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Ch. 2 Key Issue Worksheets
Nov 3, ’10
1:21 PM
Central Place Theory & FRQ Presentations
Oct 23, ’10
2:19 PM
Here are the presentations given in class on the Central Place Theory and the introduction to FRQ questions:
HW: Services Worksheet
Oct 15, ’10
3:47 PM
Don’t forget that due Monday is your services worksheet. See the blog post below for instructions on how to complete the worksheet.
Monday’s Computer Lab Instructions: Services
Oct 11, ’10
12:57 PM
Today we will be examining different types of services, and how and why consumer services are distributed in regular patterns.
The purpose of today’s activity is to prepare us to discuss Christaller’s central place theory by analyzing the different types and predicted locations of services.
Using a worksheet, we will identify several types of services, identify what size type of city these services would likely be found in, and estimate the range, threshold, and demographics for each service. Lastly, we will provide a brief rationale for why that services is either a high or low order service, taking into account all of the information recorded.
First, we need to identify the demographic data regarding 3 different cities. We will focus on the population size, median household income, and location relative to other cities.
Second, we will define the different types of services (Consumer, Business, and Public) as well as the following terms: Market Area, Range, Threshold, and Demographics.
Use the following presentation to develop a working definition for each of these terms:
Third, for each service listed on your worksheet, you will identify the following questions:
- What type of service is this?
- Which cities would this service likely be located in?
- What would you estimate to be the range of this service?
- How would you categorize the threshold of this service?
- Briefly describe the demographic that would utilize this service?
- Rationale: Taking into account the given information, determine whether this would be a high order or low order service, and provide a brief explanation as to why you would rank it as such.
You will be graded on how well you utilize class time today, as well as the accuracy of your completed Services Worksheet. Worth 20 points today and the worksheet is also worth 20 points.
Hints:
- Consider using Google maps to search for specific services in each city.
- You can also use google maps
- Keep in mind you can have a service with a high range but a low threshold and vice versa. Pay careful attention to the nature of each business, the cost of their service, and their target demographic.
- Ultimately, you will be using this information, if you so desire, to complete an extra credit project where you design your own business. You will incorporate each of these points of information in explaining where you will situate your business, who your customers will be, and what your range and threshold will be for your business.
Test Correction Sample
Oct 6, ’10
1:02 PM
Here are two samples of successful test corrections:
The city plus its contiguous built-up suburbs is the:
I chose C – the MSA because I knew that the MSA was bigger than the central city itself. The correct answer to this question is urbanized area. The urbanized area is made up by both the central city and the immediate suburbs that surround the city. The urbanized area is determined by the US Census based on the urban area surrounding a city that has a certain minimum population density.
(FYI: here is an example of Baltimore’s Urbanized Area)
How has the composition of the world’s top ten most populated cities changed since 1950?
I chose B because I mixed up LDC and MDC in my head. I knew that MDCs have become more and more urbanized in the last 50 years, but did not understand that in LDCs the growth in urbanization has been specifically in its huge cities – known as megacities. Over the past 50 years, the percentage of top ten most populated cities have increased dramatically in LDCs; wherein today 8 of the 10 most populated cities are in LDCs.
(FYI: here is a list of the biggest cities in the world)
Instructions for Tuesday’s Computer Lab Activity
Sep 28, ’10
12:40 PM
Today in the computer lab we will be reviewing for our Chapter 13 quiz by evaluating the webpages that were created by other student groups.
Your group will be assigned a different topic than the one that you were assigned. As a group, you will review your new topic and its associated webpage. You will evaluate your new page based on the following criteria:
- Clear & concise summary of the questions and all the relevant information needed to answer that question.
- Several illustrations to help explain your topic.
- Provide 2 class discussion questions that relate to your topic.
- Provide several links where students can conduct extension research regarding this topic.
- Create multiple “meta-tags” keywords that make your page easy to find using a tag search.
Your group will decide on a final score, and generate a summary that will be emailed to me. In addition, you group will provide 3 specific points that are not clearly mentioned on your page that should be. Leave this information in the comment box on that page.
As a group, you will present your new page and not the page you created. Be sure to use your time wisely so that you can effectively explain your topic.
Reminder: on Thursday we will have our Chapter 13 quiz and Latin America Quiz.
Group Evaluation Form: Group Website Evaluation Form
Student Urbanization webpages published
Sep 24, ’10
10:34 AM
Your urbanization webpages have been published. For the most part they look pretty good.
My expectation is that you will make full use of these student created summaries in your preparation for next week’s quiz.
You can click directly to the Urbanization unit page here.
You can also view them by clicking on the Urbanization category or the Student Work category.
Analyzing Development Data
Sep 22, ’10
12:37 PM
As we study urbanization, it is vital that we first understand what development is, how it is measured, and what the development trends are per region in the world. This is essential to understand as the world’s increasing urbanized populations have very different meanings for MDCs vs. LDCs.
In class today, we identified the social and economic indicators of development, and examined the relationship between development and urbanization. We watched the “Slum Insight” clip from http://www.gapminder.org.
We used the following worksheet to identify some of the indicators of development, as well as to understand the idea that development is a process that can be charted on a spectrum rather than a black and white status of being “developed.”
Instructions for Monday & Tuesday Computer Lab
Sep 20, ’10
1:17 PM
In the computer lab over the next two days we will be working in small groups to research and summarize specific points related to Urbanization, Unit 1.
Each group will receive a topic question that they will answer using a webpage that will be published on this site.
Your summary must include the following elements:
- Clear & concise summary of the questions and all the relevant information needed to answer that question.
- Use several illustrations to help explain your topic.
- Provide 2 class discussion questions that relate to your topic.
- Provide several links where students can conduct extension research regarding this topic.
- Create multiple “meta-tags” keywords that make your page easy to find using a tag search.
For a sample page of what is expected, go to the page on urban structure models. You are responsible for this information as well as all information included on these student created webpages.
Here are the questions along with info on where to find resources:
Thursday 9/9 Computer Lab
Sep 9, ’10
12:38 PM
The purpose of your group presentation is to give your fellow students a “snapshot” of your topic. You should be able to summarize your topic in your own words and identify how your topic influences our lives today.
Refer to the following presentation as a model for what you should complete by Friday:
For links to research/learn about your topics go to the student links page.