-Chapter 6 Religion-

Religions interest geographers because understanding them is essential for recognizing spatial patterns underlying how humans occupy Earth. Many people care deeply about their religion and draw from religion their core values and beliefs, an essential element of the definition of culture.  Geographers document the places where various religions are located in the world and offer explanations for why some religions have widespread distributions and others are highly clustered in particular places. The predominant religion varies among regions of the world, as well as among regions within North America.

Classes: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 – 1:45 PM

Zoom ID: 727 4933 3213

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Weekly Objectives

Key Issue 6.4: Why Do Territorial  Conflicts Arise Among  Religious Groups? 

Objectives:

• Understand reasons for geographic conflicts between religious and secular cultural groups.
• Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise Among  Religious Groups? 
• Understand reasons for conflict in the Middle East.
• Explain the importance of Jerusalem to Jews and Muslims.

New Assignments Due 12/11

1. Religions in Conflict and Geography Activity

Late Assignments Due 12/11

1. Holy Sites Activity (Finish)
2. Major Religion Power Point Project

-Chapter 6 Religion-

Religions interest geographers because understanding them is essential for recognizing spatial patterns underlying how humans occupy Earth. Many people care deeply about their religion and draw from religion their core values and beliefs, an essential element of the definition of culture.  Geographers document the places where various religions are located in the world and offer explanations for why some religions have widespread distributions and others are highly clustered in particular places. The predominant religion varies among regions of the world, as well as among regions within North America.

Classes: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 – 1:45 PM

Zoom ID: 727 4933 3213

*as always, please see Teams for the password.

Weekly Objectives

Key Issue 6.3: Why do religions organize space in distinctive patterns?

Objectives:

• Describe places of worship in various religions.
• Describe examples of religious settlements and of religious toponyms.
• Compare the administrative organization of hierarchical and locally autonomous religions.
• Explain why places are sacred in universalizing religions.
• Analyze the importance of the physical geography in ethnic religions.
• Understand the roles of holidays and calendars in various religions.

Key Issue 6.4: Why Do Territorial  Conflicts Arise Among  Religious Groups? 

Objectives:

• Understand reasons for geographic conflicts between religious and secular cultural groups.
• Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise Among  Religious Groups? 
• Understand reasons for conflict in the Middle East.
• Explain the importance of Jerusalem to Jews and Muslims.

New Assignments Due 12/7

1. Holy Sites Activity (Finish)
2. Major Religion Power Point Project

-Chapter 6 Religion-

Religions interest geographers because understanding them is essential for recognizing spatial patterns underlying how humans occupy Earth. Many people care deeply about their religion and draw from religion their core values and beliefs, an essential element of the definition of culture.  Geographers document the places where various religions are located in the world and offer explanations for why some religions have widespread distributions and others are highly clustered in particular places. The predominant religion varies among regions of the world, as well as among regions within North America.

Classes: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 – 1:45 PM

Zoom ID: 727 4933 3213

*as always, please see Teams for the password.

Weekly Objectives

Key Issue 6.1: Where are the world’s religions distributed?

Objectives:

• Identify the world’s major religions.
• Describe the distribution of major religions.
• Describe regional variations in the distribution of Christian branches.
• Describe the distribution of the major branches of Buddhism and Islam.
• Describe the distribution of Hinduism and other ethnic religions
• Describe the distribution of religions other than the most numerous ones.

Key Issue 6.2: Why Do Religions Have Distinctive Distributions?

Objectives:

• Describe the origins of Christianity and Islam.
• Describe the origins of Buddhism and explain why the origin of Hinduism is unknown.
• Understand the process of diffusion of religions
• Understand how migration diffuses religion.
• Understand distinctive migration patterns of Muslims and Jews.

New Assignments Due 11/23

1. Key Issue 6.1 Assignment
2. Key Issue 6.2 Religions Map Activity

Late Assignments Due 11/23

1. Dialect Poll
2. Endangered Language Activity

Chapter 5 Language

Language is an important part of culture. It is the means through which other cultural values, such as religion and ethnicity, are communicated. Language is a source of pride to a people, a symbol of cultural unity. As a culture develops, language is both a cause of that development and a consequence. 

Classes: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 – 1:45 PM

Zoom ID: 727 4933 3213

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Weekly Objectives

Key Issue 5.1: Where are languages distributed?

Objectives:

• Understand how languages are classified.
• Identify the world’s largest language families.
• Identify the distribution of Indo-European and Sino Tibetan, the two largest families.
• Identify the distribution of the largest language families other than Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan.

Key Issue 5.2: Why Is English Related to Other Languages?

Objectives:

• Identify the origin, diffusion, and current distribution of Indo-European branches.
• Identify processes of origin and diffusion of a language branch and a family.
• Identify processes of origin and diffusion of a language branch and a family.
• Understand the official status of English and other languages.

New Assignments Due 11/9

1. 5.1 Assignment
2. 5.2 Assignment

Late Assignments Due 11/9

1. Key Issue 4.3 & 4.4 Assignment
2. Folk and Popular Culture Lab Activity

Chapter 4 Folk and Popular Culture

Leisure and recreation elements of folk culture and popular culture are distributed across Earth’s space. Compared to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to originate at a specific time and place and to diffuse over a wider region. Material folk culture and popular culture include food, shelter, and clothing. Folk culture is more likely to vary between places, whereas popular culture is more likely to vary between points in time.

Classes: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 – 1:45 PM

Zoom ID: 727 4933 3213

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Weekly Objectives

-Topic 4 Folk and Popular Culture-

Key Issue 4.3: Why Is Access to Folk and Popular Culture Unequal?

Objectives:

• Compare the diffusion of TV and the Internet.
• Compare the distribution of social media with that of the TV and Internet.
• Understand threats to freedom of use of electronic media.

Key Issue 4.4: Why Do Folk and Popular Culture Face Sustainability  Challenges?

Objectives:

• Summarize challenges for folk culture from diffusion of popular culture.
• Summarize two principal ways that popular culture can adversely affect the environment

New Assignments Due 11/2

1. Key Issue 4.3 & 4.4 Assignment
2. Folk and Popular Culture Lab Activity

Late Assignments Due 11/2

1. Key Issue 4.1 Where Are Folk and Popular Leisure Activities Distributed?
2. Key Issue 4.2 Where Are Folk and Popular Material Culture Distributed?

Chapter 4 Folk and Popular Culture

Leisure and recreation elements of folk culture and popular culture are distributed across Earth’s space. Compared to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to originate at a specific time and place and to diffuse over a wider region. Material folk culture and popular culture include food, shelter, and clothing. Folk culture is more likely to vary between places, whereas popular culture is more likely to vary between points in time.

Classes: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 – 1:30 PM

Zoom ID: 727 4933 3213

*as always, please see Teams for the password.

Weekly Objectives

-Topic 4 Folk and Popular Culture-

Key Issue 4.1 Where Are Folk and Popular Leisure Activities Distributed?

Objectives: Introduce concepts of folk and popular culture. Compare processes of origin, diffusion, and distribution of folk and popular culture. Compare patterns of regions and connections between folk and popular culture. Compare differences in geographic dimensions of folk and popular music. Describe the transformation of sports from folk to popular culture.

Key Issue 4.2 Where Are Folk and Popular Material Culture Distributed?

Objectives: Introduce environmental and cultural features of material culture. Compare reasons for distribution of clothing styles in folk and popular culture. Understand reasons for folk food preferences and taboos. Describe regional variations in popular food preferences. Understand factors that influence patterns of folk housing.

New Assignments Due 10/26

1. Key Issue 4.1 Where Are Folk and Popular Leisure Activities Distributed?
2. Key Issue 4.2 Where Are Folk and Popular Material Culture Distributed?

Hey Folks! This week I will be giving you a study guide and you will be taking a quiz on everything we have covered this year so far. The quiz will be your only assignment so make sure you take your time and complete it to the best of your ability.

Classes: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 – 1:30 PM

Zoom ID: 727 4933 3213

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Weekly Objectives

Topics 1-3 Review and Assessment

New Assignments Due 10/5

1. Quarter 1 Quiz

This week we will continue with Topic 3 and discuss migration. We will look at the reasons that people migrate and take a closer look at immigration in the United States and in Europe.

Classes: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 – 1:30 PM

Zoom ID: 727 4933 3213

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Weekly Objectives

-Topic 3 Migration-

Key Issue 3.3 Why do people migrate?

Objectives: Explain cultural reasons for migration. Explain environmental reasons for migration. Understand economic reasons for international migration. Describe the demographic characteristics of international migrants.

Key Issue 3. 4 Why do migrants face obstacles?

Objectives: Describe government policies that affect immigration. Understand features of US Quota Laws. Understand the diversity of conditions along the US-Mexico border. Understand attitudes toward immigrants in Europe.

New Assignments Due 10/5

1. Key Issue 3.3 Why do people migrate?
2. Key Issue 3.4 Why do migrants face obstacles?

Late Assignments (not acceptable after 10/5 at 8:00 AM)

1. Key Issue 3.1 Where Are the World’s Migrants Distributed?
2. Key Issue 3.2 Where Do People Migrate Within a Country?

This week we will begin Topic 3 and discuss migration. We will look at the differences between emigration and immigration, describe the sources of immigration in the US, and examine the three types of intraregional migration.

Classes: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 – 1:30 PM

Zoom ID: 727 4933 3213

*as always, please see Teams for the password.

Weekly Objectives

-Topic 3 Migration-

Key Issue 3.1 Where Are the World’s Migrants Distributed?

Objectives: Understand the differences between immigration, emigration, and net migration. Recognize the principal streams of international migration. Understand the difference between internal and international migration. Describe the different sources of immigration during the three main eras of US immigration.

Key Issue 3.2 Where Do People Migrate Within a Country?

Objectives: Describe the principal patterns of interregional migration in the US. Describe the principal patterns of interregional migration in several large countries. Describe the three types of intraregional migration.

New Assignments Due 9/28

1. Key Issue 3.1 Where Are the World’s Migrants Distributed?
2. Key Issue 3.2 Where Do People Migrate Within a Country?

Late Assignments (not acceptable after 9/28 at 8:00 AM)

1. Key Issue 3 Why Do Some Places Face Health Challenges?
2. Key Issue 4 Why Might Population Increase in the Future?

This week we will continue looking at population through the lens of geographers and see why they have unique perspectives on the ability of people to live on Earth. More people are alive at this time than at any other point in Earth’s history, and most of the growth is concentrated in poor countries. Can Earth sustain more than 7 billion people now, let alone the added billions in the future? We will be looking more at the Demographic Transition Model and population pyramids.

Weekly Objectives

-Topic 2 Population-

Key Issue 3 Why Do Some Places Face Health Challenges?

Objectives: Understand reasons for varying sex ratios and for reduced birth rates. Understand the impact of the demographic transition on the percentages of young and old. Understand variations in health-care services between developed and developing countries. Summarize the four stages of the epidemiological transition.

Key Issue 4 Why Might Population Increase in the Future?

Objectives: Summarize arguments supporting and opposing Malthus’s theory of the connection between population and resources. Understand the future population of the world’s most populous countries and elements of a possible stage 5 of the demographic transition. Understand reasons for a possible stage 5 of the epidemiologic transition. Understand reasons for declining birth rates.

New Assignments Due 9/21

1. Demographic Transition Model Activity
2. Key Issue 3 Why Do Some Places Face Health Challenges?
3. Key Issue 4 Why Might Population Increase in the Future?

Late Assignments (not acceptable after 9/21 at 8:00 AM)

1. Key Issue 1 Where Are the World’s People Distributed?
2. Key Issue 2 Why Is World Population Increasing?

Introduction to Human Geography

Title: Week of 09/8 – 9/11

Classes: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 – 1:30 PM

Zoom ID: 727 4933 3213

*as always, please see Teams for the password.

This week will be looking at population through the lens of geographers and see why they have unique perspectives on the ability of people to live on Earth. More people are alive at this time than at any other point in Earth’s history, and most of the growth is concentrated in poor countries. Can Earth sustain more than 7 billion people now, let alone the added billions in the future?

Weekly Objectives

-Topic 2 Population-

Key Issue 1 Where Are the World’s People Distributed?

Understand the distribution of the world’s peoples. Understand why some regions have clustered populations and other regions are sparsely inhabited. Define three types of density used in population geography.

Key Issue 2 Why Is World Population Increasing?

Understand historical and recent rates of natural increase. Recognize regional variations in fertility and mortality.

Describe the stages of the demographic transition.

New Assignments Due 9/14

1. Key Issue 1 Where Are the World’s People Distributed?
2. Key Issue 2 Why Is World Population Increasing?
3. Demographic Transition Model Activity

Late Assignments (not acceptable after 9/14 at 8:00 AM)

1. Chapter 1.3 Why Are Different Places Similar?
2. Chapter 1.4 Why Are Some Actions Not Sustainable?
3. American Devolution Activity

Welcome back for another wonderful year at Westgate! I hope you had a relaxing summer and are ready to explore Human Geography. This week we will be introduced to what Human Geography is and what are some of the skills, tools, and key terms that geographers use to classify places. We will talk about maps and how they help humans to understand location, culture, and other demographics.

Classes: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 – 1:30 PM

Zoom ID: 727 4933 3213

*as always, please see Teams for the password.

Weekly Objectives

1. Chapter 1.1 Why Is Geography a Science?

Objectives: Summarize differences between geography and history. Understand how cartography developed as a science. Identify geography’s contemporary analytic mapping tools. Understand the role of map scale and projection in reading maps. Explain how latitude and longitude are used to locate points on Earth’s surface.

2. Chapter 1.2 Why is Each Point on Earth Unique?

Objectives: Identify the distinctive features of a place, including toponym, site, and situation. Identify the three types of regions. Describe two geographic definitions of culture.

New Assignments

1. Chapter 1.1 Why Is Geography a Science? Assignment
2. Chapter 1.2 Why is Each Point on Earth Unique? Assignment
3. Mental Map Activity