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Agenda, 2/25/2011Return your homework: Vocabulary sentences, questions from pages 76 & 77, and the Current Event News Article. Last Political Cartoon Analysis of the week.Think-Pair-Share (originally scheduled for yesterday).K-W-L Chart on Europe.You must fill in the K & the W sectionsQuick-write, how many European countries and their capital cities can you name?Bullet point notes. Historical Tidbits of Europe. Add to your notebook. Geographic Setting/Themes, & Read to Discover from pages 222 and 223

Objectives, 2/25/2011Students Shall;

Write a paragraph summarizing with you have learned about the worlds major religions.Express what you know and want to know about Europe.List at least 5 European countries and their capital cities (without using your textbook or any map.)Label a political map of Europe.

Political Cartoon, by Steve Greenberg

Think-Pair-Share, World Religions.Complete this in your notebook.

You must summarize what you have learned about the worlds major religions.You are expected to write at least a paragraph.

When instructed, share with your partner and write down anything interesting they shared.K-W-L Chart, EuropeWhat do you KNOW?What do you WANT to know?What did you LEARNQUICK-WRITE, 2/25/2011European NationCapital CityGeographic Setting/Themes, & Read to DiscoverNow that you have your Notebook out turn to pages 222 and 223 in your textbook.

Add The Geographic Setting and Themes from page 222, & Read to Discover from page 223 to your Notebook.

You have 2 minutes.Europe

Agenda, 3/1/2011Everyone turn in your maps of Europe.Political Cartoon AnalysisQuick-writeBullet point notes. Historical Tidbits of Europe. Add them to your notebook. Map practice, locate the nations of Europe.Cornell NotesPeriods 5 & 7 Europes Climate & VegetationAll Classes Cornell Notes, Human Characteristics & Urbanization & Population.

Quick-writeMap practiceHomework; Start reading 239-249, make sure that Read to Discover, vocabulary, and reading notes are added in your notebook.Sentence FragmentsCompare & ContrastKeep reading & turn in the Cornell Notes tomorrow.

ObjectivesPractice locating the nations of Europe.

Describe how much you know about a world famous European landmark.Become familiar about Europes population by taking Cornell Notes.Using the text, you will work together, & answer reading questions.

Political Cartoon Analysis

Quick-write, 3/1/2011I am going to show you a photo of a world famous, European landmark.

What you must do is, in your notebook, write down as many facts that you know about it.

All of you must try!You have 3 minutes.

13Historical tidbits, EuropeMade up of 50 nations. Vatican City is the smallest nation. It is only 110 acres in size and has a population of just over 800 people. Russia is the worlds largest nation (in size). It covers Europe and Asia.

Today Europe has 731 million people.

The earliest humans to arrived in Europe 1.8 million years ago.

The Greeks gave the world democracy.

The Romans spread Christianity throughout the empire.

Today, most of the nations in Europe are members of the European Unioncan it turn into something like the United States of Europe?

Europe

Europes Physical GeographyMain IdeaImportant InformationThe sea and the coastlineMost of Europe is about 300 miles from the sea. This has been important for exploration, trade, travel and conquest.PeninsulasEurope has several.Italy is boot shaped peninsula. Spain and Portugals Iberian peninsula splits the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.Mountain RangesAlps are among the oldest in the world but erosion has made their peaks low.IslandsEurope has many types. Icelands volcanoes keep it hotter than others places close to the Arctic. Britain and Ireland are cool, rainy, and hilly.Europes plains

Are fertile flatlands useful for agriculture.

16Agenda, 3/2/2011Map practice, locate the nations of Europe. Add the Chapter Focus from page 238, Read to Discover, and the Key Terms from page 239 into your Notebook.

Cornell Notes, Human Characteristics & Urbanization & Population.Quick-write

Sentence FragmentsCompare & ContrastKeep reading & turn in the Cornell Notes tomorrow.

ObjectivesBecome familiar about Europes population by taking Cornell Notes.Using the text, you will work together, & answer reading questions.Be able to define the terms multicultural and refugee.

Political Cartoon by John Sherrifus

Europes Climate & VegetationEuropes climatesThe climate and vegetation of Europe will change due to the distance from the warm water, & air currents of the Atlantic ocean.Western EuropeThe forests in Western Europe include evergreen (never lose their leaves) trees like pines, & deciduous (lose their leaves in the fall) trees. The highlands are cold and have more precipitation.Southern EuropeHas a Mediterranean climate, like California. It has warm, dry summers, & mild rainy winters. Less precipitation falls in Southern Europe.Eastern & Northern EuropeThe climate is cold and humid, with snowy winters and hot summers. The warm currents from the Atlantic are farther away and have a smaller effect.Grassland & ForestsIn Eastern and Northern Europe, you will find grasslands across Eastern Europe. Sub-Artic climatesIn far Northern Europe (Scandinavia), the climate is almost as cold as the North & South poles. The summer is short, & few plants grow.LandformsWaterfalls in Iceland

Horses on the Northern European Plains.

21Quick write #1Quick write, answer this question in your notebook. You will have 5 minutes.

Do you think Europes population is like ours with different groups of people in each nation?

22EuropeansThe Setu of EstoniaChildren in Sofia, Bulgaria

23EuropeansGermanys portrait of 27 EuropeansBoys break dancing in Rome

24Human CharacteristicsMain IdeaImportant InformationEthnic GroupsGroups of people that share the same culture, language, and religion.The European culture regionHas 30 nations with 160 different ethnic groups.Most countries have one major ethnic group with other smaller groups.Sometimes differences between groups can lead to violence. Yugoslavia split apart due to an ethnic civil war.

25Population and UrbanizationMain IdeaImportant InformationThe size of EuropeOnly Australia is smaller than Europe. Population DensityEuropes population is very dense. Only Asia is more crowded.What is population density? You should know the definition already.ManufacturingThanks to the Industrial Revolution of the 1700s, manufacturing jobs moved to cities. People followed the jobs to the cities.Now 75% of Europeans live in cities.

Urban problemsThe largest cities in Europe, like London, Paris, Berlin have to deal with overcrowding and pollution.ImmigrationEver since the 1950s Europe has seen massive immigration from N. Africa, South Asia, SW Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. These people were looking for work. 26Sentence Fragments, you need to read your text to find the answers. Copy and complete them in your notebook.1. Almost 95% of Hungarians are descended from the _______ .2. Other European nations think of themselves as ______ -having more than one culture.3. The Balkan peninsula became a battleground between ethnic groups in _______.4.Germany decided to place limits on ______.

27Compare and Contrast, book pages 239 and 240 is where youll find the information. Copy this and complete it in your notebook.Sweden90 % of the people are They are descended fromThat settled in the They share a which includesBelgiumHas two major ethnic groups.They are the55 % of Belgiums population is composed of which group?Another 30 % are made up of which group?One group are the descendants of Germanic invaders. They are theThe other are the descendants of the Celts, they are the28Ancient history and cultureUCLA recreation of ancient Rome

Tourists at the Parthenon in Athens, Greece

29Development of European CivilizationsHuman ArrivalArchaeological evidence suggest that humans arrived in Europe over 1 million years ago.Earliest Europeans Lived in nomadic (wandering) groups of hunters.Farming arrives About the year 6,000 B.C., farming arrived from SW Asia and the first European villages and cities were born.Cities become empiresBetween the years 300 B.C. and 500 A.D. these early cities became advanced civilizations and empires.Influence on the WORLDMany have influenced the worlds art, history, government, philosophy and more.

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