12-15-14 class

Today in Human Geo we did exam review. He posted to his blog very small details about the exam. So he went through the blog explaining the portion of the test is worth. The multiple choice is 2/3 of the exam and the essay portion is 1/3 of the test. He answered any questions that we had about the exam. Also, on the blog post gave us the essay choices for the exam tom. He said there are three essay options and that we have to do two of them. Another thing he explained was the effect the exam grade will do to are current grade. He said it might be a good idea to decide which essay questions we will do tonight and write out what we would write for the exam tom to get an idea of what we should write tom. Today, I left early during class to go get prepared for the Christmas concert for the student body.

12-12-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we had a Christmas Party. There were a few people who had brought in food for the Christmas Party. I brought in chocolate chip cookies for the party. So once we got to class and got organized we set up the food on tables and then we could get up and hang out. For the party, we had a lot of cookies. While we ate we also put on some Christmas music. We had are part for the first 45 minutes of class. After that, Mr. Schick went over the political geography test with us. I got a total of 17 questions wrong. On the test, I got a 43% on the test. So, he told the class that if we wanted to get our grade on the test up to a possible score of 70% that we could come Monday after school to the TV Studio and re take it. After we finished that the class was over so we packed up the food and went to the advisory. The extra food that I brought in, I took to advisory with me.

12-11-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we went over the quiz that we had. When we came into to class we waited for Mr. Schick to get there. Once he came in he told us that we would be going over the quiz today. But, before we did this Gabby made the announcement about are Christmas party tom. Next, Mr. Schick gave back the question sheets and the answer documents. So then he went around the room and each person read the question and the answer. I got a total of 10 questions wrong. I got a 70% on this quiz. When we got to a question that I got wrong, when they read the answer I would bubble in the correct answer in red. As we always do we get to keep the question and answer documents to help us study for exams. After we went over that quiz he gave back the political geography test and he said that we would go over tom.

12-10-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we had a quiz. When we came into class we studied some while we waited for Mr. Schick to get here. When Mr. Schick came in some people said happy birthday to him because his birthday was yesterday. After that, Mr. Schick gave out a cookie to everyone. Next, everyone, put their stuff away and he handed out the scan tron sheet. He then had me move my seat since I was really close to a lot of people. Once that happened, he handed out the question sheet. For the most part, the test was easy. There were a few hard questions, but I made my best guess. I think I did really well on the test. I think I got an “A” or a very high “B”. After I turned in the test I went back to my regular seat and did my blog for the day.

12-8-14

Forgot to post it. I typed it, but forgot to post it.

 

Today in Human Geo we reviewed for the test. What we did to review was Mr. Schick when through the PowerPoints for this unit. When we got to a slide with stuff that we should know for the test, he told us that we should know this information. Some important information for the religions is the number of adherents, the major sections of the religion, their holy book, and their founder. One possible question is “What is the largest religion?” The answer would be Christianity. Another piece of important information is the types of cultural items we talked about. The examples of cultural characteristics would be language, religion, and ethnic heritage. Language is one of the main cultural things you will learn from hearing what is said around you. Another piece of important information is that Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are there official languages. Canada has provinces and not states.

12-5-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we completed the Cultural Geography PowerPoint and the five major religions PowerPoint. The five major religions are- Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The European Union is the Organization of Petroleum exporting countries. One example of a political alliance is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The largest religion in the world is Christianity with 2.2 billion adherents. We call them Christians. The main places where you would find Christians are Europe, America, and Southern Africa. The denominations of this religion are the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants, etc. The founder is Jesus Christ and this religion is an Abrahamic origin. The holy book is the Bible, especially the New Testament. The next largest religion is Islam because it has 1.5 billion adherents. Another religion we talk about was Hinduism. It has a total of 1.1 billion adherents. The next religion we studied is Buddhism. The total number of adherents is 500 million to 1.5 billion. The last religion we studied was Judaism. The total number of adherents are 14-18 million.

12-4-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we did a couple things. When we came into to class the first thing we did was a fire drill because there was a school wide fire drill. So we followed the procedures for a fire drill. After the fire drill, we went back inside. The fire drill did not take that long. Next, Mr. Schick did a song on his guitar along with playing it through his computer. The song was about the movie we watched which was Slumdog Millionaire. After he did that, we continued on the Cultural Geography unit. Today we talked about religion. Religion is one of the main cultural things you learn while in your young years. The people in a certain religion will refuse to get their picture taken unless they have the ting they wear on their head. Also, we talked about the Pastafarianism religion that was created as a joke to prove a point.

12-3-14 Class

I had typed it up, but forgot to publish it.

Today in Human Geo we continued on the Cultural Geography Unit. One thing I learned is that language is one of the main cultural things you would learn just from hearing what is being said around you. Brazil is the only South American nation that does not speak Spanish. It speaks Portuguese. Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are there official language they have provinces. Another thing is that Switzerland has many languages and very little conflict between the groups. English is the common business language in the world. Many people learn English as there 2^nd language if it is not there 1^st language. Another topic we discussed today is Ethnic Heritage. In Yugoslavia, there were many ethnics groups combined into one nation. When strong leadership in that country died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries. In Korea and Japan they mainly have one ethnic group.

12-1-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we continued watching the move. Where we started today was almost to the end of the movie. In the movie, the contestant was to the last question until he won the whole thing. He was on a game show called “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” Right as they got to the last question they ran out of time so they had to wait until the next time. When the next time it came on He said the last question and he went for it. He used his last help which was phone a friend. The phone a friend option did not help him find the answer. So since he did not know the answer he just made a guess. His guess though happen to be correct. Everyone went wild and was happy for him. After the movie, we went back to the room we usually meet in and discussed the movie.