Welcome!...
¡Bienvenidos!...
Vítejte...
Willkommen...
Καλώς ορίσατε...
...أهلا بك
...to Mr. Mejia's 7th World Geography Class! I am excited to begin my first year teaching here at The American School Foundation in Mexico City! Together we will discover this mysterious world filled with wonderous beauties and luminescent fantasies of many diverse culture of every nation and tribe.
Announcements:
Please have your Summer Assignment completed and turned in by Friday, 18 August 2017.
Please have your Syllabus signed and turned in by Monday, 21 August 2017.
“My family is no different from yours. We may be different from the geography that we come from. Some of you all may pray differently than I do, some of you all may be from a different ethnicity, but we all have the same story.”
- Cory Booker
Calendar:
Materials:
| Pencils/Pens (NO RED INK!) |
Teacher's Wish List: |
| College Ruled Paper | Hand Sanitizer |
| Spiral Notebook | Packet of Copy Paper |
| 11/2 3-Ring Binder | Box of Kleenex Tissues |
Homework:
- Monday, 14 August: Summer Assignment (Due: Friday, 18 August) and Signed Syllabus (Due: Monday, 21 August)
- Tuesday, 15 August: Label & Color Political and Physical World Map Worksheets (Due: Wednesday, 16 August)
- Wednesday, 16 August: Chapter 1 Section 1 & 2 Assessments (Due: Thursday, 17 August)
- Thursday, 17 August: Chapter 1 Section 3 & 4 Assessments (Due: Friday, 18 August)
- Friday, 18 August: Chapter 1 Study Guide (Due: Monday, 21 August)
***Chapter 1 Test: Monday, 21 August!!!!!***
Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZFF8EuaGjM
Extra Credit:
Purchase a brand new 3ft x 5ft nation flags for 5 points added to your overall grade. You may purchase a flag from the following nations:
- Afghanistan India Slovakia
- Albania Indonesia Slovenia
- Algeria Ireland Solomon Islands
- Andorra Italy Somalia
- Angola Japan South Sudan
- Antigua and Barbuda Jordan Sri Lanka
- Argentina Kenya Sudan
- Armenia Kiribati Suriname
- Aruba Korea, North Swaziland
- Australia Korea, South Sweden
- Austria Kosovo Switzerland
- Azerbaijan Kuwait Syria
- Bahrain Kyrgyzstan Taiwan
- Bangladesh Laos Tajikistan
- Barbados Latvia Thailand
- Belarus Lebanon Togo
- Belgium Lesotho Tonga
- Belize Liberia Trinidad & Tobago
- Benin Libya Tunisia
- Bhutan Liechtenstein Turkey
- Bolivia Lithuania Turkmenistan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Luxembourg Tuvalu
- Botswana Macau Uganda
- Brunei Macedonia Ukraine
- Bulgaria Madagascar United Arab Emirates
- Burkina Faso Malawi United Kingdom
- Burma Malaysia Uzbekistan
- Burundi Maldives Vanuatu
- Cambodia Mali Vietnam
- Cameroon Malta Yemen
- Canada Marshall Islands Zambia
- Cape Verde Mauritania Zimbabwe
- Central African Republic Mauritius
- Chad Micronesia
- Chile Moldova
- China Monaco
- Comoros Montenegro
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the Morocco
- Congo, Republic of the Mozambique
- Cote d'Ivoire Nauru
- Croatia Nepal
- Cuba Netherlands
- Curacao New Zealand
- Cyprus Nicaragua
- Czech Republic Niger
- Denmark Nigeria
- Djibouti Oman
- Dominica Pakistan
- East Timor/ Timor-Leste Palau
- Ecuador Palestine
- Egypt Papua New Guinea
- El Salvador Paraguay
- Equatorial Guinea Peru
- Eritrea Poland
- Estonia Portugal
- Ethiopia Puerto Rico
- Fiji Qatar
- Finland Romania
- France Russia
- Gabon Rwanda
- Gambia Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Georgia Saint Lucia
- Germany Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Ghana Samoa
- Greece San Marino
- Grenada Sao Tome and Principe
- Guinea Saudi Arabia
- Guinea-Bissau Senegal
- Guyana Serbia
- Honduras Sierra Leone
- Hong Kong Singapore
- Hungary Sint Maarten
We are going to have a blast this school year!
-Mr. Mejia