H U M A N G E O G R A P H Y
coursework
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 5/26-5/28:
A week of tours! Tuesday: Start here for inspiration, then choose a favorite road of yours in a city somewhere you want to visit using street view on Google Maps and drive for 10-15 minutes. How does it compare to the project in Minneapolis? Wednesday and Thursday: Take a look at these (at least four) city art tours! For Wednesday, 5/20: How'd you do on your transportation work? Explain why you got answers right or wrong in answering the question on classroom.
Then take a look at this, particularly the drone footage, the project website and the blog, continuing on Thursday. We'll analyze why we're doing this HUGE project in Minneapolis using that source. What's the best mode of transportation? For Tuesday, 5/19
Nation on the Move watch Thursday, 5/14 and Monday 5/18
Start Tuesday 5/12 and finish Wednesday 5/13: Waste, bees, Hans Rosling and the Green Belt: connect food access with development by coming up with five questions (after watching the four pieces linked above) we should consider as a class.
Guerilla maps and food: working on this Monday, 5/11
Supply chains and pandemic shortages, a short research assignment for Wednesday, 5/6 and Thursday, 5/7.
Where does your food come from? Make your list on 4/30, we'll work with it as a class on Tuesday, 5/5.
It's time to start talking about supply chains. Please watch
Food Machine over the next three days. I will check in with you each day and provide additional resources for those who want to connect more deeply with the content. On Thursday, 4/30, we will do some personal (and pantry) reflection on this material. The US-Mexico Border
We will work on this from 4/21 through 4/24, the assignment is divided up into four days. Day 3 and 4 are highlighted in pink. Introduction to Borders, 4/15-4/17
On Friday, 4/17, I'll post three questions to classroom about this material for you to answer on Monday, 4/20. Three days of distance learning on the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Each day, you'll get questions on this work through classroom:
4/8: Please open the assignment and do the work for Day One. 4/9: Please do the work for Day Two. (no school on 4/10 and 4/13 is a teacher workday, nothing is due on these days, please take a break) 4/13 and 4/14: Please do the work for Day Three. 4/4 and 4/6: Introduction to Colonialism
on 4/7, I'll ask you a question about this assignment on Classroom to see how you're doing with the material. Please turn this in on Friday, 4/4: Pilgrimages!
Cultural Heritage, in class Thursday, 3/12
Tuesday, 3/10: Finish Hawaiian Language film in class
Monday, 3/9: Finish languages assignment, introduce next week's worth of work and start Hawaiian Language, part 3 of the film
Refugee Trends Worldwide , We will work on this assignment 2/11.
Internal migration: United States Part 1 in class 2/4, parts 2, 3 2/6
For Monday, 2/3 please read this article on The First Human Migration
Hans Rosling! Start In class 1/30, finish 1/31
In class 1/28 and 1/29: GIS Mashup also Czech out this fantastic project
Read 1/6 for 1/7: Read Is your GPS Scrambling your brain?
(Be ready to discuss the drawbacks to GPS) Scale and maps in class (just the slides on Maryland)
Scale Activity in class 1/23, 1/24
The Five Themes of Human Geography, in class 1/23
List for Scale Activity: homework for 1/23 due 1/24
In class 1/22: Reflection on in class activity (Turn in on Google Classroom)
In Class 1/21: Confirm that you have read and understand the class policies
In class 1/21: Name tags and intro questions
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Diversity Visa Statistics 2016-2018 with visas issued
A Canadian perspective on politically-driven internal migration in the United States (listen to the full episode here)
United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2013 World Population Policies
What's the potential impact of climate change on birth rates?
Minnesota's demographic predictions
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