REGION and TOPIC

READING

INTRODUCTION

8/28         Introduction: World Regional Geography

2-9

8/30         Key concepts, core themes

9-22, 30-43

 

THEMATIC CLUSTER 1: LAND

9/6           Land

22-30, 43-51

9/11-13     Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: Indigenous movements and sovereignty

422-425, 430-433, 436-441, 443 (“At the local scale” box only)

9/18-20     South America: Kayapo: Out of the Forest

98-102, 106-111

9/25         South America: Green capitalism

137-140

9/27         South Asia: Population and “carrying capacity”

306-307, 308-309, 313-321

10/2-4       South Asia: Green revolutions and GMOs

331-333

10/9  EXAM 1 ANSWERS: Blue  Green  Orange  Purple

 

THEMATIC CLUSTER 2:  MOBILITY

10/11        Mobility

Web Unit: An Uprooted world –Overview

10/16-18   United States: Farmingville

52-53

10/23-25   United States: Labor migration and the debate over immigration

81-85

10/30–11/1 Sub-Saharan Africa: Refugees and displaced persons

235, 266-273, 286-290,

11/6-8       East Asia: Travel and tourism

366-372, 375-377

11/13 EXAM 2 ANSWERS: White  Green  Blue  Yellow

 

THEMEATIC CLUSTER 3: GLOBALIZATION

11/15        Globalization

11-15, 30-34

11/27-29   Central America/Mexico: Maquiladoras and “sweatshops”

74-76, 118-127

12/4-6       Central America/Mexico: Coffee and “fair trade”

127-129

12/11-13   Europe: The EU and European Identity

146-149, 153-158, 161-167 (including “Practicing Geography” box), 169-173

 

RECITATIONS

WEB UNIT

1    8/28  Introduction

 

      9/6    NO RECITATIONS

 

2    9/11  Debate team assignments and discussion

Finding a Place in the World: Native Title in Australia

3    9/18  Practice debate: Native Title in Australia

Finding a Place in the World: Native Title in Australia

4    9/25  Debate 1 – Should Brazil develop natural resources on tribal lands?

Water, Water, Everywhere… Big dams: the Kayapo and Electronorte

5    10/2  Discussion – Feeding the world / EXAM REVIEW

Feeding the World: Overview

6    10/9  Debate 2 – Is the world overpopulated?

Feeding the World: Overview and One Billion and Counting in India

7    10/16 Debate 3 – Should India adopt GMOs?

Feeding the World: Green Revolutions

8    10/23 Discussion – Farmingville

An Uprooted World: The politics of immigration

9    10/30 Debate 4 – Should the US clamp down on undocumented migrants?

An Uprooted World: The politics of immigration

10  11/6  Discussion – Displaced persons / EXAM REVIEW

An Uprooted World: IDPs in Sudan and Finding a Place in the World: The Lost Boys of Sudan

11  11/13 Discussion – Institutions of globalization

A Globalizing World: Overview and NAFTA

      11/20 NO RECITATIONS         

 

12  11/27 Discussion – The geography of breakfast

A Globalizing World: The geography of breakfast

13  12/4  Debate 5 – Are sweatshops a necessary evil?

A Globalizing World: Maquiladoras and Made in China

14  12/11 Debate 6 – Should Turkey be allowed to join the EU?

Finding a Place in the World: European Union