Yet again another great week of classes!! We have been moving fairly quickly, if you have any questions about the material, please do not hesitate to ask me questions. I am willing to spend extra time to allow for the material to become clear.
For this coming week, we will study urbanization, and the shift from rural to urban. Have a great weekend.
Monday: Function and formation of the modern city: Push/pull factors, early functions of a city, site and situation, and locational advantage. Homework --> Identify three push and three pull factors that encourage movement from rural to urban. Identify one aspect of location that has been most detrimental to the growth of North Vancouver.
Tuesday: City formations: Political/Religious cities, the organic city, the planned city, the transit city, the automobile city.
Wednesday: Land uses in cities: Industrial, residential, commercial, transportation, institutional, and other. Homework --> read pages 384-388 in your textbook
Thursday: Economic Development: Disparity, money sector, non-money sector, classifying economic activities.
Friday: Core and Periphery: What are they, why do you we use these terms? are their advantages of both?
Social Studies 8
Welcome to my blog... I am looking forward to having you in my class. As you can tell from above I will post my powerpoint slides online for you to look at and print off. This will help you follow along and take notes.
Monday: Grid mapping, test results, and binder check!!
Tuesday: Longitude and Latitude What is it? Why is it important? What does it look like on a map? Homework --> write a paragraph about yourself. What do you want me to know about yourself?
Wednesday: Map of Canada: We all know what Canada looks like on a map? so why do we care? Why do I need to know where Ontario is? Homework --> Map of Canada needs to be completed
Thursday: Time Zones: Does Canada use the same time all over the country? If it is 3 p.m. in Toronto what time is it in Vancouver?
Friday: World Map: Continents and Oceans Where are these Oceans? what are the continents? which continent is India located on?
