Wednesday, October 23. 2019

Today's schedule is BADC

B Block Human Geography - Today we continue with our Key Question, "Where are Folk and Popular Material Culture Distributed?" I'm hoping that you are seeing some consistent themes in Human Geography this year. Remember that folk culture is traditionally practiced primarily by small, homogeneous groups living in isolated rural areas while popular culture is found in large, heterogeneous societies. Folk culture is influenced heavily by the environment that it develops in while popular culture depends less on the environment because it diffuses on a larger scale (globalization). With the larger globalized scale of popular culture (becoming more dominant), the survival of unique folk cultures is threatened...This is one of the themes I hope you are starting to see.

So...Customs in folk culture (such as provision of food, clothing, and shelter) are clearly influenced by the prevailing climate, soil, and vegetation (utilizing localized resources). Today we'll look at housing (looking at folk housing vs popular housing). We'll watch the video on Toraja village in Indonesia and then we'll talk about feng shui and popular housing locally...The Comox Box.

During the 1970s, affordability became a major factor in the home buying process. To help make housing more affordable, builders reduced lot sizes and increased the density of developments.To appeal to first-time buyers and stimulate the housing market, CMHC (then Central, now Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) introduced the Assisted Home Ownership Program (AHOP) in 1971, to help low-income people attain home ownership. This meant that the average lot size in "newer" (1970's) Comox and Courtenay developments was reduced to 0.19 acre and the house size was increased to about 1800 square feet. You'll have some questions to work on for me






A Block Physical Geography - So, we are at the end of our Tectonics unit. You asked for a work block to submit things missing to me. Please use your time wisely and get things both completed and in to me today.

C & D Blocks Environmental and Social Sciences - Today we are off to Cathedral Grove, the most famous and accessible stands of giant Douglas fir trees on Vancouver Island. Cathedral Grove was a well-known tourist stop on the Alberni Road in the 1920's and 1930's when the timber was owned by the Victoria Lumbering and Manufacturing Company. In 1944 H.R. MacMillan, a well-known BC forester (H.R. MacMillan Export Company) donated the 136 hectares of land for the perpetual enjoyment of the public in recognition of the unique stand of trees. Three years later, in 1947, the area was established as a Class A provincial park. Although the park is officially called MacMillan Provincial Park, Cathedral Grove is the place inside the park that most people (like us today) visit.

Please be at the bus loop by 12:15 so that we can get an early start.