Global+Studies

=__//Welcome to Global Studies 2011-2012//__=



=Jan.24/Tues.Orientation again, your space, rules of 114,== =Tell me what you know about?=

=Jan.25/Wed.=DNQ 5-10pts., AV Day 40pts. plus= [|click here to see video] = = =Jan.26/Thurs.=DNQ 5-10pts., "The Right Stuff"= click here to see video[] = = =Jan.27/Fri. DNQ 5-10pts., Geo Day 40 pts.,= file/China = =

=Jan.30/Mon.=DNQ 5-10pts., plus AV Day 45 points plusfile/BBC News - Newsnight - China's appetite for work and wealth.pdf= =Jan.31/Tues.=DNQ 5-10pts., Review for Map Test on China file/BBC News - China's Xi Jinping to meet President Obama next month.pdf= =Feb.1/Wed.=Quiz on Terms #1 5-10pts., "R & R" file/Tibetan Protests.pdf= =Feb.2/Thurs.=DNQ 5-10pts., Map Test on China 40 points file/Chinese Stealing Our Secrets.pdf= =Feb.3/Fri.=Chinese Current Events 40 points from 4 articles posted this week. Notes from articles are to be turned in for a possible 10 points.=

=Feb.6/Mon.=DNQ 5-10pts., plus AV Day 45 points plus= =file/China’s new tribes.doc= =Feb.7/Tues.=DNQ 5-10pts., Geo Day (bring a ruler & calculator)40pts.file/Is China America's new enemy.pdf= Click here to see video:http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/06/studentnews/sn-transcript-tue/index.html =Feb.8/Wed.=Quiz on Terms #2 15pts., "Keys & Balance"file/Come On, China, Buy Our Stuff! - NYTimes.com.pdffile/GS_China= =Feb.9/Thurs.=Timeline 40 pts., file/Homesick Chinese.pdf= =Feb.10/Fri.=Chinese Current Events 40 points from 4 articles posted this week. Notes from articles are to be turned in for a possible 10 points.=

=Feb.13/Mon.=DNQ 5-10pts., plus AV Day 45 points plus, China Timeline is due!file/BBC News - 2012 - China's year of change.pdf= =Feb.14/Tues.=Quiz on Terms #3 15pts., "Balanced Rule",= =,file/BBC News - Barack Obama confronts the China challenge.pdf= =Feb.15/Wed.=Outside Speaker(possible extra credit) file/Households Pay a Price for China’s Growth - NYTimes.com.pdf= =Feb.16/Thurs.=Chinese Current Events 40 points from 4 articles posted this week. Notes from articles are to be turned in for a possible 10 points.= =Feb.17/Fri.=DNQ 5-10pts., Geo Day 40pts.=

=Feb.20/Mon.=No School= =Feb.21/Tues.=AV Day 45plus points,= http://video.pbs.org/video/2196350829 =Feb.22/Wed.=Quiz on Terms # 15pts., "Ruling over One Billion"= =Feb.23/Thurs.=Review for China Cycle Test= =Feb.24/Fri.China Cycle Test 60pts.=

=Feb.27/Mon.=DNQ 5-10pts., plus AV Day 25 points plusfile/2 Americans Are Killed as Afghan Unrest Enters Fifth Day - NYTimes.com.pdf= = = =Feb.28/Tues.=DNQ 5-10pts., Geo Day 40pts.watch this video= http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/27/studentnews/sn-transcript-tue/index.html

=Feb.29/Wed.=Quiz on Terms #4 15pts., "Between A Rock & A Hard Place"= =March 1/Thurs.DNQ 5-10pts., Other Readings 25 pts.,file/Afghan Girls Are Penalized for Elders’ Misdeeds - NYTimes.com.pdf= =March 2/Fri.=Afghanistan's Current Events 40 points from 4 articles posted this week. Notes from articles are to be turned in for a possible 10 points.=

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=March 5/Mon.=DNQ 5-10pts., plus AV Day 25 points plus, file/Pakistani Taliban Turn to Kidnapping to Finance Operations - NYTimes.com.pdf= =March 6/Tues.=DNQ 5-10pts., Review for South Asia Test, = =March 7/Wed.=Quiz on Terms #4 #5 15-30pts., "Our Friend or Our Foe"file/Pakistan= =March 8/Thurs.Map Test on South Asia 40pts.= =March 9/Fri.=Pakistan's Current Events 40 points from 4 articles posted this week. Notes from articles are to be turned in for a possible 10 points.=

=March 12/Mon.=DNQ 5-10pts., plus AV Day 25 points,= =March 13/Tues.=Timeline on South Asia 50pts.,= =March 14/Wed.=Quiz on Terms #6 10-15pts., "Largest Democracy", file/India Eyes Affirmative Action for Muslims - NYTimes.com.pdf= =March 15/Thurs.=DNQ 5-10pts., plus Something Puzzling on India 30 pts.file/BBC News - New focus for British aid to India.pdf= =March 16/Fri.=India's Current Events 40 points from 4 articles posted this week. Notes from articles are to be turned in for a possible 10 points.= =THIS IS THE LAST DAY EXTRA CREDIT "THOUGHT PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE THIRD QUARTER!= = =

=March 26/Mon.=AV Day 30 points= =March 27/Tues.=Geo Day on South Asia 40pts.,BRING A RULER & CALCULATOR TO CLASS!= =March 28/Wed.=DNQ 5-10pts., "Final Thoughts on South Asia"= =March 29/Thurs.=Review for South Asia Test= =March 30/Fri.=South Asia Test 60 points=

=April 2/Mon.=DNQ 5-10pts., AV Day 30 points,,,= =April 3/Tues.=DNQ 5-10pts., Geo Day on Middle East 40pts.,,= =April 4/Wed.=Quiz on Terms #8 10-15pts., "The Chosen"= =April 5/Thurs.=DNQ 5-10pts., Something Puzzling 25pts.= =HAPPY EASTER!=

=April 10/Tues.=Review for Map Test on Middle East= http://litecky111.wikispaces.com/MIDDLE+EAST+MAP+EXAM+REVIEW+DAY ,file/BBC News - Israel profile -,file/BBC News - Israel profile -file/BBC News - Israel profile - =April 11/Wed.=Quiz on Terms #9, 10-15pts., "Next Year in Jerusalem", file/BBC News - Iran country profile -,file/BBC News - Iran profile -, file/BBC News - Iran profile -= =April 12/Thurs.=Map Test on Middle East 40pts., file/BBC News - Egypt country profile -, file/BBC News - Egypt profile -, file/BBC News - Egypt profile -= =April 13/Fri.=Middle East Current Events 40 points from articles posted this week. Notes from articles are to be turned in for a possible 10 points.=

= = = = =April 16/Mon.=DNQ 5-10pts., plus AV Day 25 points,file/Syria profile,file/BBC News - Syria profile -,file/BBC News - Syria profile -= =April 17/Tues.=DNQ 5-10pts., Geo Day 40pts., bring a ruler & calculator, file/Saudi Arabia file/BBC News - Saudi Arabia profile -, file/BBC News - Saudi Arabia profile -= =April 18/Wed.=Quiz on Terms #10 10-15pts., "More Deals & Promises", file/U.S., Iran Poised For Mine Warfare In The Persian Gulf.pdf= =April 19/Thurs.=Timeline on Middle East 50pts., = =April 20/Fri.=Middle East's Current Events 40 points from 4 articles posted this week. Notes from articles are to be turned in for a possible 10 points.=

=April 23/Mon.=DNQ 5-10pts., plus AV Day 25 points,file/ME CE= =April 24/Tues.=DNQ 5-10pts., Geo Day 40pts., bring a ruler & calculator,file/News Desk_ Our Men in Iran_ _ The New Yorker.pdf= =April 25/Wed.=Quiz on Terms #11 10-15pts., "A Promise Kept",file/Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi_ Iran Picks Awkward Time to Escalate Gulf Tensions.pdffile/Why Iran's Mullahs Cannot Rest Easy - NYTimes.pdf= =April 26/Thurs.=Terrorist Project on Middle East 40-50pts.file/Former Syrian General Akil Hashem on the Uprising in Syria.pdf,file/Alawites for Assad.pdf= =April 27/Fri.=Middle East's Current Events 40 points from 4 articles posted this week. Notes from articles are to be turned in for a possible 10 points.=

=April 30/Mon.=AV Day 40 points plus, Terrorist Project on Middle East 50pts is due!= =May 1/Tues.=DNQ 5-10pts., Something Puzzling on Syria 20pts.= =May 2/Wed.=Quiz on Terms #12 10-15pts., "Final Thoughts on the Middle East"= =May 3/Thurs.=Review for Middle East Test= =May 4/Fri.=Test on the Middle East 60 points.=

= = =May 7/Mon.=Instructions for Africa Presentations,file/Global StudiesAfricaSpeeches2012.doc,file/GS Help Hints Speech.doc= =May 8/Tues.=Work on "Seeds of Hope", __TOPIC IS DUE__, 10pts.= =May 9/Wed.=Work on "Seeds of Hope", __THREE SOURCES & TOPIC ARE DUE__, 15pts.= =May 10/Thurs.DNQ 5-10pts., Geo Day 50pts.= =May 11/Fri.=No School!=

=May 14/Mon.=Africa Presentations (1-4) & Quiz= =May 15/Tues.=Geo Day 51 points, possible DNQ 5-10pts.= =May 16/Wed.=Africa Presentations (5-8) & Quiz= =May 17/Thurs.Possible DNQ 5-10pts., Review part one for Africa Map Test:= http://litecky111.wikispaces.com/Africa+Map+Review+Game+Day @http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm =May 18/Fri.=Africa Presentations (9-12) & Quiz=

=May 21/Mon.=Africa Presentations (13-16) & Quiz= =May 22/Tues.=Possible DNQ 5-10pts., Review part two for Africa Map Test= =May 23/Wed.=Africa Presentations (17-20) & Quiz= =May 24/Thurs.=Africa Map Test 51 points= =May 25/Fri.=Africa Presentations (21-24) & Quiz=

=May 28/Mon.=No School!= =May 29/Tues.=AV Day 40pts.= =May 30/Wed.=Africa Presentations (25-27) & Quiz= =May 31/Thurs.=Geo Day 40 point, BRING A RULER & CALCULATOR= =June 1/Fri.=No School!=

=June 4/Mon.=AV Day 40pts. & begin review= =June 5/Tues.=Review for final test= =June 6/Wed.=Final Africa Test!= =June 7/Thurs.=Final Africa Test!= =June 8/Fri.=Final Africa Test!=