I was recently looking at a map of the visitors to this site and was stunned to see that we have visitors from around the world! Korea, Islamabad Pakistan, India, Africa, Turkey. How cool that your work might be viewed by people from the very country you are studying. Read More
Quiz this Wednesday. This is an awesome site that is a drag and drop timed U.S. state geography quiz. Click here. Here is a point and click map quiz on the Canadian Provinces and Territories. Click here. Click on either map to view and download the full size. Here is a huge blank map to ...Read More
Click here to go to the Haiti webpage. Here is a copy of the country profile sheet: Read More
In our efforts to prepare for the AP HUG Exam, we will be working as a class on two simultaneous projects. We will break the world up into 7 main regions, and have several student presentations on specific countries from that region, as well as memorize the geography of that ...Read More
As per our earlier discussion on cultural diffusion via club music... Read More
The chapter outlines have moved here to Martin's new site (click here for link). They are very straightforward lists of the key elements of each chapter and do not define or summarize anything. They can be useful as a checklist of what you know and don't know. These were stolen found ...Read More
Culture Research & Presentation Project Guidelines Each of you will be assigned a specific area within Unit 4 to research and summarize for your classmates. You will then create a powerpoint presentation to teach this concept to the class. Your research must include both the textbook, and provide at least one ...Read More
In class today we watched the first episode of "And You Don't Stop"; a documentary produced in 2004 by VH1 on the origins and evolution of Hip Hop culture. The purpose for watching this video is to examine how Hip Hop began due to the urban geography of NYC, as ...Read More
