1. Are you sitting in your assigned seat??? Make sure you’ve taken a piece of orange paper and 2 different colored markers from next to the door. Daily Journal If you could travel to any other country in the world which would travel? Explain why you chose this country. (Outside the United States!) 8/22/14 HAVE OUT YOUR HOMEWORK and Journal!!

2. Turn the orange paper side ways and fold half. Top left Corner: Birth City Top Right Corner: The country you would travel to Bottom Left Corner: Favorite Music artist Bottom Right Corner: Two things you enjoy outside of class In the Middle write your First and Last name large.

3. Skip about 20 pages into your spiral notebook. This page will be your Table of Contents Table of Contents Date #1Drawing the world8/22/14

4. Activity#1 A big part of understanding the world and this class is knowing your geography. You’ve seen many maps of the world in your life. I’d like you all to close your eyes. Now draw the earth and all it’s land masses, based on what you saw in your mind. This is a map so what should also be included on it that you would expect to find on a map? Draw those in too! Draw the best you can, but the more accurate and detailed the better.

5. So, how did your map turn out? N. America Europe Asia Africa S. America Australia Antarctica As part of your homework draw and label all continents on the BACK of your #1 activity

6. Cornell Notes A powerful way to help master information instead of just recording facts. There’s 3 parts to a piece of Cornell Notes paper. Notes Thoughtful Questions about text Summary

7. Writing down bold terms and their definitions. Making note of headings Any other important details if I were to ask you these questions would you be fully prepared for a test on the information? After writing notes and creating questions, you finally write a 3-5 sentence summary of all that you learned. why is Geography important in my life? What are the five themes of Geography?

8. #2 Chapter 1 Section 1 Exploring the World around Us Pg. 2-7 Write notes on section here After reading over section go over notes and write one good question here For homework read the whole section and take good notes, fill in at least 6 questions, and then finally write your 3-5 sentence summary