Topic (bring text to class on days that are indicated)

! = due in class; A = becomes part of the atlas.

Homework DUE:

outline 

PART ONE – Explore concepts of geography

1/12
Tu

01

COURSE OVERVIEW, LOGISTICS, EXPECTATIONS; TERMS and THEMES:  Geography; Geography of Utah; five themes of geography; social and behavioral sciences; subsystems of Earth systems.

 1/14
Th

02

EXPECTATIONS: Atlas – school; school district; county; state.
LECTURE: Theme 1 of Geography - LOCATION: Latitude, longitude; effects of mid-latitude continental location on Utah’s physical and human geographies. Google Earth. USGS national atlas.

1/19
Tu

03

Theme 2 of Geography – PLACE: Utah’s political boundaries. History and discussion evolution of the state’s boundaries; Utah’s 29 counties. Political Science.

IC-01-a,b.

1/21
Th

04

Theme 3 of Geography – INTERACTION of people, places, and environments. Counties of Utah; Rural and Urban. Sociology.   

A01

1/26
Tu

05

Theme 4 of Geography - MOVEMENT. Geography and Utah history. Population movements; Cultural diffusion; Native American travois to Interstates. Anthropology. History of explorations of western U.S.

1/28
Th

06

Theme 5 of Geography – REGIONS. 1 Great State; 2 (major hydrologic regions); 3 physiographic regions; 4 climate regions; 5 bioregions. Geography.

A02

PART TWO – Connect the dots. Associate Utah’s human geography with Utah’s physical geography. An Earth systems approach.

2/2 Tu

07

Physical – Geosphere. Processes. Materials. Landforms. Contrasts across Utah.

2/4
Th

08

Human / Physical – Geosphere. Physiographic provinces. Contrasts across counties. Topography and patterns of land ownership.

A03 Rubric

2/9
Tu

09

Human / Physical - Geosphere.
Geologic resources and hazards.

2/11
Th

10

LECTURE AS USUAL ... PLEASE KEEP ALERT TO THIS PAGE FOR UPDATES for next week... but today, Thursday, February 11 is lecture as ususal. Physical – Hydrosphere. (Calendars). Surface water. Utah’s two major hydrologic basins. Watersheds. Management.

A04 Rubric

2/16
Tues

11

Field excursion. FIELD TRIP HANDOUT - HW05

2/18
Th

12

Human – Hydrosphere. Wet water versus paper water; e.g., Salt Lake City’s water supply. Water and the West. Politics.

2/23
Tu

13

Physical – Atmosphere. Climate and weather. (Calendars)
Utah’s four climate regions. Where our weather comes from.

2/25
Th

14

Human – Atmosphere. Climate and climate change. Lake Bonneville, Great Salt Lake: Science, society, and politics. Sociology.

A05

A06 Rubric

3/2
Tu

15

Physical – Biosphere. Utah’s regions based on characteristics of the biosphere – 5 ecoregions. Calendars.

3/4
Th

16

Human – Biosphere. Utah’s ecoregions and Utah’s early peoples. Utah geography and native peoples from 13,000 years ago to 1800s. Anthropology.

A07

Rubric

3/9
Tu

17

REVIEW

3/11
Th

18

MIDTERM - EXPECTATIONS as word .doc ; LIST OF TERMS

Midterm

PART THREE – Explorations of social and behavioral sciences –
Geography is a social and behavioral science!

3/16
Tu

19

Utah geography and Utah history. Perhaps... review midterms... or Thurs.
Settlers. Examination of “failed” communities.  

3/18
Th

20

Utah geography and Utah history. Human and physical geography. Land ownership.

SPRING BREAK – March 21 – 26.

3/30
Tu

21

Human geography -- Bring Zick and Smith... Overview. Where and how to find data you want for your atlas. SARA LARSEN... explore census data. Example: Utah - Basic Demographics. LINK to list of some resources for social and behavioral, demographic data for national, Utah, county, and school district information.

A08 Rubric

A09 Rubric

SCHEDULE FOR PRESENTATIONS OF CHAPTERS OF ZICK and SMITH; LINK to ASSIGNMENT for PRESENTATION; LINK to ASSIGNMENT for PARTICIPATION; Example of Summary sheet Okay to update your presentation / handout, just email it and I'll post it.

Zick and Smith, Chapter SUMMARIES: 01; 02; 03; 04; 04; 05; 05; 06; 06; 07; 08; 08; 09; 10; 10; 11; 11; 12; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 16; 17 18; 19; 20; 20; 21 21; 22.

4/1
Th

22

Utah in the 21st Century. Demographic trends. Economics. Dr Pamela PERLICH, UBER, will discuss state-wide Utah’s demographics; challenges of changed spatial scale. Link to presentation.

IC-02! (yellow sheet due 4/6)

4/6 Tu

23

Utah - Basic Demographics: (Z&S) Chapters 1 : age pyramids.

Z-IC-01!

4/8
Th

24

Utah - Demographics - Quality of Life Issues: (Z&S) Chapters 2-6: fertility, kinship structure, marriage / divorce, longevity / morbidity, migration.

Z-IC-02!

Rubric

4/13
Tu

25

Utah - Quality of Life and Emerging Issues: (Z&S) Chapters 7-11: households, consumption patterns, health and risk factors, education, crime.

Z-IC-03!

Rubric

4/15
Th

26

Utah - Emerging Issues: (Z&S) Chapters 12-16. Religion, Well-being of children, well-being of adolescents, single parenting, elderly populations.

Peer review of outlines of Atlas: Commuity profile; and Exploration of social and behavioral science issues (Z-IC-06).

Z-IC-04!; A10a-11a-12a outlines

4/20
Tu

27

Utah- Emerging Issues: (Z&S) Chapters 17-22: immigration, race / ethnicity, metropolitan Utah, rural Utah, political change.

Z-IC-05! Rubric

4/22
Th

28

Utah – Finish reports of Zick and Smith; Review big concepts. Human and Physical Geography.

Z-IC-06!

IC-03!

4/27
Tu

29

REVIEW and WRAP-UP – Explore questions of Utah geography. Special places. Sense of place.  

IC-04!
IC-05!

4/30
Fri at exam

ATLAS due on memory stick. Turn in at the latest when you take your exam. I'll forward it to your school's principal and post it via the UofU onto the course web site.

A10,A11, A12
A13

4/30

10:30AM – 12:30PM -- FINAL EXAM – (example -- final from 2009; and rubric)

Final exam