World History: Hupfeld 2019-2020 Assignments

Steps:
1) Choose one of the NPR “Throughline” Podcast episodes linked on Google Classroom and listen. (35 minutes)
2) Provide a brief summary of the story (who, what, when, where, why, and how) and provide your opinion of the lesson provided in the episode. (25 minutes)

Steps:
1) Choose one of the NPR “Throughline” Podcast episodes linked on Google Classroom and listen. (35 minutes)
2) Provide a brief summary of the story (who, what, when, where, why, and how) and provide your opinion of the lesson provided in the episode. (25 minutes)

Steps:
1) Choose one of the NPR “Throughline” Podcast episodes linked on Google Classroom and listen. (35 minutes)
2) Provide a brief summary of the story (who, what, when, where, why, and how) and provide your opinion of the lesson provided in the episode. (25 minutes)

Intro: There are some positive effects of an increasingly larger world population in our modern world, and there are some negative effects. One of the most visible effects is the increase in carbon emissions into our atmosphere due to increased consumption. This week, we will look at the carbon budget, what it is, and how to live within our budget.

Follow the steps on your attached Virtual Learning Worksheet and answer Discussion Questions #1 - #5 below.

You will want to explain the concept of the carbon budget, and answer this Final Question: Given the inequities of energy use, wealth, and climate-related risks around the world, how do you think countries can create a global solution for staying within the carbon budget?

Use your Lesson Two - completed Human Population Chart to answer these Discussion Questions about Peopling our Planet. Be sure to "Turn in" your assignment when you are finished with your work.

Intro: In World History this week, we will look at our modern world - in relation to the Black Plague, the French Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution…. and in relation to every topic we have ever covered in World History. This week we will study the history of World Population!
The study of population is all about people – how many of us there are, how we shape the world, and how we interact with each other.
Human population has grown from 1 billion to over 7 billion in just over 200 years and is expected to grow through this century, so it is important to look at how our population affects wildlife, climate and resources. Understanding those impacts, allows us to work toward fairness and humanity for the people of the world.


Steps: Use the link attached to access step by step instructions. (Loom)
1) Take the attached Pre-QUIZ over World Population

2) In your mind, answer these T/F questions before you watch the World Population History video:
A. True or False? Human population growth has remained constant throughout human history.
B. True or False? A rising birth rate is the only contributing factor to population growth.
C. True or False? Demographers can use current demographic data to make predictions about how population size
will change in the future. (Demographers study population)

3) Watch the attached World Population Interactive Experience 5-6 minute video.
Instructions: go to the video link, select ‘Menu’, then select ‘Watch Video’.

4) Again, in your mind, answer the same T/F ?’s above. Then REFLECT on the Google Form about your 2 sets of responses.
QUESTION: Were your ‘before-and-after’ T/F answers the SAME, or DIFFERENT, and why?

*Your reflection could consider conditions which effect population, such as - does population growth matter? and, is it better for population numbers to grow, or to stay the same, or to decrease? etc.

Intro: Human population has increased more and more rapidly over the past 200 years. Before the Industrial Revolution, growth was slow and steady because birth and death rates were very similar. As the death rate slowed down, the human population grew.

Steps: Use the screen share video attached for step by step instructions. (Loom)
1) Think about what might have caused FEWER deaths (rates) during the Industrial Revolution. Write your answer on
the Human Population Chart in #1.

2) For the rest of this lesson, use the attached site - an interactive World Population Timeline to explore why
the population began to explode in the 1800s -1900s. [The attached screenshot: the Timeline Features Example
shows you where to find important items on the timeline screen, that match the items on your chart assignment.]

*Go to the Timeline of World Population. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

3) Move the year on the Timeline up or down to 1955 (where you see #1 on the Screenshot Example). This will let
you see the events that occurred in a range of years around 1955.

4) Select one ‘diamond’ on the lower color-coded rows in the 1955 range (see #5 on Example). Or you can zoom in
(select "+" to zoom in) to find a “milestone marker” or historic event.

5) A pop-up window will show you a specific historic event/milestone. Fill in all parts of the Human Population Chart
to the matching information in the pop-up window for that milestone. (#2 Theme) (#3 Year) (#4 Description)

6) Do the same for each year in column 1 on your chart: 1970, then 1985, 2000, then 2015. Add five historic
milestone events from the Timeline to your chart, completing all sections of the chart. When working on the year
2015, you may include predicted events.

7) When your chart is complete for each year, select "Turn In"

Steps-

-Watch Crash Course to get a background into what the Black Plague was and how it affected people. (12 minutes)
-Look at the Evaluating Sources. First read the intro and directions at the top of the page. Answer Y (yes) if you think the information is reliable or N (no) if you think the information is unreliable. (Google Form to have correct responses) (10 minutes)
-Read the The Florentine Chronicle and answer the questions (Google Docs) (10 minutes)
-Read the Description of the Black Death and answer the questions (Google Docs) (10 minutes)
-Finish up with your attached assignment page. *Type one paragraph that answers the question, "How was Florence affected by the Black Plague?" (provide one quote) (18 minutes)
-Be sure to click on "Turn in" when finished.
*A rubric is attached to guide your writing assignment.

Take your time. Think about what you already know before you answer.