1. Let’s get down to the business of geography

2. Identify a problem facing the world today and explain why it is a worldwide issue and why we should “care.”

3.  Do Nows – Were due on Thursday! - be sure to complete the learning progress tracking graph  Textbook checks – will be random - bring your books to class - assigned today  Use the Wikispace: ss200.wikispaces.com

4.  Baseball game in Japan lasts 50 innings - over 4 days to complete - 1400 pitches  Americans detained in North Korea - plead for U.S. assistance in video - here’s a novel concept, “Don’t travel in hostile anit- American countries”

5. Identify a problem facing the world today and explain why it is a worldwide issue and why we should “care.”

6.  5 LINES - does not include the question - watch spacing  Few “pen” answers  Learning goals on back - track your progress, graph your understanding  Truthful responses?

7.  “I want to learn whatever it is you are gonna teach”  “I want to learn whatever it is I don’t know, so that I know it then and can use it somehow”  “I really don’t know anything about the world, I just don’t pay attention to it”  “I know the world has water and there are good and bad people in it.”

8.  World Geography quiz - spend the next ten minutes sharing and comparing answers from the quiz  We will review the answers

9. 1. Did you know more or less about the world than what you thought? 2. How do you “fit” in this world? Explain your answer. 3. Explain why we should/shouldn’t study the world and the other people in it?

10.  On the back of the Do Now sheet is a graph  Follow these steps to determine your progress 1. Look at the learning objectives, how “comfortable” are you in meeting the objectives 2. Look at the scale (0 to 4), rate your understanding and mastery of the objectives 3. Fill in the graph on the back of the Do Now Sheet