Human Geography
Learning Goal: to understand the processes of agriculture; to introduce student to urbanization processes.
Address the following in a paragraph:
- Who is Lynn Henning?
- What did she do?
- When did she do it?
- Where did she do it?
- Why did she do it?
- Do you agree with her actions?
Finish Promethean Board Review
Homework: Start reviewing agricultural vocabulary. Pay particular attention to practice quizzes at end of chapter in Barron's.
4/22/14
Promethean Board vocab review
Draw a von Thunen model and label the following:
- highest rent
- lowest rent
- intensive land use
- extensive land use
- inexpensive transportation costs
- expensive transportation costs
- dairying
- grazing
- fruit and vegetable gardening
- cattle ranching
- orchards
Homework: Review all aspects of Agriculture in Barron's. Test tomorrow.
4/23/14
Agriculture crossword test
Agriculture MC test
Agriculture essay test
Homework: reread "Historical Geography of Urban Environments"
4/24/14
warm up: How did cities first appear? In chronological order, list how cities came to be.
Compare your list with LP
Make timeline of events which includes the following:
Neolithic Revolution
deindustrialization
colonial period
feudal cities
renaissance
US cities explode due to migration
Industrial Revolution
CA Gold Rush
Homework: Make a chart with the following heading: Types of Cities. Subheadings: Colonial, Gateway, Medieval, Islamic, Latin American. Under each subheading list characteristics and then bullet 5 examples.
4/25/14
Check homework
Think about the town in which you live
Group students depending on town
Sketch a depiction of your town's urban morphology. Which model does it mostly conform to?
Homework: Reread remaining Urban Geography chapter. List 5 problems of urban sprawl.
Make a chart with the following subheadings: Primate cities; megacities; top-tier world cities; second-tier world cities. Research the top 5 cities today and compare their populations to your Barron's book.
Starting Monday, be prepared for a vocabulary quiz beginning with Ch. 1 in Barron's.
Check homework
Think about the town in which you live
Group students depending on town
Sketch a depiction of your town's urban morphology. Which model does it mostly conform to?
Homework: Reread remaining Urban Geography chapter. List 5 problems of urban sprawl.
Make a chart with the following subheadings: Primate cities; megacities; top-tier world cities; second-tier world cities. Research the top 5 cities today and compare their populations to your Barron's book.
Starting Monday, be prepared for a vocabulary quiz beginning with Ch. 1 in Barron's.
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