| Week |
Class Topic |
Class Chpt |
Recitation
Topic |
Recitation
Assignment Due |
| Jan. 14 | Introduction: What is Geography? What are Regions? | Ch. 1 | NO RECITATION THIS WEEK | |
| Jan. 21 | 1/21 NO
CLASS: Martin Luther King, Jr. 1/23 Personal Space |
Discussion | ||
| Jan. 28 | Western
Europe:
European Unification Globalization |
Ch. 2 | Discussion | Europe map project |
| Feb. 4 | Eastern Europe, The Empire Strikes Back, Russia & Its Flanks | Ch. 3 | Exam
Review |
Russia + map project |
| Feb. 11 | Mid-Term
#1 (2/11) 2/13: Who’s # 1? |
Discussion |
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| Feb. 18 | North America: The Work of Nations, The Work of Cities | Ch. 6 | Discuss Assignment |
Written
Assignment #1 North America map project |
| Feb. 25 | Geography of Third World Development Characteristics of Underdevelopment, Middle America | Ch. 7 | Debate | Debate Assignment |
| March 3 | South America: Natural Hazards, Defenders of the Amazon, Sustainable Development | Ch. 7 | Debate
cont’ |
Latin America map project |
| March 10 | Sub-Saharan Africa: Physical and Cultural Features, HIV/AIDS | Ch. 5 |
Exam
review |
Sub-Saharan Africa map project |
| March 17 | Sub-Saharan Africa (cont'd): Thought for
Food, Apartheid & Beyond, Game Ranching MID-TERM # 2 (3/17) |
Discussion | N. Africa & Middle East map
project |
|
| March 24 | Spring Break—No Class or recitation | None | ||
| March 31 | The Middle East and North Africa: Economic Geography of Oil, Religion and Restructuring | Ch. 4 | Discuss Assignment |
Written
assignment #2 East Asia map project |
| April 7 | China: 60 Years of Change, Human Rights | Ch. 8 | Exam
review |
South Asia map project |
| April 14 | South Asia: The Informal Sector,
Diffusion, Lending to Poor Businesswomen, microenterprises MID-TERM #3 (4/14) |
Ch. 10 | NO
RECITATION THIS WEEK (AAG meeting) |
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| April 21 | The Pacific
Rim
|
Ch. 11 | Mock UN |
Australia & Oceania map
project UN Debate Assignment |
| April 28 | S.E.
Asia & Australia +: Gender, Buddhist Economics, Global Change, Travel Writing, The Future, Review |
Ch. 9,12 | Mock UN
cont’ |
South East
Asia map project |
| May 7 | FINAL
EXAM: Wed. May 7th 7:30 -10:00 AM |
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