US/Canada Syllabus and Handouts
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Week 1: Regions and Themes
Week 2: Physical Foundations - Environment, Resources, and Sustainability
Week 3: Human Foundations - Settlement, Migration, Emergency Management, and Culture
Week 4: Urban Foundations - Cities and Metropolitan Regions
Week 5: Economic Foundations - Business, Location, and Development
Week 6: Megalopolis
Week 7: North American Manufacturing Core
Week 8: An Introduction to the Periphery - The Bypassed East, Appalachia, and the Ozarks
Week 9: The Agricultural Core/Great Plains and Prairies
Week 10: The Changing South/The Southern Coastlands
Week 11: Work Week
Weeks 12 & 13: The Pacific Coast and the Southwest
Week 14: Group Project Presentations
Week 15: Geographic Literacy in America
- GEOG 3100 Syllabus (Revised for Last Half of Spring 2020)
- GEOG 3100 Paper Expectations
- GEOG 3100 Referencing Guidelines
- Base Map of the United States and Canada (for use with the Discussion Question Set due on Thursday this week)
- Maptitude Brochure (GIS software we will use in the week 10 and 11 "group exercise" -- see week 10 below for exercise documents)
- Newspaper Column: You Don't Need to be a Dentist to Fill a Cavity
- Case Study Background Article: Walgreens Use of Interactive Maps
- Video Resource: Esri's Video Website (we will view and discuss several short videos from this site in class this semester, but note that there are many more helpful videos posted here)
- Note-Taking Handout (From Stanford University's Center for Teaching and Learning)
Week 2: Physical Foundations - Environment, Resources, and Sustainability
- Key City Focus: Dallas-Fort Worth
- Chesapeake Case Study: Primary Reference Document
- Chesapeake Case Study: EPA Background Document
- Chesapeake Case Study: US Army Corps of Engineers Fact Sheet
- Chesapeake Case Study: Smith Island Cultural Center Website
- Case Study Background Article: How the National Audubon Society Reshaped its Approach to Data
Week 3: Human Foundations - Settlement, Migration, Emergency Management, and Culture
- Key City Focus: Boston
- Video: Boston - Watching a City Transform Over Time
- Historical Atlas of the United States (go to the table of contents and enter the "Population: 1790-1930" chapter; view especially the "Density of Population" series of maps)
- Case Study Background Article: California Office of Emergency Services
Week 4: Urban Foundations - Cities and Metropolitan Regions
- Key City Focus: Calgary
- Case Study Background Article: How Bay Area Rapid Transit ("BART") Uses Geospatial Technology
- Base Map of the United States and Canada (for use with the Discussion Question Set due on Tuesday this week)
- City Map Package (for use with the Discussion Question Set due on Tuesday this week)
- Mr Elrod's Video Overview of the Concentric Zone Model (reference for the Discussion Question Set due on Tuesday this week)
- Mr Elrod's Video Overview of the Sector Model (reference for the Discussion Question Set due on Tuesday this week)
- Mr Elrod's Video Overview of the Multiple Nuclei Model (reference for the Discussion Question Set due on Tuesday this week)
- Mr Elrod's Video Overview of the Peripheral Model (reference for the Discussion Question Set due on Tuesday this week)
- Article: Congestion Pricing in Atlanta
- Article: The Shrinking City of Chicago
- Article: The Decline of Detroit
Week 5: Economic Foundations - Business, Location, and Development
Week 6: Megalopolis
Week 7: North American Manufacturing Core
- Key City Focus: Toronto
- YouTube Video: Driving Highway 401 Through Toronto
- Overview: The St. Lawrence Seaway and Regional Development
- Blog Post: Lean Production System
Week 8: An Introduction to the Periphery - The Bypassed East, Appalachia, and the Ozarks
Week 9: The Agricultural Core/Great Plains and Prairies
- Case Study Video: Iowa Prairie Restoration
- Key City Focus: Williston, North Dakota
- Article: North Dakota Boom
- NBC News Video: The Boom is Over (January 1, 2016)
- NPR All Things Considered Feature: After Struggles, North Dakota Grows (November 23, 2018)
Week 10: The Changing South/The Southern Coastlands
- Key City Focus: Tampa
- Business Analyst Web App Overview (GIS Software for This Week's Group Exercise)
- Group Exercise - Instructions
- Group Exercise - Evaluation Page
- Group Exercise - Hospital Data File
- Article: Hell and High Water - When Houston's Perfect Storm Hits
- Article: American South Urbanization
- Article: The Unfinished Suburbs of America
- Article: Inside Boeing South Carolina
Week 11: Work Week
- No readings for this week, further guidance on this week's activities will be provided in class
Weeks 12 & 13: The Pacific Coast and the Southwest
Week 14: Group Project Presentations
- Spring 2020 Presentation Schedule
- No readings for this week, but attendance at all presentation sessions is required
Week 15: Geographic Literacy in America
- Key City Focus: Albuquerque, New Mexico
- National Geographic Society: Geography Awareness Poll (2006)
- Council on Foreign Relations/National Geographic Society: Global Literacy Survey (2016)
- Esri StoryMap: Mapping Route 66
- GEOG 3100 Abstracts for Spring 2020
- Note: GEOG 3100 Final Exam details covered in class
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