Global Societies Syllabus and Handouts
Please visit each of the links listed below. The handout files linked below contain important information related to the course (syllabus and other in-class handouts). Some of the links also lead to video resources we will use on some course weeks. Feel free to contact me if you have questions about any of these files or web pages.
Module 1: Introduction - Geography and the Modern World
Module 3: People and the Environment
Module 6: Latin America and the Caribbean
Module 7: Russia and Central Asia
Module 9: Europe
Module 10: Middle East/North Africa
Module 11: Sub-Saharan Africa
Module 13: South Asia
Module 14: East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania
Module 15: Geographic Literacy in America
Module 16: Presentations
* Link takes you to a webpage hosting a video.
Module 1: Introduction - Geography and the Modern World
- Texas Map for Our "Regions" Exercise
- Abstract Examples
- Report Expectations
- Note-Taking Handout (From Stanford University's Center for Teaching and Learning)
Module 3: People and the Environment
- Video Case Study: Japan's Killer Earthquake (video documenting the impacts of Japan's most recent deadly earthquake)*
Module 6: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Video Case Study: Twin Cities, Divided Lives (we will view and discuss the first half on El Paso/Ciudad Juarez)*
Module 7: Russia and Central Asia
Module 9: Europe
- Video Case Study: Challenges in the Hinterlands (case studies on two regions on Europe's periphery, and the challenges they face)*
Module 10: Middle East/North Africa
- Overview: Historical Background for the Emergence of Iraq
- Video Case Study: Sacred Space, Secular States? (we will view and discuss the first half of a video on Jerusalem)*
Module 11: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Article Feature: Out of Africa
- Video Case Study: Durban Ecotourism (short case study on ecotourism development in South Africa)*
Module 13: South Asia
- Video Case Study: Urban and Rural Contrasts (case studies on society and economy in India)*
Module 14: East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania
- Article: China Sea Dispute
- Video Case Study: Global Interaction (case studies on Singapore and Australia)*
Module 15: Geographic Literacy in America
- National Geographic: Report on Geographic Literacy Poll
- National Geographic: What is Geo-Literacy? (some ideas about what geo-literacy is and why it is important)*
Module 16: Presentations
* Link takes you to a webpage hosting a video.
