Week of Jan. 27

1/27/14
Learning Goal:  Understand apartheid.
Collect Political Papers final drafts.
Seminar:  address student-made questions about SA apartheid.
Homework:  Reread and review different kinds of boundaries.  Make a 6-box chart with the following headings:  physical, geometric, subsequent, antecedent, superimposed, and relic. Indicate whether type is physical or cultural. Inside the box, define each type and give two examples.  Now explain why understanding the type of border is important in understanding human geography.  Provide examples.

1/28/14
Learning Goal: Understand borders and their importance.
Introduce and view "The Outsiders"
Quiz on Outsiders
Homework:  Reread International Political Geography; concentrate on theories and organizations

1/29/14
Learning Goal:  Understand borders and their importance.
Finish Outsiders
Discussion
Homework:  Review theories

1/30/14
Finish Outsiders & quiz
Learning Goal: Understand Heartland and Rimland theories
Whole group discussion of Organic, Rimland, and Heartland theories
Homework:  In Rubenstein, read "Colonialism" on page 244-247.  Complete Colonization handout.

1/31/14
Learning Goal:  Understand colonialism and post colonialism
In Barron's read section on colonialism.  Describe to your learning partner how the lingering effects of colonization have affected contemporary countries in Africa, Asia, and South America.
Whole Group discussion of Colonialism
Check colonization homework.
Research your hearth. Did it colonize or was it colonized?  How did it affect you personally?
Continue studying vocab. and Barron's political geography chapter.  Test next week.