Online Maps for the Middle East and SW Asia

Map A: Political Map of Southwest Asia / Modern Day Borders 2011

http://www.sassu.org.uk/images/asia_southern_pol_2004.jpg   

http://www.sourcelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/map_of_india501.jpg

Map B: Political Map of the Middle East / Modern Day Borders 2011

http://www.i-love-china.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/map-Middle-East.gif  

Map C: Important cities in the life of Gandhi and Indian Independence

Use Google Maps   

Map D: Religious Composition of India / Pakistan today (2001 data)

Use first:

 http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Population_by_religious_communities.htm

Use second:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/India_religion_map_1909_en.jpg

ESL Global Studies / Activity for Friday, February 18th

Today in class I want you to practice naming the countries in Europe.  Here is a game to use.

ESL Global Studies / Final Exam Study Guide

On the final exam you will need to be able to do the following things:

1) Map of Russia

• label Moscow
• label St. Petersburg
• label the Ural Mountains
• describe where the majority of people live
• describe where the permafrost is
• describe where the tundra is

2) Vocabulary

• You should study ALL the vocabulary on the worksheet

3) Paragraph that answers the question “What caused Bloody Sunday?”

• You may use your reading packet about the Russian Revolution during the exam.
• You should find two sentences (or chunks of sentences) in the reading packet which answer the question.
• You should then write a paragraph that answers the question.  You should include the two sentences from the reading packet which help prove your point (hint: these are called the “concrete details.”  Explaining them is called “commentary”)

4) Society Pyramid

• Study the diagram (drawing) that we made in class.

Global Studies ESL / 7th Period / Jan 3

Hey 7th Period!

It occurred to me that I could also put the study guide information on the website.  So, here are the things I will ask on the quiz on Wednesday:

1. What is permafrost?
2. What is deciduous forest?
3. What is coniferous forest?
4. What is tundra?
5. What is desert?

On a map, you should be able to find:

1. Ural Mountains
2. Siberia
3. Moscow
4. St. Petersburg (also called Petrograd)

Use East (E), West (W), South (S) and North (N) to describe your answer to the following questions:

1. What part of Russia do most people live?
2. What part of Russia is mostly covered by permafrost?

 

ESL Global Studies / Nov 29 / 7th Period

Hey 7th Period!

Don’t forget we have homework due on Wednesday.

You should:

• 1) Read the first two paragraphs of the paper you received in class today.
• 2) Remember that the red words are people or places.
• 3) Circle any words (except for red words) that you do not know.
• 4) Define the words you circled on the side of the paper.

ESL Global Studies / Oct 26 / 7th Period only

Today in class we…

1) Used map on page 580 to label the years of independence on our colored Africa map (from earlier in the unit).  You should show to Ms. Dillard to get it stamped and checked off in the gradebook.  After that you map keep the map.

2) Watched the short film  “This Land is Ours” at Frontline World.

3) Completed the accompanying handout (notes during the film, analysis after the film).  Turn in at end of period.

HOMEWORK: Read pg 578-582 / Answer questions #3, 4 6, and 8 / Due on Thursday

 

ESL Global Studies / Oct 20, 22 / 7th Period only

On Wednesday and Friday we did a simulation in class.  We took different roles and acted out a conference on independence in Nigeria.

NO HOMEWORK

ESL Global Studies / Oct 12 / 7th Period only

Today in class we looked on page 341 for social, political and economic causes of imperialism.  We wrote our answers on our cause and effect chart.  Here is the class document.

HOMEWORK: Read the “Gentlemen and the Jungle” story.  Answer question #1.

ESL Global Studies / Oct 1 / 7th Period

Today in class we…

Examined a set of photos (and one piece of artwork) to look for motives of imperialism.  Unfortunately, I don’t have an electronic copy of the handout yet.  However, if you were absent, you can still make up the assignment on your own paper.

Make a chart of one column and four rows for each picture.  Each “row” will have more than one line:

• Row 1: For each photo, first simply describe what you see in the photo (as if explaining something to someone over the phone).
• Row 2: Second, list any background knowledge that you have.
• Row 3: Third, “interpret” the picture by asking yourself the question: What does this photo reveal about the causes of imperialism?
• Row 4: Finally, decide if the “Cause of Imperialism” is an example of a social, political, economic or exploratory cause.  Remember, social has to do with people, relationships, culture, traditions, language, religion, etc.  Political has to do with power, government, laws and leaders.  Economic has to do with money, trade, barter, natural resources.  Finally, exploratory describes simply the desire to find new places.
• After examining all of the photos, write a one paragraph summary of your “interpretations”.  Or, put differently, summarize the various causes for Imperialism (from the pictures) into a single paragraph.

Here are the photos:

• Photo A : Man building railway planned by Cecil Rhodes near Broken Hill, Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe) (time of photo: roughly 1890)
• Photo B : People working among tobacco plants, Rhodesia (time of photo: roughly 1890)
• Photo C: A village school under the direction of a French officer / Une école de village sous la direction d’un sous-officier français (Near Senegal and Niger / Haut-Sénégal-Niger). (1912)
• Photo D : The Training and Industrial Mission School, Monrovia, Liberia, West Coast of Africa, founded December 1892.
• Photo E : Africans bringing ivory to the wagons in South Africa, c. 1860
• Photo F: Reception of loads of rubber in the Mayombe region, Congo Free State (modern day Democratic Republic of the Congo) (time of photo: 1900)
• Photo G : Pear’s Soap Advertisement: “The first step toward lightening is through teaching the virtues of cleanliness. Pear’s Soap is a potent factor in brightening the dark corners of the earth as civilization advances, while amongst the cultural of all nations it holds the highest place–it is the ideal toilet soap.”
• Photo H : Queen Astrid and King Leopold of Belgium visit their colony, the Belgian Congo.  (modern day Democratic Republic of the Congo) (time of photo: 1933)

HOMEWORK: None, unless you don’t finish the activity in class.

ESL Global Studies / Sept 15 / 7th Period

Today in class we…

1) Finished analyzing the pictures.

2) Began to label the map of the continent of Africa.

3) Began taking notes on the colonization experiences of the United States and Africa.  Our goal is to compare the two and use any prior knowledge we have of colonialism (either in American history or in the history of other colonized countries…like Mexico, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, etc.) to inform our understanding of colonialism in Africa.  We will finish taking notes next class.

NO HOMEWORK