PerkinsSadatStatements

Chelsea Perkins and Zohra Sadat Social Studies Planning Project: Teaching Statements For 7th Grade Day 1: Oh the places you’ll go! An introduction to _________ (Africa, Asia, or Australia) 1.01 Day 2: Why are we learning about Africa, Asia, and Australia at the same time? 1.01   Day 3: Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? 1.02   Day 4: Are we there yet? How to read and interpret maps 1.02 Day 5: Mapquest: Start Destination- Our classroom; Final Destination: Africa, Asia, and Australia 1.02 Day 6: Three major A’s and not just on your report card. 1.03   Day 7: Southwest Asia- The Major Connection 1.03 Day 8: Did you know that Australia is the flattest continent? 2.01   Day 9: The Plateau Continent… aka Africa 2.01 Day 10: Asia: the largest continent of them all 2.01 Day 11: India… the country that is so big, it could almost be a continent! 2.01   Day 12: Mount Kilimanjaro can literally kill a man from the trek alone! It’s 19,334 feet above sea level. 2.01   Day 13: Operation Water- The battle over fresh water 2.01 Day 14: Rain, rain go away… just kidding! 2.02   Day 15: Would you want medical help coming from an airplane? A look at why the Outback is so deserted. 2.02   Day 16: Home is where the water is! 2.02   Day 17: The CUR forms of distribution 2.02 Day 18: The Outback: More than just a Steakhouse 2.03 Day 19: People travel to where the rain is… or isn’t. 2.03   Day 20: Shifting agriculture- turning something old into something new 2.03 Day 21: Home Sweet Ho… Volcano? 2.03   Day 22: Dubai: An Arab country with more Indians than Arabs 2.03 Day 23: From the giant sandbox to the Fertile Crescent- the varying environments in Asia 3.01 Day 24: Can’t work with what you have? Time to move again! 3.01   Day 25: Farmer: The protectors against evil… droughts, that is! 3.01   Day 26: I’m blue da dee da ba die… the Tuareg people are literally blue people! 3.01   Day 27: Here today, gone tomorrow… the depletion of forests. 3.02   Day 28: Leaching away the soil, one rain storm at a time. 3.02   Day 29: Japan lays the “tracks” for industrialization. 3.02   Day 30: Urbanization: destroying our environment, one village at a time. 3.02   Day 31: Big cities=Big dreams 3.02 Day 32: Desali-what? Changing salt water to fresh water 3.03 Day 33: Gardening 101: The right tools can make all the difference 3.03 Day 34: How do you catch water? 3.03   Day 35: How can you farm when the most important factor (water) is missing? 3.03   Day 36: Volcanoes, earthquakes, and typhoons- oh my! The dangers of East and Southeast Asia 3.04 Day 37: (Land-Trees)+ Crops= Erosion= Problems 3.04 Day 38:The Pacific Ring of Fire is way scarier than any rollercoaster named Ring of Fire! 3.04   Day 39: Flooding: A mixed blessing for Africans 3.04 Day 40: A land of exiled convicts and how Australia turned it around 4.01 Day 41: The partition of South Asia and how it led to the largest migration in history 4.01 Day 42: We are unique because we are all the same! What? 4.01   Day 43: Moving on up! From villages to cities. 4.01   Day 44: Country mouse vs. City mouse 4.01 Day 45: The Power of Oil 4.02 Day 46: The Chinese gooseberry is one of Australia’s most unusual exports… can you guess what it is? 4.02   Day 47: Am I supposed to trade salt for gold? Or gold for salt? Hmmm… 4.02 Day 48: Iran earns billions of dollars from oil. So why are most Iranians struggling to earn a decent living? 4.02   Day 49: In the South, there’s the old saying, “Cotton is king.” In Ghana, gold is king. 4.02   Day 50: A “white Australia” policy? Not anymore! 4.03   Day 51: Mixing modernism with tradition and finding the “happy medium” 4.03 Day 52: “If you wish to govern the state well, first govern the family well”- Chinese proverb 4.03 Day 53: Mao-r (more) women’s rights! 4.03   Day 54: The truth behind Communism… duh duh duhhhhh! 4.03   Day 55: It’s not exactly lions, tigers, and bears… but people still pay to see it! 5.01   Day 56: Wealth and prosperity? Or economic failure? The future is hazy for many countries. 5.01   Day 57: Our cars run on it. Our homes and schools are heated by it. The industrial world depends on it. What am I? 5.01 Day 58: Australia’s economy is no longer “riding on the sheep’s back”- how other resources are helping to carry the load. 5.02   Day 59: Experimentation gone wrong and why market systems have worked 5.02 Day 60: Capitalism: The “capital” form of economy in India 5.02 Day 61: Mixed economy in Australia leads to mixed feelings 5.02 Day 62: The pride in Arab nationalism… until they need a cup of sugar. 5.03   Day 63: Zimbabwe: Why re-distribution isn’t always the answer 5.03 Day 64: Water, water, nowhere, and not a drop to drink! 5.03   Day 65: Basic law of supply and demand: I want it and you have it; so how much is it gonna cost me? 5.03   Day 66: Specialization vs. Interdependence- which proved more successful? 5.04   Day 67: I want you, you have it… Let’s make a deal! 5.04   Day 68: More oil, more problems? 5.04   Day 69: India shoots out the jute (cotton) 5.04 Day 70: In Africa, diamonds are more than a girl’s best friend 5.04 Day 71: Illiteracy- a new disease striking North Africa 6.01 Day 72: How India doubled their life expectancy rate in only 60 years 6.01 Day 73: How is a small island, like Japan, in the top 10 richest countries of the world? It’s safe to say that size doesn’t matter! 6.01   Day 74: Imagine living in a country where more than a third of the people don’t know how to read. For 24 million Afghans, this is a reality. 6.01   Day 75: Say goodbye to camels and hello to trucks, a modern luxury that makes trading more efficient 6.02 Day 76: Improving productivity, one factory and machinery at a time 6.02 Day 77: Made in China 6.02 Day 78: Better education= better economy 6.02 Day 79: The “Four Tigers” of Asia claw their way through the economic jungle! 6.02   Day 80: Overspecialization: What happens when it runs out? 6.03   Day 81: the art of balancing supply and demand 6.03 Day 82: Overspecialization=Extinction 6.03 Day 83: Overspecialization and technology: A perfect marriage 6.03 Day 84: Was this yours? Not anymore!- The Great Race for Africa 7.01 Day 85: Muslims vs. Christians and the never ending battle between the two 7.01 Day 86: Pakistan- “the land of the pure” 7.01 Day 87: Why can’t we just all get along? 7.01   Day 88: The history behind the war on terror 7.02 Day 89: The worldwide slave trade and how it affected the world 7.02 Day 90: What do we want: Freedom! When do we want it: Now! 7.02   Day 91: World War II=Africa’s freedom? 7.02   Day 92: Beyond Steve Irwin: A closer look at key figures in Australia 8.01 Day 93: Change through non-violent resistance: A method used by both Gandhi and MLK Jr. 8.01 Day 94: Nelson Mandela: Prisoner turned President 8.01 Day 95: Indira Gandhi changed the face of Indian politics forever 8.01 Day 96: The Aborigines: Yesterday and Today 8.02 Day 97: Who exactly IS an Arab? 8.02   Day 98: You’ve heard of “divide and conquer”, but the Mongols used a different strategy called “conquer and unify”. 8.02   Day 99: Bantu+Arabic= Swahili 8.02 Day 100: What do boomerangs, the electric drill, and electronic pacemaker have in common? 8.03   Day 101: Life without toilet paper? No birthday cards? Not an issue thanks to the Chinese! 8.03   Day 102: The story of how scarce resources led to a Chinese food favorite (stir fry) 8.03 Day 103: Hate Math? You can thank Al- Jabar. 8.03   Day 104: If it weren’t for the Arabs, I would never be coming to school on time! (Coffee) 8.03 Day 105: What happens when you mix religion with government? 9.01   Day 106: Is it a city or state… or both? 9.01   Day 107: How the Satsuma Rebellion led to a new future in Japan-representative government 9.01 Day 108: It’s not China. It’s the People’s Republic of China to you. 9.01   Day 109: Dictatorships and monarchies and everything in between! 9.02   Day 110: Constitutional monarchy- the balance between government tradition and election? 9.02   Day 111: Wait, I thought Queen Elizabeth was the Queen of England… 9.02 Day 112: I’ve got the power! No, think again! The king of Saudi Arabia has all of the power! 9.02   Day 113: Don’t want to serve in the military? You don’t have a choice in Israel. 9.03   Day 114: One-child per family pledge… can they really do that? 9.03   Day 115: If you’re fat in Japan, you’re breaking the law! 9.03   Day 116: A land divided 9.04 Day 117: Even the governments in Asia are diverse 9.04 Day 118: If we didn’t like what the President was doing, could we just overthrow him? If we lived in Nigeria we could! 9.04   Day 119: “With great power comes great responsibility” 10.01 Day 120: Kamikaze fighters: Loyal Warriors ‘til the end 10.01 Day 121: Once a Dalit, always a Dalit- the never ending cycle of the caste sytem 10.02 Day 122: Only 36% of Pakistani women are literate- the fight for women’s rights 10.02 Day 123: Freedom of speech, freedom of religion… Sound familiar? It’s not our constitution I’m talking about. This is the People’s Revolution of China’s constitution. 10.02   Day 124: United States, Togo, and Indonesia: Sisters of Democracy 10.02 Day 125: Don’t vote? Can’t complain. 10.03   Day 126: “It takes a village to raise a child” – African proverb 10.03 Day 127: “ Let her put others first, herself last”: China’s position on women’s role 10.03 Day 128: If you think your chores are hard, wait until you hear theirs… 10.04 Day 129: Family>Friends 10.04 Day 130: Women: The Samurais of the Japanese household 10.04 Day 131: Let’s put a steak on the barbie! 11.01   Day 132: Who are “they” and why do “they” matter? 11.01   Day 133: How can we be one, when we have over 1.1 billion people? The struggle for national unity 11.01 Day 134: Jerusalem: Holy city of Jews, Christians, and Muslims 11.01 Day 135: Father knows best 11.01 Day 136: What country has over 1 billion people and 1600 languages? Hint: It’s a country with 80% of the population that follow the same religion. 11.01   Day 137: The fight for survival 11.02 Day 138: Food, water, shelter… the basic needs of all human beings 11.02 Day 139: The Untouchables vs. The Rest of India 11.02 Day 140: The Middle East Crisis… How about the Water Crisis? 11.02   Day 141: A cultural crossroad- how different groups find ways to live together 11.03 Day 142: Sunni vs. Shite 11.03 Day 143: When you hear the words, “Allahu Akbar” coming from a loud speaker, you should STOP what you’re doing, DROP everything, and ROLL on down to the local mosque. It’s prayer time! 11.03   Day 144: Most Americans would say no thank you to Juku! (Japanese cram schools) 11.03 Day 145: “Women are to be seen and not heard”- some things never change 11.04 Day 146: Does being in the majority mean you always have control? Not in this case… (apartheid) 11.04 Day 147: From D to D: Japan’s road from a dictatorship to a democracy 11.04 Day 148: From desperate housewives to working professionals: The transformation of Korean women 11.04 Day 149: “The chief is only the chief by the will of the tribe”- African proverb 11.04 Day 150: I’ve heard of discrimination, but what’s reverse discrimination? 11.04   Day 151: Three world religions… more alike than we think? 12.01   Day 152: Drums? Dancing? At church? 12.01   Day 153: Islam: A religion of peace? 12.01   Day 154: In America, if you steal, you will get a jail sentence. In Saudi Arabia, you will get your right hand chopped off! 12.01   Day 155: Muhammad and Siddhartha: Believers of equality and justice for all 12.01 Day 156: Islam+Hinduism=Sikhism 12.01 Day 157: One thing that Muslims and Jews can agree on- Pigs are off limits! 12.01   Day 158: Kites and puppets: Art isn’t just for kids anymore 12.02 Day 159: Silence is golden… especially when doing Ikebana 12.02 Day 160: Poets have more power than Presidents? 12.02   Day 161: Want to listen to music in your car? It’s illegal in Saudi Arabia! 12.02   Day 162: Music: A way of defining Indian culture 12.02 Day 163: Eastern ethics+ Western Science= ? 12.03   Day 164: East vs. West and the struggle to find balance 12.03 Day 165: Cultural borrowing from the west leads to Japan trying to be the best 12.03 Day 166: Fashion: A concept of cultural borrowing in Australia 12.03 Day 167: How a traditional Hindu concept, Yoga, has become part of American life 12.03 Day 168: “From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli”- USMC’s connection to Africa 13.01 Day 169: Surprise Attack: Pearl Harbor 13.01 Day 170: September 11th: Doomsday in Present-day U.S.A. 13.01 Day 171: The Race for Africa vs. The Race for the New World 13.01 Day 172: Vera Wang, Mitsubishi, and Pokemon: The extent of Asian influence in the US 13.02 Day 173: The mosque controversy: The connection between Islam and US 13.02 Day 174: Belly dancing is bouncing its way through the American fitness regime and other Arab influences in America 13.02 Day 175:California sushi rolls, fortune cookies: East meets West 13.02 Day 176: Nice car… who designed it? 13.03   Day 177: What do we have that they want? Why the US is Australia’s largest importer 13.03 Day 178: US influence in the east: more important than we think? 13.03   Day 179: US-Korea trade agreement= more jobs for North Carolinians? 13.03   Day 180: Saudi Arabia and Israel: America’s biggest fans in the Middle East 13.03