GLEEK AT A GLANCE
Charles Gleek
Class: IB Geography
Dates: 27-31 October
Office Hours: Daily, 7.30-8.00am
Course Calendar

Weekly Objectives
  1. Understand food as a resource (IB Objective 2.8.1)
  2. Appreciate the growth of food output (IB Objective 2.8.2)
Day
IN CLASS & HOMEWORK
MONDAY
Presentations, "Migration Mania'

Assignment Description
You may choose any developing country and your role will be that of Senior Advisor to the Government. It will be your responsibility to research and report on the status of migration in your chosen country

You must locate information that will allow you to address the theories listed in your text and you will want to especially address the questions below when you plan your advisory report:

  • To what degree is the country experiencing emigration? (provide statistics)
  • To what degree is the country experiencing immigration? (provide statistics)
  • What are the most common types of internal migration?
  • Are there both examples of voluntary and forced migration?
  • What examples of push and pull factors are present?
  • What political factors impact migration in this country?

Finally, based on the information you obtained, write a report that advises the government on what you believe should be migration policies for this country, including the following points:

  • In your opinion, are migration issues a problem for this country? Why or why not?
  • What role should the government play in migration issues?
  • What human and/or physical geography factors play a role in migration?

The following Internet addresses should help you with this project:

CIA World Factbook United Nations High Commission on Refugees
www.un.org/popinThis site is the United Nations Population Information Network and is a good source for demographic trends.
www.measuredhs.comA primary information source for population and living conditions in developing countries.
http://www.unfpa.org/This site provides on-line access to its current "State of World Populationî annual report and to other similar homepages.
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/wwwThe International programs Center provides a wealth of comparative migration statistics.
http://popindex.princeton.edu/This is a bibliographies record to the world's population literature taken from the journal Population Index.

TUESDAY
Lecture & Discussion, de Blij et al.: Agriculture, pp. 328-339
  • What is Agriculture and Where did it Begin?
WEDNESDAY
Lecture & Discussion, de Blij et al.: Agriculture, pp. 339-343
  • How did Agriculture change with Industrialization?
  • What imprint does Agriculture make on the Cultural Landscape?
THURSDAY
Lecture & Discussion, de Blij et al.: Agriculture, pp. 343-360
  • What is the global pattern of Agribusiness?
FRIDAY
Video: No Reservations, Brazil
READINGS, CONTENT & RESOURCES
De Blij, Murph, and Fouberg, "Agriculture", pp. 328-339
ASSESSMENTS
Presentation, "Migration Mania"-Monday, 27 October (50 points)

GLEEK AT A GLANCE
Charles Gleek
Class: IB History
Dates: 27-31 October
Office Hours: Daily, 7.30-8.00am
Course Calendar

Weekly Objectives
  1. Understand the developments and impact of the Cold War
    1. Global spread of the Cold War from its European Origins
    2. Cold War policies of containment, brinksmanship, peaceful coexistance, detente
    3. Role of the United Nations and the Non Aligned Movement
    4. Role and significance of leaders
    5. Arms Race, Proliferation, and limitation
    6. Social, Cultural, and Economic impact
DAY
IN CLASS & HOMEWORK
MONDAY
The Literature Review project, due 31 October.
TUESDAY
Gaddis, "The Emergence of Autonomy; pp. 83-118
WEDNESDAY
Gaddis, "The Emergence of Autonomy; pp. 83-118
THURSDAY
CNN-The Cold War: Good Guys, Bad Guys (1967-1978)
FRIDAY
CNN-The Cold War: Good Guys, Bad Guys (1967-1978)
READINGS, CONTENT & RESOURCES Required Readings
  • Gaddis, pp. 119-155
Discussion Questions
  1. Why was Kruschchev's 'retirement' so different?  What did it signify?
  2. What does Gaddis mean when he syays at the bottom of page 120 "mallets were...beginning to turn into flamingos, and balls into hedgehogs"?
  3. The idea and practice of holding colonies outside of Europe (colonialism) began to collapse after World War II: what replaced it?  what was the result for the Cold War?
  4. What is non-alignment?  Why is it important? How does Egypt's behavior demonstrate this?  What does the behavior of the Korean and Chinese demonstrate?
  5. How did the United States get drawn into the Vietnam War?
  6. How did the Germans behave during the Cold War?
  7. What did French President Charles DeGaulle acomplish?  How did he behave?  why?
  8. How did China's Mao Zedong behave towards the Soviets?  What happened as a result?
  9. How did Mao and DeGaulle demonstrate chutzpa?
  10. What events characterized 1968?  How did Richard Nixon explain those events?  How does Gaddis explain them?
  11. What was the cultural revolution?  How did Mao respond to it?
  12. how did American and European student radicals respond to Mao?  Why do you think that?  Was he worth their response?
  13. What was the Brezhnev Doctrine?
  14. What did Nixon mean whn he remarked to Mao, "history has brought us together"?
  15. What were the motivations to seek detente (Ostpolitik)?  What did Nixon want out of it?  What did he gain?  What brought Nixon down?
ASSESSMENTS
The Literature Review project, due 31 October.


GLEEK AT A GLANCE
Charles Gleek
Class: AP U.S. Government & Politics
Dates: 27-31 October
Office Hours: Daily, 7.30-8.00am
Course Calendar

Weekly Objectives
What is a Political Party?
The Evolution of American Party Democracy
The Functions of the American Party
The Party Organization
The Party in Government
The Party in the Electorate
Is the Party Over or Has It Just Begun?
DAY
IN CLASS & HOMEWORK
MONDAY
Fiorina, Culture War?; Chapters 5, 6, & 7
TUESDAY
Fiorina, Culture War?; Chapters 8, 9, & 10
WEDNESDAY
Lecture & Discussion, "Political Parties"
  • Read pp. 315-334 in O'Connor & Sabato before class
THURSDAY
Lecture & Discussion, "Political Parties"
  • Read pp. 334-344 in O'Connor & Sabato before class.
FRIDAY
Video, "Political Parties"
Introductory Lecture & Discussion, "Voting and Elections"
READINGS, CONTENT & RESOURCES O'Connor & Sabato, pp. 315-334
Key Concepts: candidate-centered politics, civic virtue, civil service laws, coalition, collective good, critical election, de-alignment, direct primary, disturbance theory, free rider problem, interest group, issue-oriented politics, lobbying, lobbyist, machine, national convention, national party platform, party identification, party realignment, patron, political action committee (PAC), political party, public interest group, social capital, secular realignment, think thank, ticket-split
ASSESSMENTS Book Review Assignment-Due 10 November: Book reviews should be between 750-1000 words (approximately 3-4 pages) in length.  Book reviews are not book reports.  Rather, book reviews are an opportunity for you to summarize and critically-assess the author's arguments, ideas, and evidence.  A well-written book review will also answer the 'so what?' question; how is this book/this author's arguments  important to the study of U.S. politics.