Unit 4 - Long Term Project

Geography 20G - Unit 4: Long Term Project

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that deals with a current urban development issue. Your presentation should be five to seven minutes in length and should:

· Clearly define and explain the issue you are addressing

· Present either through a “sell”/justify a position approach or clinically discuss several positions

You may use the site below to assist you in preparing your presentation.
http://www.actden.com/pp/

A presentation rubric is available in the pick up box.Presentations will begin a week after lab time expires.

The following are potential topics. Others may be considered but must be approved by the instructor.

New Urbanism - What is it? What does it look like? Where is it taking place?

http://www.newurbanism.org/newurbanism/sitemap.html

Evaluate the proposal referred to as “Victory City”.

http://www.victorycities.com/

Evaluate the concepts put forth in “Sustainable Urban Design and Climate”.

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/design/design.shtml

Discuss strategies for Downtown revitalization.

http://www.emich.edu/public/geo/557book/dt.frameset.html

Examine and discuss efforts to reuse “Big Box” stores that are no longer in operation.

http://www.bigboxreuse.com/

Debate whether or not sports facilities assist positively in urban renewal.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfmPgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000300

http://www.naiop.org/foundation/ares07mixeduse.pdf

http://www.ualberta.ca/~bhumphre/papers/pfm2003.pdf

http://www.informedesign.umn.edu/Rs_detail.aspx?rsId=2265

Discuss various ideas for urban renewal.

http://www.creativecity.ca/resources/making-the-case/urban-renewal-1.html

Upcoming Plans for Unit 4 Long Term Project

Classes will be working on their long term projects during the week of April 27 and May 1.



Please see the information below to know where your class will be:



Period 2 - Monday, April 27 Rm 213
- Tuesday, April 28 - Friday, May 1 - Rm 115



Period 3 - Monday, April 27 Rm 213
- Tuesday, April 28 - Friday, May 1 - Rm 114



Period 5 - Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1 - Rm 115

Essay Writing Class

Today you wrote an in class essay. see the question below:



Use pages 174-176 in the textbook.



How did past treaties fail to meet the needs of First Nations people?



Essays were handed in at the end of class. They will be scored using the rubric discussed in class and will be worth 50 term marks.

Essay Notes Summary

Over the last number of days, you have written an in class essay and you have been working on the objectives for each part of the essay. Below is a summary of the class notes for this section:

The essay assignment typically comes in two forms -- a question or a directive.for example:

What is the most important characteristic required to be successful in school? (question)

Discuss the most important characteristic required to be successful in school. (directive)


The most important thing to remember when writing the essay is to make sure you understand the question and answer the question directly.
Below you will find the objectives we discussed for the introductory paragraph (in order of importance - NOT appearance):

1. Answer the question (thesis statement)
2. List of supporting ideas (evidence which will serve to prove your thesis)
3. Introductory statement (this is the first sentence in your essay)

Next, you will find the objectives for the body paragraphs (in order of appearance):

1. Topic sentence (from your list of supporting ideas and relates to thesis)
2. Supporting details (logically prove why the thesis is true... between 5-7 sentences)
3. Transition sentence (make the connection from the present supporting idea/topic to the next supporting idea/topic)

You have all written an introductory paragraph fulfilling the objectives above. After successfully completing this task, you were assigned another essay activity where you were asked to write both the introduction and the first paragraph of the body.

Wednesday will see you write the first in class essay. Remember your textbook.

This Week's Agenda...

We will review the test on Tuesday and you will write your first in class essay on Wednesday. These essays will be graded and returned on Thursday, when we will talk about them.

Rescheduled Test

Monday is the day of the Unit 3 test! Be prepared!

Unit Test Date and Moving On

We have now completed our review for Unit 3. THE UNIT 3 TEST WILL BE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15.

Also, as we have completed our reading class for Unit 4, there may be a pop quiz at any time.

Today, you wrote your sample essay for me and you will get that back on Thursday. At that time, I will also discuss with you ways to improve your writing.