12/9/16
1) Spend five minutes exploring one of the following holy site pages and answering the questions below. When time is up, pick another site and repeat the process.:
 Christianity: Via Dolorosa (information here), Basilica of Saint Peter (more information here) 
Judaism: Western Wall in Jerusalem (information about the site here) 
Islam: Masjid al-Haram in Mecca (more information here)
Hinduism: Beng Mealea (information here)
Buddhism: Angkor Wat (information here),
Jainism: Jain temple in Ranakpur (information here, here, and here)
Shinto: Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (information here)
Confucianism: Mount Tai (information here)
Baha'i: Shrine of the Bab (information here)

  1. Where is this site? Provide the country and world region.
  2. What do you see? Describe the landscape you observe.
  3. Is the site a religious hearth, place of worship, both, other?
  4. What religion is this site important to? To which branches of the religion?
  5. Who travels there? How often? Is pilgrimage required?

9/1/16
1) Sign on to ArcGIS here using the username you were assigned and the password you created (check your composition  notebook if you forgot your username or password)
2) Visit this link: http://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/get-started-with-arcgis-online/

8/15/16
Welcome to AP Human Geography, 9th graders! Check back here for updates on assignments, articles, and extension activities.

If you finish a class activity before we move on as a group, please read the following extension articles:
The Rise and Spread of ISIS/IS/ISIL: 
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/isis-a-short-history/376030/
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/10/how-isis-started-syria-iraq/412042/

China's change to a two-child policy:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/chinas-twilight-years/480768/
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/01/465124337/how-chinas-one-child-policy-led-to-forced-abortions-30-million-bachelors
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/10/30/453072703/as-china-lifts-one-child-policy-many-chinese-respond-with-snark

Syria's Civil War:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26116868
http://apps.npr.org/syria/
http://www.npr.org/tags/126941010/syria

Central American Emigration:
http://lat.ms/29AbnfO
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/us/in-immigration-court-children-must-serve-as-their-own-lawyers.html?rref=us
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/15/us/questions-about-the-border-kids.html?_r=2
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/07/12/workers-trafficked-for-ohio-egg-farms-had-little-contact-lived-in-poverty.html
http://www.newsweek.com/deported-central-american-teens-harrowing-choice-488485
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/04/mexico-torture-migrants-citizens-central-america?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other