World Geography

World and Cultural Geography

University of Idaho Geography Department link. Cool stuff!

Geography links page: HERE

For each day listed: italics indicate the subject material. Underline indicates assignments.

1-21 Introduction to class. Discuss syllabus and review basic terms and concepts of Geography. The five themes of geography: location -- absolute location, latitude, longitude, Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn.

2-02: Continue the five themes of geography: Place; Movement. Begin making paper mache globes.

2-06: Continue the five themes of geography: Region -- uniform region, functional region. In-class project: using latitude and longitude.

2-08: Continue the five themes of geography: Human/Environment interaction. Continue finding places using latitude and longitude. Keywords: scale, legend, thematic maps.

2-10: Making a mental map. Some geographical features: isthmus, archipelago, continental shelf, peninsula. Oceania and types of islands. Territorial waters. Quick survey of biomes, including anthropogenic biomes.

2-14: The seven elements of culture. Begin research on tribal group.

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2-21: The factors of climate. A study on prevailing winds. How to predict the location of deserts. In-class exercise.

9-29 Finish Climate regions assignment. Cultural Hearths, cultural diffusion. Work on continents.

10-01 Quiz: North America. Introduction to the Demographic Transition Model. Work on continents (should be applying country overlay).

10-11 Understanding population pyramids, fertility rates, and GDP/per capita. Internet research assignment: Pyramid link. CIA World Factbook.

10-13 South America Quiz review. Complete in-class assignment.

10-15 South American quiz. Population movement: push factors; pull factors; emigration; immigration; refugee; asylum; internally displaced. In-class assignment: brief current even review of internally displaced people: who, where, why.

10-17 Countries of Europe. Begin cartogram

10-19 Continue on project

10-29 Review map of Europe. Slide presentation on divided Cyprus. Evolution and devolution of Yugoslavia.

11-02 Terms: nation; state; country. Slide presentation: nation-less states. Language by countries.

11-03 Mid-term (1st quarter final)

11-05 No class. Teacher in-service day. END of 1st QUARTER