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



use the site below to assist you in preparing your presentation.

PLEASE NOTE-- PRESENTATIONS WILL BEGIN FRIDAY!!!!

http://www.actden.com/pp/

A presentation rubric will be added shortly.

Presentations will begin after a suitable work schedule has been arranged.


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/

Discuss the concepts put forth in “Climate Resilient and Sustainable Urban Development”.

http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sustainable-urban-development-background-paper.pdf

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.cfm?PgNm=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.dsdni.gov.uk/index/urcdg-urban_regeneration/programmes_measures/reinvigoration_town_centres/comprehensive_development_schemes/examples_of_cd_schemes.htm#victoria_square

Canada and the World

Today we studied Canada's foreign trade. We discussed Canada as a nation which largely exports natural resources and imports manufactured products. We examined the history of the Nation Policy and protectionism under John A. Macdonald. The Canadian consumer paid more for manufactured goods because we placed tariffs on such incoming goods to protect Canadian jobs and allow us to have our own industry.

The Free Trade agreement with the United States changed our protectionist model in an increasingly competitive world. In light of our new realities and such changes like the European Union, you were asked to consider the following:

Does Canada need to be more protectionist or more free trade oriented in the future? Pick a side and list your reasons from the information you find in the textbook.

You will have class time to work on this problem next day.

Developed, Developing and Newly Industrializing Countries

Essays will be back to you shortly. In the mean time, we read

Today we read Chapter 28 and discussed how countries are categorized.

We shared a variety of different definitions and looked at some on the board. In general, we agreed on the following:Developed countries have the ability to best meet the economic and social needs of their citizens. They have generally stable political systems. Developing countries are least able to meet the economic and social needs of their citizens. They often have unstable or ineffective political systems. Newly industrializing countries are in a transition phase between developing and developed. As such, they share traits of both to a greater or lesser degree depending on how far they've moved along in terms of their development. The addition of new industries helps to create employment and new wealth for the citizens of these countries that in turn creates greater demand for consumer goods and services.The textbook also looked at some of the categories that help us determine where a country fits in terms of these definitions.

These categories included:


•life expectancy
•wealth
•population growth
•food supply
•education level
•health care

You can find this material between p 417 and 420 in the text.

Global Warming Debate

Over the next number of days, we will be looking at two programs - one which argues global warming is a hoax and one which argues global warming is real. You will be taking notes to help you prepare write an essay which supports one side or the other in this debate.

We will be watching The Great Global Warming Swindle and the An Inconvenient Truth.

Unit 3 Test and a Reminder...

On Friday, we will go over the test... Don't miss the fun!

Also... November 15th is coming -- and the Unit 3 Long Term Project is due!!!

The Essay

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, the first paragraph of the body, and a conclusion based on the in class essay you were assigned. All students were checked to ensure that each paper fulfilled the objectives above.

After successfully completing this task, you were assigned another in class essay. This particular assignment made use of the material in the textbook from Chapter 15. The essay question for this assignment was as follows:

How have past treaties failed to meet the needs of First Nations people?


Make sure you can identify which specific sentences accomplish each of the objectives outlined above for both the introductory paragraph and the body paragraph.

THE ESSAY WILL BE DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Unit 4 Reading Today!

Today you were assigned Unit 4 for reading. This reading is to be completed by Tuesday, November 2.

The distinct possibility of a pop quiz exists...