Journal Entry Logs

Jan. 15th:
Journal Entry:  Do you think the only way to to understand the world and other cultures is through travel?  Why or why not.
Current Event:  Do you think it is important to follow the news every day?  Why or why not.  (We will usually be watching a video clip in class and then summarizing it for our Current Event.  Today you will just answer this question in the Current Event box.)

Jan. 17th:
Journal Entry: What information do maps give us?  Try to list all the ideas you can!
Current Event:  Click here for the Current Event and write a summary of it in your Current Event Box. 

Jan 24th:
Journal Entry:  Go to page RA27 in your textbook: What are the absolute locations of Montevideo, Uruguay and Georgetown, Guyana?
Current Event:  Click here for the video and then write at least a one sentence summary. 

Jan 28th
Journal Entry: Which cultural region (examples: South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, etc.) of the world are you most interested in learning about?  Why? (be detailed!)
Current Event: Click here and write a summary on the video

Feb. 1
Journal Entry: Give a real life examples of each of the following: autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy.
Current Event: Click here and summarize the video. 

Feb. 5th (Last Entry on First Journal Entry Log)
Journal Entry: What is the difference between pre-modern, modern and post-modern economies?
Current Event: Watch this video on population and write down the most interesting fact you learned in the video. 

Feb. 11th (First entry on new Journal Entry Log)
Journal Entry: What do you already know about Latin America (history, culture, etc.)?  What are you most interested in learning about Latin America?
Current Event: Click here for the video click and summarize the video.  Describe why the Pope says he is resigning from being the Pope for the Catholic Church.

Feb. 13th
Journal Entry: If you could visit any Latin American country, what country would you visit and why?
Current Event: Click here and summarize the video clip. 

Feb. 15th
Journal Entry: What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?  How has Latin America culture been impacted by this treaty (think of language, religion, etc.)?
Current Event:  Click here to summarize the video on Brazil's Carnival celebration. 


Feb. 20th
Journal Entry: What is an epicenter and what is the richter scale?
Current Event:  Click here and summarize the video clip.

Feb. 26th 
Journal Entry: What are drug cartels and how have they caused the movement of goods and people?
Current Event: Put an "x" through the box and write in Test Day

Feb. 28th (Last Entry on Second Journal Entry Log)
Journal Entry: What was your favorite thing you learned during the Latin America Unit?
Current Event: Click here to summarize a video on the Russian adoption ban. 

March 8th (First Journal Entry on Third Journal Entry Log)
Journal Entry: What is the European Union and why was it created?
Current Event:  Click here for the video and summarize it. 

March 12th
Journal Entry: What is "standard of living"?  What is the "human development index"?
Current Event: Click here and summarize the video. 

March 18th
Journal Entry: Our next unit is the Middle East!  What would you like to learn during this unit?
Current Event: Click here and summarize the video.


March 20th
Journal Entry: Describe the 3 most interesting things you learned from reading the article in your packet.
Current Event: Click here and summarize the video.

March 22nd
Journal Entry: What did the U.S. start fighting a war in Afghanistan and a war in Iraq?
Current Event: Click here and summarize the video. 

April 8th
Journal Entry: What was your favorite part of Spring Break?  What was your least favorite part of Spring Break?
Current Event: Click here and summarize the current event.

April 10th: (first entry in our 4th Journal Entry Logs)
Journal Entry: Who do you think has a stronger argument for why they deserve the land--Israel or Palestine?
Current Event: Put an x in the box and write "Test Day"

April 12th
Journal Entry: What do you want to learn about Africa? Why do you think Africa struggles more than other areas of the world with education, health, etc.?
Current Event: Click here and summarize.

April 16th
Journal Entry: What was the Berlin Conference and how did it influence the history of Africa?
Current Event: Click here for our current event and summarize.

April 22nd
Journal Entry: What issue are you focusing on in your country?  Why do you think this issue is so common in your country?
Current Event: Click here and summarize.

April 26th
Journal Entry: What is apartheid?  Now that it has ended, what do you think are the effects of apartheid in South Africa today?
Current Event: Click here and summarize

May 6th (Last log in 4th JE Log)
Journal Entry: What do you already know about Asian culture?  What would you like to learn?
Current Event:  Click here and summarize.

May 8th (first Journal Entry in 5th Journal Entry Log)
Journal Entry: Name 2 countries that are in East Asia, 2 countries that are in SE Asia and 2 that are in South Asia.
Current Event: Click here and summarize.

May 10th
Journal Entry: Why are boys being kidnapped and girls being abandoned in China?  What about China's culture and economics is making this problem happen?
Current Event: Put on X through the Current Event box

May 14th
Journal Entry: Describe 3 interesting things you have learned so far about life in North Korea (see your movie notes from last class).
Current Event: Click here and summarize. 

May 20th
Journal Entry: What are two similarities and two differences between Hinduism and Buddhism?
Current Event: Click here and summarize. 

May 22nd

Journal Entry: Why is having a large population a problem for countries like China?
Current Event: Put an X through the box.