Gallery Walk: Thursday

Gallery Walk Presentations: Remember! Extra credit if you bring food from your native country!

Half of you did not do projects. Most of those people failed the six weeks. If you want to do something about that, you need to see outside of class time.

Warm Up (Review):

● What is ‘Black Gold’ and why do you think it is called that?

● How does this resource affect the countries of Southwest Asia?

Does it affect all countries equally?

Cities of the Future!Masdar & Dubai

Masdar City

Distribution of Wealth

● Oil is distributed unevenly.● Countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Iran have oil

wealth● Other countries, such as Yemen and Syria are much

poorer. Poor countries often do not have the technology or money to extract it.

● Yemen and Syria are also currently involved in civil wars.

Pakistani laborers, Dubai

Luxury in the Desert

Dubai and Abu Dhabi are cities in the United Arab Emirates.

Masdar City is a planned city development next to Abu Dhabi. It relies on solar energy & green technology.

The climate in this region is arid desert.

Masdar City: Futuristic Jetson Stuff

Why is this smart in a desert?

The City of the Future!

Writing ExerciseThis is a pop quiz! Kind of. (it determines whether Wednesday is documentary or essay day pt 2)

I want to review a writing sample from each of you. You are going to write a mini-essay. You may use your notes, but you must work independently.

Fill out the top of your sheet!

Teacher Name: Liz CloseYour Full Name:Title of Writing: Resources in Southwest AsiaDate: 2/23/16ID:

Prompt: Resources have a huge impact on the countries of Southwest Asia. Southwest Asia has more than half of the world’s oil, however, oil is a nonrenewable resource. How does having an abundance (a lot) of oil impact places like the cities of Dubai and Masdar?

Dubai, like many cities in Southwest Asia, is located in the desert. Thinking about what happened to the Aral Sea, how might water impact the future of these countries? How can countries continue to use all of their resources in a way that is sustainable for the future?

45 minutes

Good vocabulary to use

-Oil Reserves-Natural Resources-Wealth-Poverty-Masdar City-Dubai-United Arab Emirates

-Nonrenewable resource-Water stress-Aral Sea-Desert-Arid climate-Technology-Human Development Index