Bradley World Geography and Economics

WEATHER FORECASTERS HAVE PREDICTED 90 DEGREES LATER IN THE WEEK.  YIKES!  IT’S SUMMER .

 

WORLD GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021

 

WELCOME !   IT’S THE 6TH AND LAST MARKING PERIOD!

YOU ARE ATTENDING YOUR WORLD GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS CLASSES ON A DAILY BASIS.  CLICK ON THE RED MRS. BRADLEY ZOOM CLASS LINK BELOW,  AT THE START TIME FOR YOUR CLASS.  THERE IS ALSO AN EXTRA HELP AND QUESTIONS TIME SESSION EVERY DAY.

 

YOU WILL ENTER THE “WAITING  ROOM” AND WAIT TO BE ADMITTED IN.  ZOOM CLASSES FOR UPPER SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES  ARE AS FOLLOW:

9:05 – 9:35 – WORLD GEOGRAPHY

12:00 – 12:30 – ECONOMICS

2:15 – 2:30 – EXTRA HELP AND QUESTIONS

 

I CAN BE REACHED BY TELEPHONE BY CALLING THE MAIN OFFICE ( 954-485-7500 ) BETWEEN 3:15 – 3:45 EACH SCHOOL DAY.

 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WORLD GEOGRAPHY CLASS, SEND YOUR WORK FROM YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL TO WORLDGEOGRAPHY@FLPS.COM

IF YOU ARE IN THE ECONOMICS CLASS, SEND YOUR WORK FROM YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL TO GOVERNMENT@FLPS.COM 

 

DID YOU KNOW?  THERE IS A FAMOUS HORSE RACE HELD ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF MAY EACH YEAR.  FOR EXTRA POINTS TODAY:  WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RACE?  WHAT IS THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE WINNER OF THIS YEAR’S RACE?

 

 

ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE BEFORE THE START OF THE NEXT CLASS.

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT FOR TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021

 

WE SPENT FIRST MARKING PERIOD STUDYING CHAPTER 1, HOW GEOGRAPHERS LOOK AT THE WORLD, IN OUR TEXTBOOK.  WE LEARNED ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHER AND THE CARTOGRAPHER.  WE ALSO ENHANCED OUR MAP SKILLS AND OUR GRAPHING SKILLS.

THEN, WE STUDIED CHAPTER 2, LOOKING AT THE EARTH, IN OUR TEXTBOOK.  WE LEARNED ABOUT THE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH AND THE FORCES THAT AFFECT THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH , THE SETTING FOR HUMAN LIFE.

WE STUDIED CHAPTER 3, CLIMATES OF THE EARTH.  WE LEARNED WHY CLIMATE IS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN DESCRIBING THE GEOGRAPHY OF PLACES ON THE EARTH. 

WE FINISHED CHAPTER 3, SECTION 1,  EARTH-SUN RELATIONSHIPS  AND SECTION 2,  FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE.  WE  ALSO FINISHED SECTION 3, WORLD CLIMATE PATTERNS.

NEXT, WE FINISHED CHAPTER 4,  ENVIRONMENTS, PEOPLES, AND CULTURES, IN OUR TEXTBOOK.  IN THIS CHAPTER WE STUDIED WHY HUMANS AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT HAVE AN EFFECT ON EACH OTHER.

WE TOOK THE CHAPTER 4 TEST, AND WE BEGAN UNIT 2, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.  WE  FINISHED CHAPTER 5, THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA,  AND WE CLOSED THE FIRST SEMESTER WITH CHAPTER 6,THE CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

WE BEGAN THE SECOND SEMESTER WITH CHAPTER 7, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA TODAY.  WE  LEARNED ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY ON THE ECONOMIES OF THE TWO COUNTRIES, HOW SURPLUS LEADS TO TRADE, AND WHAT METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THE TWO NEIGHBORS.

NEXT, WE  MOVED TO THE STUDY OF LATIN AMERICA.  WE FIRST LOOKED AT CHAPTER 8, THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA.  THEN, IN CHAPTER 9,  WE MOVED INTO  THE CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA.

WE NEXT BEGAN THE 5TH MARKING PERIOD WITH A “CLEAN SLATE” AND A REVIEW OF CHAPTERS 8 AND 9.  NOW, WE MOVE INTO CHAPTER 10 LATIN AMERICA TODAY.

WE FINISHED CHAPTER 10 QUICKLY AND JUST BEFORE SPRING BREAK, WE HAD A TEST ON OUR LAST THREE CHAPTERS,  CHAPTERS 8, 9, AND 10, WHICH IS OUR UNIT ON LATIN AMERICA.  WE THEN FINISHED THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE WHICH IS  CHAPTER 11.

AS WE BEGIN THE 6TH AND LAST MARKING PERIOD,  THE CLASS IS NOW IN CHAPTER 12, THE CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE.

 

YOUR  WORLD GEOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT FOR TODAY (MAY 11TH)  IS AS FOLLOWS:

 

IN YOUR TEXTBOOK, ON PAGE 259, CHAPTER 12 REVIEW, WRITE A GOOD SENTENCE FOR EACH OF THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN LOCATING PLACES USING INFORMATION YOU LEARNED IN THIS CHAPTER 12.  FOR EXAMPLE:  (YOU MAY USE THE EXAMPLE AS YOUR FIRST SENTENCE.)

1. THE FLEMINGS MAKE UP ABOUT 55 PERCENT OF BELGIUM’S POPULATION, AND THE WALLOONS MAKE UP ABOUT 30 PERCENT.

 

 

BE SURE TO HAVE A COMPLETE FLP HEADING ON ANY WORK THAT YOU SEND IN FOR CREDIT. 

 

 

ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT FOR TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021

 

FIRST SEMESTER, THIS YEAR, IN THE GOVERNMENT COURSE,  WE COMPLETED CHAPTER 1 IN THE TEXTBOOK, BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT,  AND AS PART OF OUR SOCIAL STUDIES EXPERIENCE, WE ALSO ENHANCED OUR MAP SKILLS.

OUR GROUPS, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THEN COMPLETED CHAPTER 2, CREATION OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, IN OUR TEXTBOOK.  IN THAT CHAPTER, WE LEARNED THAT AFTER THE AMERICANS DEFEATED THE BRITISH IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THEY HAD ANOTHER BIG CHALLENGE.  HOW WOULD THE COUNTRY BE GOVERNED?  CHAPTER 2 DISCUSSED THE CREATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

WE NEXT CAREFULLY STUDIED CHAPTER 3, A LOOK AT THE CONSTITUTION.  IN THIS CHAPTER, WE LEARNED ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF THE CONSTITUTION.  WE COMPLETED THE CHAPTER AND THE CHAPTER REVIEW.

WE HAVE FINISHED CHAPTER 4, THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.  WE LOOKED DEEP INTO THE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS THOUGHT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT.

IN CHAPTER 5, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH,  WE LOOKED  AT EVERYTHING CONNECTED TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.  WITH A NEW PRESIDENT TAKING OFFICE IN JANUARY, THIS WAS  THE PERFECT TIME IN OUR HISTORY TO LOOK AT THE PRESIDENCY.

JUST BEFORE OUR WINTER VACATION, WE TOOK THE OBJECTIVE TEST FOR CHAPTERS 4 AND 5.  THEN, WE  STUDIED  CHAPTER 6, THE PRESIDENT’S CABINET AND CHAPTER 8, THE JUDICIAL BRANCH.

DURING SECOND SEMESTER, THE COURSE IS ECONOMICS.  THE STUDY OF ECONOMICS WILL HELP US TO BECOME BETTER DECISION MAKERS. IT WILL HELP DEVELOP A WAY OF THINKING TO MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE CHOICES FOR OURSELVES.

DURING MARKING PERIOD 4, WE TACKLED THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF ECONOMICS CLASS, THE FIRST CHAPTER.  WE WERE INTRODUCED TO THE BOOK AND THE TERMINOLOGY THAT WE WILL WORK WITH DURING THIS SHORT COURSE.

WE BEGAN THE 5TH MARKING PERIOD IN CHAPTER 2 IN OUR TEXTBOOKS AND HAD A TEST ON CHAPTER 2 JUST BEFORE SPRING BREAK.

WE ARE NOW WORKING ON THE PAMPHLET, ONCE UPON A DIME AND IN THE TEXTBOOK ON CHAPTER 3, BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS.

WE ENDED THE 5TH MARKING PERIOD WITH OUR EXAM ON CHAPTER 3.  WE NOW BEGIN THE 6TH AND LAST MARKING PERIOD IN CHAPTER 4.

 

YOUR ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT FOR TODAY (MAY 11TH) IS AS FOLLOWS:

 

FOR THE  STOCKS GROUP AND CURRENCY GROUPS

IN THE TEXTBOOK, ON PAGE 100, READ BUSINESS WEEK NEWSCLIP, HOLDING THE FRIES “AT THE BORDER.”  THEN, ANSWER, IN COMPLETE SENTENCES THE QUESTIONS AT THE END, EXAMINING THE NEWSCLIP, QUESTIONS #’S 1, 2, AND 3.

 

FOR THE BONDS GROUP

IN THE TEXTBOOK, ON PAGE 111, IN THE  CHAPTER 4 ASSESSMENT AND ACTIVITIES,  ANSWER THINKING LIKE AN ECONOMIST.  USE COMPLETE SENTENCES.  THEN, READ BUSINESS WEEK NEWSCLIP, HOLDING THE FRIES “AT THE BORDER,” ON PAGE 100.  FINALLY, ANSWER, IN COMPLETE SENTENCES THE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE READING, EXAMINING THE NEWSCLIP, QUESTIONS #’S 1, 2, AND 3.

 

BE SURE TO HAVE A COMPLETE FLP HEADING ON ANY WORK THAT YOU SEND IN FOR CREDIT.

 

 

 

THE CLASS IS DIVIDED INTO 3 GROUPS.  DO THE ASSIGNMENT ABOVE FOR YOUR GROUP.

STOCKS                                      BONDS                                                  CURRENCY

FLOYD BARBIEUX                      IMANI BURRIS                               DESHAWN ADAMS

SABY EUGENE                             KEYSHON FISHER                         TRACSEIN DESTEL

SAMUEL KELLEM                       KYANDREW FOX                            MADISON LEWIS

MARIA MARSDIN                        TRIEN HOANG                                ELIJAH LYONS

AUSTIN MCLYMONT                  JEREMIAH JOHNSON                  MALACHI MERCHANT

ELIJAH PAIGE                              MARSHA MOREAU                        LAKAYLA MONDESIR

BIANCA RICHARDS                     AHKIL PRINGLE                            MEGHAN MCLYMONT

COSBY SAINTIL                            HUDSON ROMAGE                        MORGAN MCLYMONT

JAMARION WHITE                     VLADIMIR TOUSSAINT                  RECO RAINER

 

 

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