Week February 24th

Monday –

Preview Unit 8, “South Asia”

 

Tuesday –

Chapter 29, Section 1, “Road to Independence”

Section 1 worksheet

 

Wednesday –

Section 2, “India’s People and Economy”

*Early Release Day

 

Thursday –

Section 3, “Other Countries of South Africa”

Section 2 and 3 Quiz

 

Friday –

Vocabulary Test

PLATO Lab – research over South Asia

 

 

Week of February 17th

Chapter 27 – East and Southern Africa

 

Monday – No School, Presidents Day

Tuesday – Section 1, “Kenya”  pages 565-568

 

vocabulary:  harambee, pyrethrum, malnutrition

 

Students will learn that a spirit of of cooperation has helped to develop its economy, especially in cash crop agriculture.

 

Section 2, “Other Countries of East Africa”  pages 569-572

 

vocabulary:  strategic value, ethnocracy, villagization

 

Students will learn that regional conflicts and drought leading to famine have disrupted many East African nations.

 

Section 1,2 Quiz

 

 

 

Wednesday- Section 3, “South Africa”  pages 573-576

 

vocabulary:  apartheid, segregation, sanction

 

Students will learn that after many years of colonial rule and racial segregation, South Africa is now a free society.

 

 

 

Thursday- Section 4, “Other Countries of Southern Africa”  pages 580-583

 

vocabulary:  enclave, white flight, land redistribution

 

Students will learn that the other countries of Southern Africa rely on natural resources to improve their economies.

 

Guided Reading worksheet / quiz

 

Chapter 27 Review and Assessment (questions 11-28)  pages 584-585

 

Study for vocabulary test on Friday

 

 

 

Friday-  Chapter 27 Review and Assessment (questions 11-28)  pages 584-585

 

(continued from Thursday)

 

*Vocabulary Test over Unit 7

 

Test Preparation – page 586-587

 

 

Week of February 10th

Chapter 26 – West and Central Africa

 

 

Monday-  Section 1, “The Sahel”  pages 541-546

 

vocabulary:  shifting agriculture, forage, deforestation, desertification, refugee, landlocked, inland delta

 

Students will learn that the Sahel was once the site of influential African cultures and today is home to a number of countries that struggle to be self-sufficient.

 

 

 

Tuesday-  Section 2, “The Coastal Countries”  pages 547-550

 

vocabulary:  coup, ancestor worship, animism

 

Students will learn that most countries along the coast of West Africa have been in political and economic turmoil since achieving independence.

 

Quiz

 

 

 

Wednesday-  Section 3, “Nigeria”  pages 552-554

 

vocabulary:  World Bank, International Monetary Fund, structural adjustment program

 

Students will learn that if Nigeria can maintain political stability, its rich resources can offer the region great opportunity.

 

Quiz

 

 

 

Thursday-  Section 4, “Central Africa”  pages 555-559

 

vocabulary:  watershed, mercenary, barter

 

Students will learn that although Central Africa is rich in resources and culture, some areas face economic and political hardship.

 

Section 4 Guided Reading worksheet and Quiz

 

Chapter 26 Review and Assessment, pages 560-561 (Questions 9-24, answers only)

 

 

 

Friday-  Chapter 26 Review and Assessment (continued)

 

Review vocabulary terms