Saturday Classes - 28 de Marzo 2020

Saturday Classes - 28 de Marzo 2020

Assignment
Rise of the Cities Section: Class Discussion (1 hour and 15 minutes).
Today's topic is about the rise of the cities. We are going to learn how cities came to be from the origins of history. So, "watch Urbanization and the evolution of cities across 10,000 years - Vance Kite" and check for understanding completing these ideas:

Main Ideas
1) In 3-4 sentences, discuss the importance of improvements in farming techniques to the development of cities:
2) Reliable food supplies allowed humans the luxury of free time, which provided the opportunity to produce items for trade. Describe how the production of goods contributed to the growth of cities.
3) Experts predict that global population will top out around 10 billion people, with 7 billion of those people living in cities. What are some of the opportunities and challenges that cities will face as the population increases.

Specific Details
- What percentage of the human population lived in cities 100 years ago?
- What led to the development of the first semi-permanent settlements? -}
- Which of the below technologies is a development that resulted from the desire to trade with neighboring communities?
- Why were people initially drawn to cities?
- Global population is expected to top out at _______ billion people.

Independent Reading Section: City Problems - Book Section (1 hour).
In a blank word document, upload the file answering the following questions.
Exercise 1: On page 50 - Do activities A, B, C and D
Exercise 2: Read pages 51 - 53. On pages 54 and 55, do activities A, B, C and D.
This will be checked at the of the classes to track progress.