Welcome to Mr. Tredinnick's Human Geography Class
This course uses The Cultural Landscape by James Rubenstein (9th edition) |
This one semester class will introduce students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alterations of the Earth’s surface. By looking at the relationships between cultural groups and their physical geography it is possible to find relationships that allow geographers to understand better how humans are shaped by their physical world, and change it in turn. We will be looking at different cultural phenomenon such as language, religion, government, and economic systems in order to make connections between different cultural set and how they interact with one another. This course is designed to increase the students’ understanding of the world and develop their critical thinking skills.
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Final Exam Review
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Yakko's World |
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Week 17: Begin Final Projects
(May 18-22) Monday: Unit IV Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Unit IV Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Introduce Final Project - Research a Country Project |
Week 18: Final Project Work Time
(May 25-29) Monday: No School - Memorial Day Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Project Work Time Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Project Work Time - Sign-up for presentation times |
Week 19: Finals Week
(Jun 1-5) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Final Projects Presentations Wednesday: A DAY FINALS Thursday: B DAY FINALS - Final Projects Presentations Friday: MAKE-UP DAY FINALS |
Unit IV - Economic Development
Unit IV Course Schedule
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Week 13: Intro to Development
(Apr 20-24) Monday: Begin Development - Distribution of MDCs and LDCs (Notes) - Understanding the HDI (Assignment) HW: You will be assigned an MDC and LDC to research the HDI Score using the Human Development Rating website. For both your MDC and LDC write down their score and their rank. Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Models of Development - Relationships between MDCs and LDCs (Assignment) - Rostow and Wallerstein's Models of Development (Notes) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Development - Stages of Development (Activity) - Agriculture and the Stages of Development + Cost of Food Slides (Activity) + Cost of Food Handout (Activity) 
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Week 14: Agriculture and Development
(Apr 27-May 1) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Agricultural Development - Finish Cost of Food Activity - Climate and Agricultural Production (Assignment) HW: Question on back of Climate and Agricultural Production Assignment Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Agriculture and Lack of... - Von Thunen Model of Agriculture (Notes) - World Hunger Issue Activity + Kevin Carter Photograph (Activity) + Intro to Hunger + Slash and Burn Agriculture + Deforestation in South America + Deforestation Stats HW: World Hunger Issues Activity Thought Question (Activity) Friday: No Class "A" Day 
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Week 15: Development and Industry
(May 4-8) Monday: Subsistence vs. Commercial Agriculture - Subsistence vs. Commercial Agriculture Reading (Assignment) + Subsistence vs. Commercial Agriculture handout (Assignment) - In-Class Discussion: Which Technological improvement has had the biggest impact on the lives of humans in the last 1000 years? Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Industrial Development - The Industrial Landscape (Notes) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Natural Resources - Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources (Assignment) - The Lorax: Problems of Industry (Assignment) 
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Week 16: Geography of Transportation
(May 11-15) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Transportation - Geography of Transportation (Notes) - Review Time HW: Unit IV Test - Economic Development Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Review Day Friday: No Class "A" Day |
Week 17: Finish Unit IV
(May 18-22) Monday: Review Day Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Finish Unit IV - Unit IV Test - Economic Development Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Final Project |
Unit IV Notes
Unit IV Test Review
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Unit IV Assignments
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Unit IV Activities
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World Hunger Issues Activity
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Unit IV Website Links
Unit III - Culture
Unit III Course Schedule
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Week 9:Introducing Culture
(Mar 16-20) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Begin Unit III - Culture - Hand back tests - Introduction to Culture (Notes) + Portraits of Remote Folk Cultures HW: Disappearing Cultures (Assignment) Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Reading Cultural Maps - Reading Religion Maps (Activities) - Reading Cultural Maps (Assignment) HW: Globalized Products (Assignment) Friday: No Class "A" Day |
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Week 10: Cultural Diffusion
(Mar 23-27) Monday: Cultural Diffusion - Cultural Diffusion book work (Activity) HW: Cultural Diffusion Case Studies (Assignments) Tuesday: Begin Political Geography - Go over homework - Political Geography (Notes) Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Geographic Challenge Day Half Day - Teacher Work Day |
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Week 11: Political Geography
(Apr 6-10) Monday: No School - Spring Break Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Political Geography - Political Maps Activity (Activities) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Cultural Modules - Re-Mapping Africa (Assignment) HW: Unit III Study Guide (Test Review) |
Week 12:Complete Unit III
(Apr 13-17) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Review - Review for Unit III Test Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Finish Unit III - Unit III Test - Culture Friday: No Class "A" Day Half Day - Teacher Work Day |
Unit III Notes
Unit III Test Review
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Unit III Assignments
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Unit III Activities
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Political Maps Activity
Re-Mapping Africa Activity
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Unit III Website Links
Unit II - Urbanization and the Growth of Human Settlements
Unit II Course Schedule
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Week 6: Introduction to Urbanization
( Feb 23-27) Monday: Beginning Unit II - Urbanization - Intro to Urbanization + How did cities first begin to develop? + What is Urbanization? + What problems go along with Urbanization? - Reading an Urban Area (Activity) Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Urbanization - Urbanization: Growth of Urban Areas (Notes) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Geography Competition Day Half Day - Teacher Workshops Dhaka Movie
Question 1: What are the reasons people leave the Bangladesh countryside for Dhaka? Question 2: What are the challenges facing new migrants to Dhaka’s poorest areas? |
Week 7: Urbanization Case Studies
(Mar 2-6) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Urbanization Examples - Finish Urbanization Notes - Dhaka: The Worlds Fastest Growing Megacity - Urban Renewal (Assignment) + Discussion HW: Tracking Urbanization Webquest (Assignment) Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Urbanization - Discuss Tracking Urbanization - Urbanization Bookwork (Assignment) HW: Tracking Changes in Urbanization (Assignment) Friday: No Class "A" Day 
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Week 8: Urbanized
(Mar 9-13) Monday: Urbanized - Begin watching movie "Urbanized" + Urbanized Movie Questions (Assignment) Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Finish Urbanized - Discuss Movie HW: Unit II Study Guide Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: End Unit II - Unit II Test - Urbanization 
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Unit II Notes
Unit II Test Review
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Unit II Assignments
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Unit II Activities
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Unit II Website Links
Unit I - Course Introduction and Population Geography
Unit I Course Schedule
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Week 1: Course Introduction
(Jan 19-23) Monday: No School - MLK Day Tuesday: Student Testing Day Wednesday: Student Enrichment Day Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Introduction to course - Get to Know you - Introduction to Human Geography - Course Introduction and Expectations - Arden Hayes - Geography Wiz - Jaywalking HW: Map Quiz Thursday + Use Map Quiz Review (Test Review) 
Week 4: Migration
(Feb 9-13) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Migration - Go over homework - Diversity Map of the United States - Migration: The Movement of People (Notes) Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Migration Case Studies - Finish Migration Notes - Migration Bookwork (Assignment) HW: Effects of the Irish Potato Famine (Assignment) Friday: No Class "A" Day |
Week 2: Basics of Geography
(Jan 26-30) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Introduction to Geography - Korean Peninsula Warm-Up (Activities) - Sunita Williams (Activities) - The 5 Themes of Geography (Notes) HW: 5 Themes Assignment (Assignments) + Due Thursday Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Tools of the Geographer - Map Quiz - Review 5 Themes - Geographic Perceptions (Activity) - Tools of the Geographer (Notes) HW: States of the 'Midwest' + Ask a teacher which states are part of the Midwest. You will need to have a list of all of the states the teacher thinks are in the Midwest, the teacher's name, and must have the teacher sign the paper your answers are on Friday: No Class "A" Day Week 5: Finish Unit I
(Feb 16-20) Monday: No School - Presidents Day Tuesday: Migration Case Studies - Go over Irish Potato Famine - Letters from Karelia (Assignment) - Unit I Review (Study guide under Review) HW: Unit I Test on Wednesday Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Unit I Test - Population and Migration Friday: No Class "A" Day |
Week 3: Population
(Feb 2-6) Monday: Introduction to Population - States of the Midwest - Intro to Population Videos + Being One in Seven Billion + The Most Typical Person in the World + The Miniature Earth - The World If There Were Only 100 People - Population Vocabulary (Assignment) Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Reading Population Maps - Reading Population Pyramids (Activities) - Reading Population Maps (Activities) HW: Creating a Choropleth Map (Assignment) HW: Constructing a Population Pyramid (Assignment) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Understanding Population Maps - Finish Population Maps - Looking for Patterns (Assignment) HW: Diversity Maps (Assignment) 
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Unit I Notes
Unit I Test Review
Map Quiz Word BankPacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Southern Ocean
Arctic Ocean Equator Prime Meridian Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Cancer Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle International Date Line Compass Rose North Pole South Pole Africa Antarctica Asia Australia Europe North America South America
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Unit I Assignments
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Unit I Activities
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Looking for Patterns Map Activity
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Unit I Website Links
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Human Geography Helpful Websites
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