Fast Food Nation Human Geography Themes

Fast Food Nation Human Geography Themes

Globalization

Immigration

Exploitation

Cultural imperialism

America “fast culture”

Impact on economic & agricultural practices

Cultural diffusion

Transnational corporations

Civil rights

Thinking Geographically
Population
Folk and Popular Culture
Language
Religion
Ethnicity
Political Geography
Development
Agriculture
Industry
Services
Urban Patterns

Cultural Patterns & Processes

Cultural Patterns & Processes

Regional Distinctions

· agricultural practices

· language

· religion

· ethnicity

· gender

Essential Questions

· What is the difference between language and dialect? Give examples and non-examples?

· What is the difference between ethnic and universalizing religions? Give examples and non-examples?

· What is the difference between folk and popular culture?

· How does culture effect human-environmental relations?

(For example, how can religion effect environmental perception and modification?)

· How is culture expressed in landscapes?

· How do landscapes represent cultural identity?

Fast Food Nation Excerpts

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Health/Fast_Food_Nation.html

Week of Jan. 2-6 Period 7

Period 7
1/3/12
Collect outlines

Promethean Board: Cultural Patterns and Processes

Begin presentations:
Jehovah Witness
Baptist
Scientology
Protestantism

Plan B:
Culture online practice test.

Homework: Culture practice test in Barron's

1/4/12
Presentations:
Buddhism
Islam
Haitian Voodoo
Mormon
Homework: Culture practice test in Barron's

1/5/12
Presentations:
Satanism
Shintoism
Hinduism
Daoism
Homework: Culture practice test in Barron's

1/6/12
Presentations:
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
Animism
Homework: Review all practice tests (1-3)

1/9/12
Finish Culture Promethean Board
Practice test review
Homework: Find an example of cultural imperialism of your cultural hearth (either spreading or receiving). If none is available, default to American culture. Write a paragraph of no more than
1/2 page.

Coming Up:
How to Study Culture
Fast Food Nation

Culture Links

Languages: http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/distribution.asp?by=family

Esperanto examples: http://www.linguanaut.com/english_esperanto.htm

The Language Families of the World: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/languagefamilies.html

History of the English Language: http://www.danshort.com/ie/timeline.htm

Listen to 100s of languages: http://globalrecordings.net/en/languages/K

What kind of English do you speak?: http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/

US Dialects: http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#SmallMapUnitedStates

Week of Jan. 2-6 Period 5

Period 5
1/2/12
Collect outlines
Cultural Patterns & Processes
Begin presentations:
Jehovah Witness
Baptist

Plan B:
Culture online practice test.

Homework: Culture practice test in Barron's

1/3/12
Presentations:
Buddhism
Islam
Homework: Culture practice test

1/4/12
Presentations
Culture Promethean Board
Culture practice test

1/5/12
Presentations
Culture Promethean Board
Homework: Review all practice tests

1/6/12
Finish Culture Promethean Board
Practice test review
Homework: Find an example of cultural imperialism of your cultural hearth (either spreading or receiving). If none is available, default to American culture. Write a paragraph of no more than
1/2 page.

Religion Project

Each group will take a
religion and research it
online.

Show area/s (country or region) of practice.

List number of participants

Show map of its diffusion

list conflicts if any (Who, where, why, results)

Summarize beliefs and
practices with bullets. (You will have two separate lists.)

Present as Powerpoint with
graphics and text.

Checklist

___Make sure you cite both in text and do a Works Cited last page. Check MLA link to learn how to do this.
___insert page numbers
___need hard copy. You can minimize.

Holiday Geography Assignments

1. Finish Ch. 4 vocab. Vocab. test when your return.
2. Finish Ch. 4 outline.
3. Complete Religion Project

Have a great vacation!

GPS Aerial View

http://www.gps.gov/applications/environment/

Week of Dec. 12-16 Period 7

Period 7
12/12/11
1. Finish macro cultures
Homework: 10 more vocab. words

12/13
1. vocab. review
2. write the difference between environmental determinism and possibilism
3. Write down as many points as you can remember on Ravenstein's Laws of Migration
4. Homework: finish vocab

12/14
1. vocab game
2. vocab discussion
3. Homework: study vocab for half of words up to Global Religion.

12/15
culture vocab crossword
Homework: Review macro-cultures

12/16
CNN Cultural Video series
Vocab quiz
Homework: finish outline Ch. 4
Finish all Ch. 4 vocab. words.

Week of Dec. 12-16 Period 5

Period 5
12/12/11
1. Warm-up
Write down as many points as you can remember on Ravenstein's Laws of Migration
Vocab. Review (Promethean Board)
2. With LP, brainstorm 5 American cultural artifacts and suggest symbolic meaning of each.
Homework: 10 more vocab. words


12/13
1. vocab. review
2. write the difference between environmental determinism and possibilism
3. Homework: finish vocab

12/14
1. vocab. game
2. vocab discussion
3. Homework: study vocab.

12/16
culture vocab crossword
Vocab. quiz
Homework:
Each group will research a religion either online or at the public lib.
a. Show regions (countries) of practice.
b. list 3 of participants
c. show diffusion map
d. summarize beliefs
e. summarize practices (what they do)
f. list anything else you find that you think is interesting

Be ready to present as a powerpoint presentation when we return to school.

Week of Dec. 5-9. Period 7

12/5 Period 7
Ch. 3 TEST
Homework:
Read and outline "Ch. 4 in Barrons "Cultural Basics"
Complete 10 words VIS chart
12/6
Warm-up: with LP discuss environmental determinism and why you think it has racist implications.
Discuss culture cartogram on p.152
1. what does it show
2. how many cultural groups are depicted
3. what is wrong with this map
Promethean Board Ch. 3 introduction
Homework: 10 vocab words VIS chart
identify macro-cultural traits

12/7
collect macro traits
review vocab
Homework: outline "Language" Ch. 4 in Barrons


12/9
spot check language
in cultural groups list cultural traits
Analyze language map in Rubenstein 164-165. Draw 5 conclusions. Look for patterns.
Homework: 20 more vocab words (should have 30 by Monday)

Week of Dec. 5-9 Period 5

12/5 Period 5
Ch. 3 TEST
Homework:
Read and outline "Ch. 4 in Barrons "Cultural Basics"
Complete 10 words VIS chart
12/7
Warm-up: with LP discuss environmental determinism and why you think it has racist implications.
Discuss culture cartogram on p.152
1. what does it show
2. how many cultural groups are depicted
3. what is wrong with this map
Promethean Board Ch. 3 introduction
Homework: 10 vocab words VIS chart

12/8
spot check language
in cultural groups list cultural traits
Analyze language map in Rubenstein 164-165: Draw 10 conclusions. Look for patterns.

Homework: 20 more vocab words


12/9
review vocab
Promethean Board
Homework: 15 vocab words (you should have 35 completed by Monday)

Human Geography Topics

Visit this website to view all the topics covered on the HGAP Exam.

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/humangeo/topics.html?humangeo

MLA Style Essay Sample

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

Ravenstein's Laws of Migration (better)

Ravenstein's 'laws' of migration


Oxford Dictionary of Geography:
Ravenstein's 'laws' of migration


These were formulated by E. G. Ravenstein (1885) and state that:

1. Most migration is over a short distance.
2. Migration occurs in steps.
3. Long-range migrants usually move to urban areas.
4. Each migration produces a movement in the opposite direction (although not necessarily of the same volume).
5. Rural dwellers are more migratory than urban dwellers.
6. Within their own country females are more migratory than males, but males are more migratory over long distances.
7. Most migrants are adults.
8. Large towns grow more by migration than by natural increase.
9. Migration increases with economic development.