1. Unit 2: Geographic Luck

2. Entry Task
Please take out your questions from Episode 1 of Guns, Germs, and Steel
Discuss with your partner, now that you have heard more of Jared Diamond’s argument, what do you think? Does it make sense? Do you still have questions?

3. Notes Guns, Germs, & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies excerpt
Notes in your notebook, outline style

4. Outline Style Notes Title of Article Subtitle 1 Subtitle 2
-Supporting idea 1
Evidence/detail/example
-Supporting idea 2
Subtitle 2

5. Outline Style Notes
Guns, Germs, & Steel Chapter 10: Spacious Skies & Tilted Axis
major axis of Americas is north-south
major axis of Eurasia is east-west
spread of domesticated crops
- 9 areas where food production arose independently

6. Outline Style Notes
-other areas got food production b/c of spread of crops, animals, knowledge, & farmers
Middle East  Europe
North & West Africa  East & South Africa
China  SE Asia
Mesoamerica  North America
- some areas much more suitable for food production
- ease of spread varied greatly around world
- some areas never got food production at all