bags Contest - Bangladesh Vs. Usa, Jane Watson

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Students will have an understanding of the environmental issues concerning plastic bags. Students will discover that some developing countries including Bangladesh are more environmentally proactive than the USA in reducing plastic bags.


Outstanding Fields Of Corn, Andrea Liljegren Jan 2012

Outstanding Fields Of Corn, Andrea Liljegren

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Students will construct a diorama illustrating a selected geographic theme. Students will write a short informational paragraph relating to the theme. Students will include both elements of the past and present in their display. Students will give evidence of basic knowledge agriculture.


Population Pyramids, Anne Hoeper Jan 2012

Population Pyramids, Anne Hoeper

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Students will be aware of population growth in India compared to the United States.


Reading A Map In Any Language, Dawn Shattuck, Kathy Sundstedt Jan 2012

Reading A Map In Any Language, Dawn Shattuck, Kathy Sundstedt

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The students will cooperatively use map-reading skills to discover the physical and political geography of Chile.