Unit+1-++Getting+to+know+Chicago

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[|Great Lakes and Mississippi Basin Power Point] [|Great Lakes Facts Sheet] Physical Geography of Illinois and Glaciation- [|Great Lakes Intro Video] Great Lakes Atlas media type="custom" key="21732550" ||  || Great Lakes WBEZ story links The Lake vs. the River- Which was most important to the city? b. Illinois River Geography- Connection to Lake Michigan controversy- Asian Carp- [|Terminator Carp] [|Asian Carp News] Silent Invaders- Asian Carp- video Silent Invaders- Zebra/Qagga Mussels Silent Invaders- Sea Lamprey Silent Invaders- Round Gobie [|PBS Report on Carp and the Great Lakes] Asian Carp Invasion Doc- [|Part One]; [|Part Two] [|Battling the Asian Carp Invasion] [|The Great Lakes Century]- [|Pieces of the Vision Video Overview] [|Century Vision Video] River Redesign TED Talk- Great Lakes Vision [|Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Initiative] [|Regional Vision for the Great Lakes] [|Chicago's Biggest polluters] [|Quagga Mussels] [|Great Lakes Cleanup Video] [|River Reversal] [|Great Lakes Cities Iniative] The end of Smelt [|Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald-] This video does a great job of linking the song about the wreck with video and audio footage of the ship || TCI Ch. 4 Silent Invaders- Zebra/Qagga Mussels
 * ==**Dates**== || **I. Unit One:** Getting to Know Chicago: The Geography of the Midwest, Illinois, and Chicago || **Reading** ||
 * || **A. Geography of the Midwest** || CMOM Ch. 1 &2 p. 1-19 ||
 * **Monday and Tuesday Jan. 8-9** || 1. Intro to Chicago and Issues (1& 2) ||  ||
 * **Wed.- Fri, Jan. 10-13** || 2. Great Lakes Map Worksheet and Geography Alive
 * || [[image:asian_carp.jpg width="616" height="405"]] || The Lake vs. the River- Which was most important to the city? ||
 * **Mon.- Fri., Jan. 15-19** || a. Great Lakes Debate

Silent Invaders- Sea Lamprey

Silent Invaders- Round Gobie

Silent Invaders- Asian Carp- video ||
 * **Mon.,**
 * Jan. 22** || d. Climate Zones and Vegetation (Create a Chicago Climograph) Climate Change in Chicago and city planning (5) || Chicago Wilderness and [|NY Times 5/23/2011] ||
 * ===Tues.,===

Jan. 23
|| = = =Some cities might not be around in the future but Chicago will be= Will future climate change give Chicago a competitive edge? Chicago vs. NY and LA regarding Climate Change = After Water = Chicago Tonight Climate coverage: Check out the Tom Skilling video Climate Change in the Midwest Lower Lake Levels at historic lows [|Chicago weather History Quiz] Climate change in Chicago Video Great Lakes Coalition Climate Change Report [|Climate Links] [|Baton Rouge Climograph]- See what Chicago can expect (minus the rain) [|Chicago Climate Action Plan] Great Lakes Dead Zone due to Climate Change Winter Ice less due to climate change Climate Change in Lake Superior Chicago #3 Best Biking City || Listen to "Where the water ends." || Lake Shore Drive media type="youtube" key="nVE_YrhSXpE" width="295" height="168"
 * || **B. Practical Geography of Chicago and Illinois** || CMOM Ch. 7: p. 265-275 ||
 * **Wed. &** **Thurs.,**
 * Jan. 24&25** || a. Illinois and Chicago Road Map- Reading a Road Map (6-7) || CMOM Ch. 8: 315-320 ||
 * **Fri., Jan. 26** || b. Chicago Traffic Reports(9)

See more Highway videos of Chicago at Freeway JIm's Chicago #2 Biking city in the US || - Jindra How the Dan Ryan Changed the South Side || media type="youtube" key="ayG-ErP0Kdk" width="301" height="174" || CMOM Ch. 8: 325-336 || Chicago Street grid compared to other US Cities and why ours is better Chicago Mile by mile [|Map of Neighborhoods with Street Numbers] [|Street or Avenue?] Why are some streets named and others numbered? Why are some streets named and others numbered? Part Two The Importance of Alleys Displaced: When the Eisenhower Moved in, who was moved out? Chicago Gang Map || The Grid- An explanation || 100 years of land Land Values Top small cities in Illinois || || Above: Spaghetti Junction (as seen from the top of the Sears Tower) where I-290, I-90/94 come together just west of Downtown.
 * **Mon.,**
 * Jan. 29 &30** || c. Public Transportation and the city-[| CTA Maps1] How to ride the CTA(10-11)
 * **Tues.,**
 * Jan. 30 & 31** || d. Chicago- Learning the Grid (Street System)-Map Reading Skills, (8)
 * **Wed. & Thurs.,**
 * Jan. 31 & Feb. 1** || Chicago Land-use Assignment Lab
 * **Fri.,**
 * Feb. 2** || Test One || [[file:Chicago Test One Review.pdf]] ||