Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Due Friday:

One paragraph describing population distribution in your country.

One paragraph explaining one of the explanations for WHY the population is distributed the way it is.

These are substantial, detailed paragraphs that will be checked in class on Friday.
You need to share your document via google docs with my personal email address: savage.catherine@gmail.com

Complete report is due Tuesday.

Come see me for remedials if you need help. This is a summative assessment (i.e. one of the bigger grades for semester).

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Class Expectations and Global Issues Trivia

Today we went over class expectations and what the course will cover. Then we played Global Issues Trivia Quiz to generate some curiosity for the topics that we will cover throughout the semester.

Homework - World Map
Use the world map that I gave you to express the following information:
Place where you were born
Places where you have lived / visited
Places where you want to go (where you have never been)
5 most populous countries in the world
Extra Credit - 3 places outside of the Philippines/Korea that have been in the news recently

Also be sure to label:
continents
oceans
major lines of latitude and longitude

And include all the important map elements:
T - title
O - orientation (compass rose)
D - date
A - author
L - legend
S - scale (don't have to do this)

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Geo Starter

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Geo Starter Questions:

How do you think human geography differs from physical geography?

And what makes human geography different from a history class?

Give an example of how physical geography played a role in your winter break activities.

Give an example of how human geography played a role in your winter break activities.
Follow this link to fill out the Geography Class Info form.

(Sorry, form would not embed on Human Geography blog.)