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Date	Topic	Readings	Supportive Materials
1/28	I. Introduction to Geography A. Fundamental Concepts	FGG ch. 1 L&P ch. 1	Five Themes of Geography Figure: Topophilia and Environment
1/30	B. How to Lie with	FG&G Appendix A and L&P Ch. 2	What You See Isn't Always What Your Get
2/1	II. Human Spatial InteractionsA. General Model	FG&G Ch. 2
2/4	B. Time Geography Class Assignment #1
2/6	C. Travel & Exploration Class Assignment #2		How to get from here to there
2/8	III. Geography of Human PopulationA. Modern Patterns	FG&G Ch. 4
2/11	B. Demographic Transitions		United States Census Bureau: IDB Population Pyramids
2/13	C. Regional Case Studies 1. Japan 2. P.R.C. 3. Russia		Japanese Information, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company
2/15	4. Latin America 5. Africa 6. Western Europe		New Report on AIDS and agriculture in West Africa, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations Articles on West African Agriculture
2/18	7. United States   D. Migration & Refugees	FG&G pgs. 82-93	United States Population Density Map
2/20	TEST #1		STUDY QUESTIONS
2/22	IV. Cultural Patterns A. Mosaics of Culture	FG&G Ch. 5 and PJ Ch. 1-3
2/25	B. Ethnicity 1. General Pattern	FG&G Ch. 6	U.S. State Department: Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
2/27	2. Ethnicity in Minnesota and the Twin Cities	Lanegran: Swedish Neighborhoods	Cultural/racial Population Estimates by County in Minnesota for 1999 Swede Hollow
3/1	C. Folk & Popular Culture1. Cultural LandscapeReading(s):	FG&G Ch. 7 and Lanegran, "Nature's Playground"	Iowa 6 vs. 6 Basketball  Review of the Trojan War
3/4	2. Diffusion Processes		Geopolitics of Former Yugoslavia World Global Politics Data on African Countries
3/6	3. Commodification of Places	Lanegran and Young, Grand Avenue (Final Chapter)	United Nations North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) European Union (EU)
3/8	Test #2		STUDY QUESTIONS
3/11	VI. Geography of PowerA. B. Geopolitics (basic concepts)		An American Perspective on Eurasian Geopolitics Figure: Geopolitics of the Middle East
3/13	C. Nationalism of
3/15	D. New World Order 1. 2. Saul Cohen 3. Law of the Sea
3/18, 3/20, 3/22	4. _______________ spatial analysis of Macalester Campus (lead by TAs)
3/25-3/29	Spring Break
4/1	V. Circulation Systems and Associate Settlement Patterns A. General Concepts 1. Systems Theory 2. Production Line	L&P Ch. 7	Figure: Hagerstrand's Time-Geographic Model
4/3	B. Susistence Patterns	FG&G Ch. 8, pgs. 265-277
4/8	C. Urbanization 1. Definitions 2. Site and Situation 3. Urbanization of USA	FG&G Ch. 11	Figure: Urban Growth Patterns Central Place Theory Geography of World Urbanization Travel Book Assignment Sheet
4/10	Test #3
4/12	5. Internal Structure of Cities	TEXT Ch. 20	Figure: The Status of American Women
4/15	5. Apartheid and post-apartheid Urban PlanningReading(s):	Lanegran & Lanegran, "South Africa's Nat'l Housing. . ."	Apartheid in South Africa Power Point South African housing program
4/17-4/19	D. Modern Agriculture	Lanegran, "North American Agriculture," pgs. 277-296	Geography of Agriculture  U.S. Department of Agriculture Article: The Industrialization of Agriculture: why we should stop promoting it Dynamics of North American Farming Industrialization of Agriculture, AgriBiz News and Articles
4/22	E. Economic Development 1. Factors of Economic Localization 2 Models of Development Industrial Due: Travel Book Due	FG&G pgs. 296-389	Geography as Destiny: a brief history of economic growth
4/24	3. Regions - Global Setting a. P.R.C.
4/26-4/29	b. People's Republic of China c. Asian Dragon		China: The World Bank Group Shanghai
5/1	d. Asian Dragons -Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong
5/3	e. Russia		Exploring Moscow
5/6	Conclusion
TBA	Final Exam