DO NOW – THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2013

What do you think the three biggest environmental concerns are for our planet moving into the future? Explain in 3 to 4

sentences.**See 9th grade folders in red hanging folder if you

don’t have one**

NOTEBOOK EXTRA CREDIT!!

Create a Haiku about early man!

5 syllables

7 syllables

5 syllables

An old silent pondA frog jumps into the pondSplash! Silence again

INSPIRATIONAL HISTORY

August 29, 1958 – Michael Jackson is born

WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE PICTURE BELOW?

TRUE SIZE OF AFRICA http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/th

e-true-size-of-africa/

AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY –LANDFORMS

Sahara Desert across all of northern Africa (roughly size of the USA)

Sahel – Arabic for “coastline”Savannah below Sahara gives

way to rain forestRain forest nearly uninhabitableRiver valleys support life

ALL MAJOR CIVILIZATIONS FIRST GREW AROUND RIVER VALLEYS!

AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY – MAP TIME!

Track yourmaps at the beginningof your notebook…Label theNiger RiverCongo RiverNile RiverKalahari Desert

AFRICAN GEOGRAPHYCLIMATE ZONE AVERAGE

RAINFALL

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS- DESERTIFICATION http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDWS6AzEkE0

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS- DESERTIFICATION Formation of degraded soil, turning semiarid

lands into nonproductive deserts Overgrazing, poor farming practices and

destruction of vegetation

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS – DESERTIFICATION

Think-Pair-Share(1) What problems would confront people living in an area that was

undergoing desertification?

(2) How do you think desertification connect to cultural

diversity in Africa?

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS- DESERTIFICATION Limits resources Push people off the land and into smaller

areas Limited shelter

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS- TSETSE FLY Carries a deadly disease – sleeping sickness Prevents raising of livestock in certain areas Some had to abandon their villages

MICHAEL JACKSON!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_3B85387z4

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TODAY

Turn to a partner next to you:

What are the conservation and/or environmental issues facing our society today?

Create a list and be prepared to put them on the board!

STUDENT NEWS!

SWBAT create a news report on the environmental issues facing Africa

Each newscast must have the following:Science correspondent dealing with the

human factors contributing to desertification

Community correspondent dealing with the human cost of desertification and water scarcity

Political correspondent dealing with the political tensions of the area

Expert panel that ends the broadcast and provide possible solutions to the problem

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TODAY

Read the material you were just provided on the three major environmental issues facing Africa today: scarcity of water, the search for oil and deforestation

After reading the article, in your notebooks identify the (1) individual (2) social and (3) environmental factors surrounding the conservation of these resources

Then, identify what the (A) short-term and (B) long-term consequences for non-conservancy of these resources