As stated in class, your homework is threefold. The specific instructions are in the Comparing Development Models PPT on Google Drive.
1) FRQ Essay Practice:
Using the two FRQ prompts we examined in class, you need to write formal essay responses as a blog post. Include images to reinforce the concepts you are explaining.
NOTE: The first FRQ (part c) is very badly worded. It asks you to apply the core-periphery concept below the level of the nation (state). The way I explained this in class was based on how the theory operates. That is, sub-state regions play key roles in core, semi-periphery, and periphery states in their inter-state interactions. However, the FRQ scoring guide does not look for this level of complexity (and in fact scores against it!).
What it is asking you to do is to use the general idea of a core and periphery as an analogy at the sub-state level. In other words, explain how states have regions that are like cores as well as regions that are like peripheries and explain how one dominates the other. For example, how is a city like a "core" and a suburb like a "periphery."
I have uploaded the scoring guide for you to use as a checklist to make sure you have answered all parts of the question.
This is due Wednesday (tomorrow).
2) Make a Meme Visual Project:
This is pretty straightforward. Be creative and have fun with it. Specific instructions are in the PPT.
This is due Monday by 8:00 am.
3) Mid-term Exam:
This covers the chapters on political geography, development, and agriculture. You are responsible for knowing all of the terms and concepts from the three Rubenstein chapters as well as the Political Geography and Agriculture chapters in Barron's.
The mid-term will be held next Tuesday.
1) FRQ Essay Practice:
Using the two FRQ prompts we examined in class, you need to write formal essay responses as a blog post. Include images to reinforce the concepts you are explaining.
NOTE: The first FRQ (part c) is very badly worded. It asks you to apply the core-periphery concept below the level of the nation (state). The way I explained this in class was based on how the theory operates. That is, sub-state regions play key roles in core, semi-periphery, and periphery states in their inter-state interactions. However, the FRQ scoring guide does not look for this level of complexity (and in fact scores against it!).
What it is asking you to do is to use the general idea of a core and periphery as an analogy at the sub-state level. In other words, explain how states have regions that are like cores as well as regions that are like peripheries and explain how one dominates the other. For example, how is a city like a "core" and a suburb like a "periphery."
I have uploaded the scoring guide for you to use as a checklist to make sure you have answered all parts of the question.
This is due Wednesday (tomorrow).
2) Make a Meme Visual Project:
This is pretty straightforward. Be creative and have fun with it. Specific instructions are in the PPT.
This is due Monday by 8:00 am.
3) Mid-term Exam:
This covers the chapters on political geography, development, and agriculture. You are responsible for knowing all of the terms and concepts from the three Rubenstein chapters as well as the Political Geography and Agriculture chapters in Barron's.
The mid-term will be held next Tuesday.