UNIT I: NATURE & PERSPECTIVES (5-10%)

• Lecture I: How do geographers describe where things are? [Kuby Ch. 1 - WKBK ]
• Videos: Geospatial Revolution Part 1 and the West Wing
• Lecture II: Why is each point on earth unique? [Kuby Ch. 2 - WKBK ]
• Lecture III: Why are different places similar [Kuby Ch. 3 - WKBK]
• Diffusion Activity
• Practice Quizzes [Pick Chapter 1 and then click on "Concept Review" or "Quick Review"]
• Unit I Terms & Review

UNIT II: POPULATION & MIGRATION (13-17%)

• Population I: Where do people live and why?
• Population II: Why do populations rise and fall? [Kuby Ch. 5]
• Population TFR Activity [Assignment & Map]
• Population Activity [Reading & Video Questions & Reading]
• Demographic Transition Model Activity
• Population III: Why does population composition matter?
• Population Pyramids Worksheet
• Population IV: How do governments affect population change?
• Population Packet from the PRB

• Migration I: What is migration?
• Migration Map Activity [Blank Maps and US Data & World Data]
• Migration II: Why do people migrate? [Kuby Ch. 4]
• Migration III: Where do people migrate?
• Migration IV: How do governments affect migration?
• Migration Activity [Demographic Transition Model with Migration Transition]

• Practice Quizzes [Pick a chapter and then click on "Concept Review" or "Quick Review"]
• Unit II Terms [PDF & Ch. 2 PPT & Ch. 3 PPT]

UNIT III: CULTURAL PATTERNS & PROCESSES (13-17%)

• Culture I: What are local and popular cultures? [4.1 Reading Guide]
• Planet Money Podcast: Manufacturing the Song of the Summer
• Culture II: How are local cultures sustained? [4.2 reading Guide] [Video on Bhutan]
• Culture III: How is popular culture diffused? [4.3-4 Reading Guide] [Video with Gladwell]
• Culture IV: How can local & popular culture be seen in the cultural landscape?[4.3-4 Reading Guide]

• Language I: What are languages and what role do languages play in cultures? [5.1 & 5.2 Reading Guides]
• Language II: Why are languages distributed the way they are?[5.1 & 5.2 Reading Guides]
• Language III: How do languages diffuse? [5.3 Reading Guide]
• Video: Language Revival
• Language IV: What role does language play in making places? [5.4 Reading Guide]

• Religion I: How are universalizing and ethnic religions different? [Reading Guide 6.1]
• Religion: Reading Guides 6.2, 6.3 & 6.4
• Religion II: Why do territorial conflicts arise among religious groups?
• Religion Assignment

• Practice Quizzes [Pick a chapter and then click on "Concept Review" or "Quick Review"]
• Unit III Review [Powerpoints: Chapter 4, Chapter 5 and Chapter 6]

UNIT IV: POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF SPACE (13-17%)

• Ethnicity I: What is identity and how are identities constructed?
• Ethnicity & Race: Tiger Woods Article
• Ethnicity II: How do power relationships subjugate certain groups of people? []
• Ethnicity Reading Guides: 7.1-2, & 7.3-4
• Ethnic Conflict Assignment & Graphic Organizers
• Political I: How is space politically organized into states and nations? [Kuby Ch. 13]
• Political II: How are boundaries established, and why do boundary conflicts occur?
• Political Activity: Shapes and Boundaries
• Political III: How do states spatially organize their governments?
• Political IV: What are supranational organizations, and what is the future of the state?
• Rubenstein Reading Guides: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 & 8.4
• Practice Quizzes [Pick a chapter and then click on "Concept Review" or "Quick Review"]
• Unit IV Review [PPT with Definitions]

FALL FINAL REVIEWS

• Unit 1 - Nature and Perspectives of Geography
• Unit 2 - Population and Migration
• Unit 3 - Culture

SPRING SEMESTER

UNIT V: AGRICULTURAL & RURAL LAND USE (13-17%)

• Lecture I: What is agriculture and where did agriculture begin? [10.1 Reading guide]
• Lecture II: What is the global pattern of agriculture and agribusiness? [Maps] [Kuby Ch. 8]
• Lecture III: How did agriculture change with industrialization? [10.2/3 Reading guide]
• Lecture IV: Land Use Models [10.5 Reading Guide]
• Lecture V: Settlement Patterns
• Agriculture Debate Research GO
• Unit V Terms [Power Point Definitions]

UNIT VI: INDUSTRIALIZATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (13-17%)

• Lecture I: Patterns of Economic Development [9.1, 9.2-3 & 9.4 Reading Guides] [Rostow Activity] [Kuby Ch. 7]
• Lecture II: Pathways to Regional Development [11.1 & 11.2 Reading Guides] [Kuby Ch. 6]
• Lecture III: Globalization & Economic Development [11.3 & 11.4 Reading Guides]
• Industrial Location Activity
• Lecture IV: Resources (Depletion & Pollution) [14.1/2 Reading Guide]
• Unit VI Terms [Development Power Point & Industry Power Point]

UNIT VII: CITIES & URBAN LAND USE (13-17%)

• Lecture I: Urban Origins [13.1 RG]
• Lecture II: Urban Systems (Part 1 & Part 2) [12. 2 & 3 RGs]
• Lecture III: Globalization and Splintering Urbanism [Kuby Ch. 9 - Activity Worksheet]
• Lecture IV: Urban Land Use
• Lecture V: Patterns of Urban Structure [Part B, & Part C]
• New Urbanism Activity
• Unit VII Vocab [Urban Power Point]

FINAL RESEARCH PROJECT

• Census Write-up [Kuby Ch. 10, Activity I ]
• Assignment Page