Countries Project
Choose 3 countries from your region.
-Core Country
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_countries#Early_19th_century%E2%80%93present
-Semi- Peripheral Country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-periphery_countries#Examples
- Peripheral Country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periphery_countries
Human Geography Concepts:
-Core Country
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_countries#Early_19th_century%E2%80%93present
-Semi- Peripheral Country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-periphery_countries#Examples
- Peripheral Country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periphery_countries
Human Geography Concepts:
- For each chapter we study, you will be required to analyze and discuss specific criteria as it relates to your country. This information MUST be addressed in a separate page for EACH unit.
- At the end of each Unit, you will be researching a current event on your region that relates to the unit/topic covered.
Specific Requirements:
- Current Event Articles:
- There should be several news articles pertaining to your country that demonstrate the importance of geography to your country’s development and situation. In other words, the articles should somehow reflect the impact of the country’s location on the rest of the world.
- For each article, you must also include a brief summary of the article, as well as an explanation about how it relates to concepts we have learned in Human Geography. This should be between 100-200 words.
- You must include the bibliographical citation for each article using MLA format. This should include publication, date, pages, website, etc.
- Here are some helpful sources of international news on the Web:
- i.New York Times International News: www.nytimes.com/pages/world/
- ii.International Herald Tribune: http://global.nytimes.com/?iht
- iii.BBC World News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/default.stm
- iv.Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/world/index.html
- v.Time: http://www.time.com/time/world
- vi. International Herald Tribune-good international newspaper- http://ww.iht.com/-
- vii. National Geographic Magazine http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm
- viii. great website for up to date information about problem spots in the world with links to articles online- http://www.crisiswatch.org