Geography 201D: Cultural Geography – Spring 2008

Friday, April 25, 2008

Schedule:
Note: This is a tentative schedule and I reserve the right to change any and all dates within the bounds of scheduled class time. I will periodically add links to the schedule below. You, the student, are responsible for reading the material before class, being here and aware during every class.

Week 1	First Day of Class	Monday – March 31
	Chapter 1- Thinking Geographically
	Chapter 1 Lecture Notes
	Cartography/ Mapmaking
	Week 1 Exercise
This Week’s Videos:	One Earth, Many Scales	http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html
Week 2	Chapter 2/3 - Population/ Migration
	Chapter 2 Lecture Notes
	Chapter 3 Lecture Notes
	Team Planning Day - Submit your Topics	Tuesday
	Chapter 4 - Short Focus 1, Discussion	Friday
This Week’s Videos:	Population Transition in Italy; Mexico: Motive To Migrate	http://www.learner.org/resources/series85.html http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html
Week 3	Chapter 4 – Folk and Popular Culture
	Chapter 4 Lecture Notes
	Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting – Boston (NO CLASS)	Wed - Fri
This Week’s Videos:	Reflections on a Global Screen Global Tourism	http://www.learner.org/resources/series85.html http://www.learner.org/resources/series85.html
Week 4	Chapter 5 – Language
	Chapter 5 Lecture Notes
	NO CLASS	Monday
	Chapter 5 - Short Focus 2, Discussion	See Monday – week 5
This Week’s Videos:	Montreal: An Island of French Do you Speak American? The Global Tongue	http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html PE2808.M262 2004 Pts 1,2, & 3 PE1073.G56 1998
Week 5	Chapter 6 – Religion
	Chapter 6 Lecture Notes
	Chapter 5 - Short Focus 2, Discussion	Monday
	Local Church Assignment	Due Friday
	Chapter 6 - Short Focus 3, Discussion	Friday
This Week’s Videos:	Ramadan Early Belief Systems; Holy Ghost People;	On file http://www.learner.org/resources/series197.html BX7990.H6 H659 1968;
Week 6	Chapter 7 – Ethnicity
	Chapter 7 Lecture Notes
	Chapter 7 - Short Focus 4, Discussion	Thursday
	Team 1 Presentation	Friday
This Week’s Videos:	Boston: Ethnic Mosaic Lanzhou: Confluence of Cultures Twin Cities, Divided Lives South Africa: This Land Is My Land	http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html#
Week 7	Chapter 8 – Political Geography
	Chapter 8 Lecture Notes
	Chapter 8 - Short Focus 5, Discussion	Thursday
	Team 2 Presentation	Friday
This Week’s Videos:	Good Morning America (with Harm DeBlij) Slovakia: New Sovereignty Strasbourg: Symbol of a United Europe	On file http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html#
Week 8	Chapter 9 – Development
	Chapter 9 Lecture Notes
	Sim Village
	Chapter 9 - Short Focus 6, Discussion	Thursday
	Team 3 Presentation	Friday
This Week’s Videos:	Developing Countries: Welcome to Hell; Mixed Feelings	http://www.learner.org/resources/series86.html On Reserve; HT 384.M49 M59 2003
Week 9	Chapter 10 - Agriculture
	Chapter 10 Lecture Notes
	Supplemental notes
	MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY – NO CLASS	Monday – May 26
This Week’s Videos:	Seeds; Slow Poisoning of India Dikhatpura: Help Through Irrigation Northern Japan: Protecting the Harvest	SB117.S44 1987; http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6926416900837431282 http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html
Week 10	Chapter 11 – Industry
	Chapter 11 Lecture Notes
	Final Essay Due	Wednesday
	Team 4 Presentation	Friday
This Week’s Videos:	Shenyang: Hope for China’s Rust Belt? Liverpool: A Tale of Two Cities U.S. Midwest: Spatial Innovations St. Petersburg: Russia’s Window on the West Bratsk: The Legacy of Central Planning Shanghai: Head of the Dragon	http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html#
Week 11	Chapter 12 - Services
	Chapter 12 Lecture Notes
	Final Quiz	Monday
	* CLASS PARTY - BRING FOOD *	Monday
	Final Exam	Link to Finals Schedule