Week of Sept. 20

Human Geography

9/20/10
1. Warm-up--crossword puzzle
2. Vocab. quiz
3. Check outlines
4. Ch. 2 Promethean Board

9/21/10
1. 5 vocab review words
2. Promethean review
3. Reading Europe
Plot the following approximately: Central Portugal, Andorra, Luxembourg, Estonia, Slovenia, Malta.
Estimate distance from: the southern tip of Sweden to the southern tip of Italy (toe of the boot); Macedonia to Lativia; Ireland to Iceland; Slovenia to Switzerland.
4. Homework: 5 more vocab. words; map projection handout

9/22/10

1. Review practice questions.
2. Warm-up with LP: Promethean Board: HIV prevalence in adults 2001. Answer 4 questions.
3. Outline model on Spatial Diffusion

4. Finish latitude and longitude plottings.

9/23/10
1. LP--Find the city of the given coordinates. Find the coordinates of the capital city of your cultural hearth. Plot it on worksheet.
2. Answer the following questions:
A. p. 92--What does Toblers 1st Law of Geography state? Give examples. Give exceptions.
B. When might a geographer use a Mercator, Azimuthal, Peters, Fuller, or Robinson.
C. List three types of spatial diffusion and give one example of each.

9/24/10
0. Block 2 (Vocab. quiz)
1. Read the graphic on p. 90. Brainstorm what the graphic means.
2. Individual: Write a one-page essay describing and interpreting the graphic on
p. 90. What is the author trying to tell us?
3. Test review for Monday (Geography basics)