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REGION and TOPIC
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READING
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INTRODUCTION
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8/28 Introduction:
World Regional Geography
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2-9
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8/30 Key concepts, core themes
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9-22,
30-43
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THEMATIC CLUSTER 1: LAND
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9/6 Land
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22-30,
43-51
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9/11-13 Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: Indigenous movements and sovereignty
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422-425,
430-433, 436-441, 443 (“At the local scale” box only)
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9/18-20 South
America: Kayapo: Out of the Forest
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98-102,
106-111
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9/25 South America: Green capitalism
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137-140
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9/27 South Asia: Population and
“carrying capacity”
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306-307, 308-309, 313-321
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10/2-4 South Asia: Green
revolutions and GMOs
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331-333
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10/9 EXAM 1 ANSWERS: Blue Green Orange Purple
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THEMATIC CLUSTER 2: MOBILITY
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10/11 Mobility
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Web
Unit: An Uprooted world –Overview
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10/16-18 United States: Farmingville
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52-53
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10/23-25 United States: Labor
migration and the debate over immigration
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81-85
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10/30–11/1 Sub-Saharan Africa: Refugees
and displaced persons
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235,
266-273, 286-290,
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11/6-8 East Asia: Travel and tourism
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366-372, 375-377
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11/13 EXAM 2 ANSWERS: White Green Blue Yellow
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THEMEATIC CLUSTER 3:
GLOBALIZATION
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11/15 Globalization
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11-15, 30-34
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11/27-29 Central America/Mexico:
Maquiladoras and “sweatshops”
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74-76, 118-127
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12/4-6 Central America/Mexico:
Coffee and “fair trade”
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127-129
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12/11-13 Europe: The EU and
European Identity
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146-149, 153-158, 161-167 (including “Practicing Geography”
box), 169-173
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RECITATIONS
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WEB UNIT
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1 8/28 Introduction
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9/6 NO
RECITATIONS
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2 9/11 Debate team assignments and discussion
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Finding
a Place in the World: Native Title in Australia
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3 9/18 Practice debate: Native Title in Australia
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Finding
a Place in the World: Native Title in Australia
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4 9/25 Debate 1 – Should Brazil develop natural resources on tribal
lands?
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Water,
Water, Everywhere… Big dams: the Kayapo and Electronorte
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5 10/2 Discussion – Feeding the world / EXAM REVIEW
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Feeding
the World: Overview
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6 10/9 Debate 2 – Is the world overpopulated?
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Feeding
the World: Overview and One
Billion and Counting in India
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7 10/16 Debate 3 – Should India adopt GMOs?
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Feeding
the World: Green Revolutions
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8 10/23 Discussion – Farmingville
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An
Uprooted World: The politics of immigration
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9 10/30 Debate 4 – Should the US clamp down on undocumented
migrants?
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An
Uprooted World: The politics of immigration
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10 11/6 Discussion – Displaced persons / EXAM REVIEW
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An
Uprooted World: IDPs in Sudan and Finding
a Place in the World: The Lost Boys of Sudan
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11 11/13 Discussion – Institutions of globalization
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A
Globalizing World: Overview and NAFTA
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11/20 NO
RECITATIONS
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12 11/27 Discussion – The geography of breakfast
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A
Globalizing World: The geography of breakfast
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13 12/4 Debate 5 – Are sweatshops a necessary evil?
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A
Globalizing World: Maquiladoras and Made
in China
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14 12/11 Debate 6 – Should Turkey be allowed to join the EU?
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Finding
a Place in the World: European Union
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