Help me study for my Geography class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.
Could you please help me with the following assignment:
Imagine moving from South Western United States to Abu Dhabi to teach. Please make this presentation your own as related to how you would feel if you were leaving my current global region to live/work abroad.
Worksheet
GEO 200 Milestone Two Worksheet Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: To complete this milestone activity, you will imagine you are relocating from your current location (South Western United States) to a new region of the globe (Arabian Peninsula), but now you will narrow your focus to a particular city or area of a country within the new region that you have selected (Abu Dhabi). These responses will be basis for the speaker notes that you will use while you present your final presentation. You will also submit a draft of your final project presentation slides, including resources on the last slide, in this milestone.
Prompt: For this assignment, complete the following steps:
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- Review the Milestone Two Rubric at the end of this worksheet.
- Complete the worksheet below, addressing questions related to the location, region significance, global significance, interactions, and movement of your new city or area within your new region.
- For your draft of the final project presentation slides, you should include a slide (or slides) that address each element of the final project presentation requirements and include a draft transcript of your speaker notes. It is important that your presentation and speaker notes are organized in such a manner that between the two, it is clear to your instructor that you have sufficiently covered each element required for the final project. Your last presentation slide should be a reference list of at least five sources that support your final project using current APA style guidelines. Remember that this assignment will include, in addition to the Worksheet, your draft PowerPoint, a draft Word File with the Speaker Notes that aligned with each other (notes are clearly labeled per slide in bold font).
Tip: Consider copying your speaker notes into your presentation where appropriate, so that you can view the interplay between any images, bullets, or titles you are using and cue yourself to the speaker notes, which are the core of how you are graded. Do not forget to include the speaker notes you have from Milestone One, upon which you received feedback from your instructor.
Note: Refer to the Themes of Geography to help you answer the questions below. Remember that you will need to have at least five sources in current APA style for your citations and references list in the final project submission. Note that each question of your worksheet has you track your citations. This is so you will not need to go back and figure out where you grabbed a resource from when you submit your final slides. You will be able to use these worksheets to copy and paste your citation list into your last slide. In some instances, you may have used the same resource more than once, which is why your list may be as small as five resources.
Before starting this activity, review the following documents, Milestone Two Speaker Notes Student Example, GEO 200 Milestone Two Worksheet Student Example, and Milestone Two Slides Student Example within the Student Example Folder.
Part I: Location
In this section you will narrow your focus to a particular city or area of a country within your region and describe its location, regional significance, and global significance.
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Optional: Include a map to illustrate your written description.
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Part II: Connectivity
In this section, discuss connections between your new region and other world regions, as well as connections between your new region and you personally.
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Guidelines for Submission: Your detailed response to each question in the worksheet should be written in complete sentences and in your own words. (You may paraphrase information from the learning resources, but do not directly quote or copy and paste text.) Be sure to include citations for your resources using APA style guidelines. Once you have completed the worksheet, upload and submit your saved worksheet file, along with a draft of your final project presentation slides, to finish this milestone assignment.
Final Project
Overview
The final project for this course is the creation of presentation slides and speaker notes, through which you will explore how connected we all are. Geographic literacy is important in today’s world. You will likely interact with individuals across the globe, whether in your careers, in something as simple as playing an interactive video game on the internet, or by getting customer service help for an appliance or electronic item you purchased. Therefore, knowing about the world’s regions and countries will aid you in your dialogues with others by advancing your communications and allowing you to understand how connected we all are, even if separated by hundreds or even thousands of miles.
You will personalize this task in that you will be the center of the assignment. Imagine that you are relocating from your current location to a new region of the globe. The reason(s) for the relocation are up to you, and there could be many. Below are example reasons for relocation; however, you should keep in mind that there are endless possibilities. Your audience for this presentation will be your friends and family. Your goal is to show them that you have thought through your relocation to a new global geographic region and that you have learned about the area to which you are relocating.
Potential reasons for relocation include the following:
2 year Teaching Contract
After choosing a global geographic region to relocate to for work or personal reasons, you will analyze both your current region and the new region you identified based on the fundamental themes of geography. Next, you will narrow your new region down to a city or an area of a country and discuss its relevance in regards to its location within that region. Finally, you will discuss what connects you to the new region and how global geographic themes have influenced your move.
The project is divided into two milestones…
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In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Illustrate the fundamental themes of geography using current global and regional examples as support
Compare and contrast global geographic regions based on key physical and sociocultural characteristics
Articulate the significance of major geographic interactions by applying foundational geographic concepts to world regions
Draw basic connections between Earth’s physical environment and various cultures and societies in investigating how observed landscapes are produced
Prompt
Your presentation should answer the following question:
How do the fundamental themes of geography impact my life? To answer this question, you will research a global region and a city or area of a country within that region and examine the connectivity between this location and you.
***Be sure to incorporate the work you completed in the milestone assignments, as well as incorporate the feedback gained throughout the course, into your final project submission.***
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Current Global Region: In this section of your presentation, you will discuss the global region where you currently live.
A. Map: Where is your current global region located? Include a cartographically accurate and detailed map, that is also visually appealing, showing the location of the region where you currently live.
B. Characteristics: What key sociocultural and physical characteristics define this as a region? For instance, the Middle East is considered a region that has governments with strong ties to religion and an environment that is hot and dry.
C. Interactions: How have humans and the environment interacted to produce observable landscapes in your current global region? For example, the original grasslands of the Midwest region of the United States have been cultivated, changing the landscape of the region.
II. New Global Region: In this section, you will discuss the global region to which you plan to relocate.
A. Map: Where is your new global region located? Include a cartographically accurate and detailed map, that is also visually appealing, showing the location of the region where you plan to relocate.
B. Characteristics: What key sociocultural and physical characteristics define this as a region? For instance, you could consider the religion and politics of the region, as well as its landscape and climate.
C. Interactions: How have humans and the environment interacted to produce observable landscapes? In other words, how have humans impacted the local environment in your new global region?
D. Similarities: Based on the key physical and sociocultural characteristics you have described, what major similarities are there between your current region and your new region? For example, you might consider the physical environment, economic environment, and modes of transportation.
E. Differences: Based on the key physical and sociocultural characteristics you have described, what are the major differences between your current region and the new region to which you will relocate? For example, you might consider the cultural environment, weather, and climate.
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III. Location: In this section, you will narrow your focus to a particular city or area of a country within your region. An entire country may be too large to describe; in this case, you will need to focus on a particular city or area of a country. For example, Damascus is the capital city of Syria, a country within the region of the Middle East. You could choose Damascus, or you might wish to focus on the Syrian and Turkish borderline area. Be sure to complete the following:
A. Selection: Select a city or area of a country within your new region. Describe the absolute and relative location of your city or area within your new region, supporting your response with current regional examples.
B. Regional Significance: What is the geographic significance of this area of a country or city’s location within the region? For instance, you may have selected a primate city as your location, which will have a different regional impact than an area of a country without a primate city. Your response should be based on the application of geographic concepts to your region.
C. Global Significance: What is the geographic significance of this area of a country or city’s location globally? For example, Iran is located in Southwest Asia. Its proximity to the Persian Gulf and the Straits of Hormuz, where approximately 20% of the world’s oil comes from, makes Iran’s location relatively significant in regards to global energy supplies. Your response should be based on the application of geographic concepts to your region.
IV. Connectivity: In this section, you will discuss connections between your new region and other world regions, as well as connections between your new region and you personally.
A. Interactions: How does your city or area of a country within your new global region interact regionally and globally with other regions? In other words, describe how your region interacts with others, both within the country and abroad. In your response, you could consider economic, cultural, and physical interactions, for example. Your response should be based on the application of geographic concepts to your region.
B. Movement: What connects you personally to this new location, causing you to relocate? For instance, are there any current geopolitical, environmental, cultural, or economic events or issues that connect you to your new region? Support your response with current global or regional examples and make sure to reference the reason you are relocating.
V. Conclusion: What opportunities and challenges will there be in relocating from where you currently reside to your new region, and why? Your response should be based on the connections you drew between the physical environment and the sociocultural characteristics of both locations.
Final Submission:
Presentation and Speaker Notes :you will submit your final project. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final project including complete Slides and Speaker Notes.
