Today we got started with all the 'good stuff' that is Geography. Our focus was on the 4 spheres of Geography, so of the big ideas that relate to our understanding of the natural world, and an introduction to the notion of Geopolitics.
Here is the note sheet that we completed together: The Nature of Geography and the powerpoint that we reviewed together - Spheres and Stuff.
Homework Assignment: What is Where, Why There, Why Care - Geo Analysis Practice
The homework for next class is to familiarize yourself with a current events situation, and to try to analyse it using the big ideas of Geography. Do the following;
1. Choose a topic from the 'human geography' options - Protests in Hong Kong, Conflict in Kashmir, Venezuelan Crisis, or one of your choice. Or a 'physical geography' option - "Ocean Blob" or fires in Amazon Rainforest. Here are some links to get you started, you don't have to use them.
Here is the note sheet that we completed together: The Nature of Geography and the powerpoint that we reviewed together - Spheres and Stuff.
Homework Assignment: What is Where, Why There, Why Care - Geo Analysis Practice
The homework for next class is to familiarize yourself with a current events situation, and to try to analyse it using the big ideas of Geography. Do the following;
1. Choose a topic from the 'human geography' options - Protests in Hong Kong, Conflict in Kashmir, Venezuelan Crisis, or one of your choice. Or a 'physical geography' option - "Ocean Blob" or fires in Amazon Rainforest. Here are some links to get you started, you don't have to use them.
- Ocean Blob Sources for background - LA Times or CBC News
- Amazon Fires - The Guardian - Indigenous tribes trying to save forest or Amazon Forest on Fire BBC or The Amazon is Being Burned - vlog Brothers
- Hong Kong Protests - Vox Short Doc (June 2019) or New York Times "Meet Hong Kong's Teenage Protestors or look at some images of the protests like the "Lennon Walls"
- Kashmir Conflict - PRI - One Month after Crackdown or National Geographic - What happened in Kashmir? or Vox - How the British failed Pakistan and India
- Venezuela - Vox - Background to the collapse (only goes until 2017) or Venezuelan Crisis - How is the US involved? AJ+ or Why Colombia has taken in 1 million Venezuelans.
2. Find two different, reputable sources to gain information from
3. Complete a draft analysis. This does not have to be typed, but should be fairly detailed. Your analysis should include headings of the three different sections
SECTION 1 - WHAT IS WHERE
- What's happening in this place (Who, What, Where, When)
- Description of natural/human features
SECTION 2 - WHY THERE?
- Describe the place - what characteristics, reasons and history made this event or natural feature show up in this location?
SECTION 3 - WHY CARE?
- What's the issue about? What should it matter to us?
- What's going to/could happen next?
- How does the connect to other events, places, etc.
Bring to class next day
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