Monday, September 16. 2019

Today's schedule is A-AG-BCD

A Block Physical Geography - Today we'll continue our work on the Prince Rupert topographic map from the Canadian Landscape (pages 20 - 23). We'll work on questions 1 & 2 together and then I'll need you to finish questions 3, 4 a & b, 5, 7 a,b,d & e, and 9 a & b. Use Google Earth or Google Maps to help you with this assignment. For more on Prince Rupert check out:
The Northern View
Love Prince Rupert
and remember the vids I posted on the blog Friday...they can help too

B Block Human Geography - Today we'll look at the Key Question: Where Is the World’s Population Distributed? Human beings are not distributed uniformly across Earth’s surface. We can understand how population is distributed by examining two basic properties - concentration and density. Today we'll examine where populations are concentrated looking at the concept of ecumene. Lastly we'll look at density in terms of arithmetic, physiological and agricultural forms. You've got three questions to answer for me today:

1.  Why isn’t North America one of the four major population clusters?
2. On the map in the week 3 package...use the maps on page 47 to prepare a sketch map that shows non-ecumene and very sparsely inhabited lands (remember map basics!)
3.  In terms of food supply, which combination of measures of density is most important when considering whether a country’s population is too large? Why?

The national agricultural ecumene includes all dissemination areas with 'significant' agricultural activity. BTW...B.C.'s population passes 5 million, thanks to high international migration numbers

This map from National Geographic Everglades Threatened by City to the East, Salt Water From the West can help with last Friday's question on sustainability

C & D Blocks Environmental and Social Science - This week we are going to look at water use, consumption and competing stakeholders. We'll do this through the Standing Rock Sioux and the Dakota Access pipeline. I'll ask you to weigh the potential drawbacks and advantages of the pipeline project for all involved, then challenge you to develop a reasonable and just solution to the standoff.





So today we'll take a brief overview look at the history of the Dakota Access Pipeline and then I'll have you fill in this chart:

After you have time to work on your "Water for All" posters that you started last week and will also have time to finish the week two questions about clean fresh (potable) water ethics.

CNN Dakota Access Pipeline: What's at stake?
MSNBC Geography of Poverty: No Man's Land: The Last Tribes of the Plains
KQED Understanding the Standoff at Standing Rock
Energy Transfer Dakota Access Pipeline Facts
Indigenous Environmental Network Stand with Standing Rock