Summer Reading Assignment
Here is the link for this book on Amazon - The Power of Place
Assignments/Schedule
Read Chapter 1 - Globals, Locals, and Mobals / Due June
B. Why are laws and fences not likely to solve the problem?
Read Chapter 2 - The Imperial Legacy of Language / Due June
B. What prediction does the author make about English in the future?
Read Chapter 3 - The Fateful Geography of Religion / Due June
Read Chapter 4 - The Rough Topography of Human Health / Due June
Read Chapter 5 - Geography of Jeopardy / Due July
Read Chapter 6 - Places Open and Shut / Due July
Read Chapter 7 - Same Place, Divergent Destinies / Due July
Read Chapter 8 - Power and the City / Due July 25
Read Chapter 9 - Promise and Peril in the Provinces / Due August
Read Chapter 10 - Lowering the Barriers / Due August
B. What seems to contradict things you have been taught or believed?
C. Do you think you will enjoy this course?
Assignments/Schedule
Read Chapter 1 - Globals, Locals, and Mobals / Due June
- Define and discuss the following terms: globals, mobals, and locals.
- What are the characteristics of core countries? Where are they located?
- Written Response - Many Americans are concerned with the problem of illegal immigration to the U.S. from Mexico.
B. Why are laws and fences not likely to solve the problem?
Read Chapter 2 - The Imperial Legacy of Language / Due June
- Written Response - English has become a global language.
B. What prediction does the author make about English in the future?
Read Chapter 3 - The Fateful Geography of Religion / Due June
- Written Response - Fundamentalist religious beliefs develop when people believe that their religion is being threatened by changes in society.
Read Chapter 4 - The Rough Topography of Human Health / Due June
- Chart - Disease affects the periphery much more strongly than it affects the core. Using three diseases as examples, create a chart showing how disease affects the people of the periphery.
Read Chapter 5 - Geography of Jeopardy / Due July
Read Chapter 6 - Places Open and Shut / Due July
Read Chapter 7 - Same Place, Divergent Destinies / Due July
- Graphic Organizer - Create a graphic organizer about gender-based discrimination against women in the periphery. Include at least four topics (for example, Access to Education) with supporting details.
Read Chapter 8 - Power and the City / Due July 25
Read Chapter 9 - Promise and Peril in the Provinces / Due August
Read Chapter 10 - Lowering the Barriers / Due August
- Written Response - One of the exciting benefits to a college-level course is being exposed to new ideas and new information that gives one a deeper and more layered understanding of the world.
B. What seems to contradict things you have been taught or believed?
C. Do you think you will enjoy this course?