Building a Livability Profile

To start with today, let's begin this 5 minute warm up activity. Visit this Google Doc, type in your name on the table and answer the 3 questions listed in each column.

Livability

Hello everyone. Our new topic for Term 2 in Geography is LIVABILITY. You will begin by conducting research to find out what livability is and what makes an area of the world livable. Here is a link to a slideshow of some of the world's most livable cities. This should help you out.

Question: What does livability mean?

Question: What makes an area livable?

Question: What do all the most livable cities in the world have in common?

You may work in pairs to answer these questions.

Next -

Select 3 of these major cities:

Mexico City

Tehran

Darwin

Seoul

Palermo

Johannesburg

Are your cities livable? If not, why not? If yes, then why?

List the climate types of each of these cities and their populations. Also find out the average annual rainfall and highest and lowest temperatures.

Persuasive Media Texts - Slideshow Lessons

Hello all - here are the slides for each of our lessons this unit. Please use for notes or references at your leisure. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Gn8yZp_K9gIqqEUUNlhWrxiAvxmfLL-HFvzTCy6wng8/edit#slide=id.p3

Warm Up Activity! Ancient-Modern Rome

Our warm up activity today requires you to have a device with Google Earth installed on it. If you don't have it, the app is available via Google Play or the App Store for free.

On your own or with a partner, you must locate and describe the following landmarks of Ancient Rome which exist in Modern Day Rome.

• Amphitheater of Nero
• The Colosseum
• Circus Maximus
• Gardens of Sallust
• Forum Romanum
• Basilica of Neptune
• Porta Maggiore

Time to do this: 15 minutes