Monday, June 3. 2019

Today's schedule is A-AG-BCD

A Block Physical Geography - Today we'll begin our look at resources, resource use, and management issues. We'll talk about renewable and non-renewable resources along with the four ethical views on resource use (economic/exploitation; preservationist; balanced-multiple use; and ecological or sustainable). Our focus will be on water consumption (Don't forget I'd like you to track your water consumption for the week). After, we'll watch the first few sections of Human Footprint. We'll get through scenes 1-6 today (from birth up to early 20's) and this will take about 45 minutes of class time. We'll finish the DVD tomorrow and I'd like you to answer the following:

1. How much do you consume? Try to examine all of your daily habits (clothing, heating, transportation, eating, schooling, and leisure pursuits to name a few) to determine what impact on natural capital you make on a daily basis (how big your ecological footprint is).  How could you reduce your impact on the environment?
2. Why do different cultures use and consume things at different rates? What do the numbers and facts in the video say about North American society?
3. In some areas of the world people are already in conflict over a limited amount of natural resources. How will a growing population affect people’s access to food, potable (safe drinking) water, and fuel? What affect might the population increase have on pollution and encroachment on wildlife habitats?

B Block Human Geography - Today we'll look at the Key Issue, "Why Do Services Cluster Downtown"? Downtown is the best-known and the most visually distinctive area of most cities. It is usually one of the oldest districts in a city, often the site of the original settlement. The central business district (CBD) is the core of the city where many services cluster. Public, Business and Commercial services are attracted to the CBD because of its accessibility and density. We'll examine North American and non North American downtown cores.



Questions for the day include:
1. Using your knowledge of services from chapter 12 (last week's work), define each term and give an example of a typical downtown shop with that characteristic.
High Threshold
High Range
2. Why are these shops decreasing in the CBD?
3. Regarding residential uses – identify a factor pushing them out of the CBD and another that is pulling them elsewhere.
4. Describe how the intense land use of CBDs has created expansion of the CBD “above” and “below” in order to maximize the small space of the downtown?

C Block Criminology - Today we are in the Learning Commons/Library for out next blog: "Outlaw Folk Hero" or "Amateur Kid Criminal"?

Every society creates its own heroes and villains and has the option to frame them in a way that says something about it. So what does the "outlaw folk-hero" status that Colt Harris-Moore has gained say about who we hold up as heroes or villains in our modern crime-media saturated society? In an article by Paul Ibbetson he states:

Juan McCartney and Mike Melia of the Associated Press say that Harris-Moore has built his reputation as a 21st-century folk hero. Of course thieves don’t “build” as they have no time for such labors. They are too busy stealing what others have built. Even with the factual terminology in place, one cannot say that Harris-Moore even managed steal a reputation as a 21st-century folk hero. No, to be factual it must be said that this young man’s celebrity status was a gift from the media, paid for by modern society.

After watching the 48 Hours Mystery on Colton Harris Moore and the Fly Colt Fly documentary, take a read of this NPR article on Harris-Moore and take a read of this interview with Colton Harris-Moore then answer the following

Is Colton Harris-Moore an outlaw folk-hero or were his actions simply those of an amateur kid criminal? You will need to justify your position but when you do, seriously consider why it is that you think the way you do.

• Ask yourself "Did Colton create an outlaw folk hero status/image on his own or did the media fabricate his new found identity"?
• Ask yourself "Am I attracted to the Barefoot Bandit because he's rebellious and you as teenagers can identify with rebellion against parents, me, police, or authority in general"?
• Ask yourself "What would it be like to be one of the victims of Colton Harris-Moore? Was he some mythical 'Robin Hood' who only took from wealthy families or was that the story he or the media presented to you"?
• Ask yourself "did people become aware of Colton Harris-Moore because of the Internet?  The internet sensationalized and glorified Moore through blogs, Facebook, a fan site and because the general public seemed either unaware or uninterested in Moore, the Internet became the means of his fame. So if there was no Internet would Colton Harris-Moore have been the Barefoot Bandit"?

Use your answer from Friday's work to help 

D Block Law - After today there are 14 classes remaining in the semester, with eight more classes in the learning commons to complete your civil litigator project. You will have a final test on civil law (torts, negligence, and family law) next Thursday, June 13th. I will bring previous examples of the project with me to the learning commons for you to peruse if you'd like. Tomorrow, I'll show you a few law commercials so you have an idea as to what you can do. If you need to film in front of a green screen you need to make arrangements with Mr. Ingram in room 003...preferably today.