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​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
  • Geog 1200 Syllabus
  • 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
  • Ecological Footprints by Country
  • Video Questions: Japan's Killer Earthquake
  • 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
  • CIA Factbook Extract: Haiti Country Profile
  • 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
  • Article: Rushing for the Arctic's Riches
  • Article: Summit Boosts Vladivostoks' Profile

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
  • Project Abstracts


* Link takes you to a webpage hosting a video.
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I am an educator and researcher in the field of location intelligence, specializing in research related to connections between location intelligence, business strategy, and entrepreneurship, and teaching on topics linking geography, businesses, and cities.

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