The 5 Themes - A Web Quest

You'll use the sites below to learn more about your environment, and other environments around the
world, using the 5 Themes of Geography.

Browse the following websites, then choose ONE that you will use to complete the items listed in your packet today.

• Congo Trek: Fifteen Months in Untamed Africa
• Alaska: The Great Land
• Monterey Bay
• Race to the End of the Earth
• Turtles in Trouble

Work through the questions in your packet. You will need to access the following website for Theme 5:

•    Biomes of the World

NOW, take a piece of white paper. Divide it into three columns and label them like the example to the right.

You will be researching ways we DEPEND on the environment, ways we CHANGE or MODIFY our environment, and ways we ADAPT our environment.

Now, go to one of the following newspaper websites:

• The Chicago Tribune
• The Chicago Sun-Times
• The Chicago Defender

Find articles and/or photos that show people interacting with their environments in each of the ways required by your table. Do the following for each:

1. Write the name of the article.
2. Write the name of the newspaper in which you found the article.
3. Summarize the way in which the article shows that we DEPEND, MODIFY, or ADAPT to our environment.
4. Draw a picture that shows the main idea of the article.



Gateway Make-Up Materials

If you're reading this post, you probably need materials for your Gateway essay.

Go to this link to access the outline packet.

Go to this link to access the document packet.

All Africans Under The Skin

A Masai tribesman from East Africa's Rift Valley.

Over the past several weeks, we have looked at the collision of cultures caused by Christopher Columbus' invasion of the Americas. We highlighted many differences between the two cultures. Today we will take a look at the shared African ancestry of all humankind.

In parts 1 and 2 of this lesson, we discussed in general the genetic roots of humanity. In the remainder of our time today, you will look at one person's attempt to trace his ancestry and evaluate the results of his inquiry.

Part 3: "In the Footsteps of My Ancestors"

1. Visit the photo gallery produced by American journalist Donovan Webster to discover the roots of one person. Use this information to complete "Part 3" on your worksheet.
2. Use Google Maps to locate each of the countries Webster visits.

Want More Information?

Check out National Geographic's Genographic Project to learn more about how advanced DNA analysis is being used to answer questions about human history.

Reinvesting in Arts Education

The source for your 5 of your note cards, Reinvesting in Arts Education, can be found at this link.

Art Institute Interviews

You can find the questions and answers from our interview session with students from the Art Institute of Chicago here.

Primary Source Note Cards

Here are the two maps you will use for your Primary Source note cards. This way you can just copy and paste them into your "DIRECT QUOTATION" box.

Primary Source 1: Kickstarter Projects by State (darker colors have more financing)

 

Primary Source 2: Students Admitted to Bucknell University by State