Geography & History, developing healthy communication styles, Positive News

Geography & History

The second term is right around the corner.  We will be transitioning from History to Geography.  This poster will serve as a cool -- at least I think so -- transition point between the subjects.

http://www.cgkids.ca/atlas/debate/history.htm

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-human-geography/classroom-resources/defining-geography-what-where-why-there-and-why-care?course=ap-human-geography







Charles "Fitz" Gritzner:

Retired Geography Faculty member from South Dakota State University (2007 photo)
https://www.sdstate.edu/geography/directory

For your first exercise, you will be responsible for thinking of a place you have visited, or know of, or would like to go to, and how you can respond to the three pressing questions, generated by Charles Gritzner:  What is Where? Why There? Why Care?

Unsure of where to begin?  Let us look at two examples.  The first one will be Mr. Gritzner:

Before I go to the second example, consider Mr. Gritzner's unique way of studying this topic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle

https://www.sott.net/article/126263-Geography-Professor-Studies-the-Paranormal-in-Unique-Class

The second example, which may be a little more local, is one that I used a couple of years ago:  http://rumblingsfrom52.blogspot.ca/2015/09/geography-class-2.html

This assignment will be posted on GC, once a new Geography page is set up.  At this point, there is no due date.

Health:

Today we began talking about learning to distinguish among three types of communication:

We began some role-playing and spent a lot of time in discussion about the three forms, which can overlap.

Something we will aim to avoid

Positive News:

Tired of all the negative news?  Looking some something inspirational?  Consider this:  

http://www.positivenewsus.org/robin-hood-army.html

Or this Ted Talk from a friend of Ms. Jocelynn, Ms. Eugina Duodu: