GEOG 321

GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA

Winter 1998 - Western Washington University

 

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Daily Calendar for Geography 321 - Winter 1998 - Forsberg
Week One 1/05-1/09	Week Two 1/12-1/16	Week Three 1/19-1/23	Week Four 1/26-1/30
Week Five 2/2-2/6	Week Six 2/9-2/13	Week Seven 2/16-2/20	Week Eight 2/23-2/27
Week Nine 3/02-3/06	Week Ten 3/09-3/13	Final Exam 3/16-3/20

This Calendar is Subject to Change This calendar is a record of important dates and of what happened in class with links to lecture notes and additional resources.  (Last updated March 9, 1998) Attend class and check this Calendar and the Schedule of Assigned Readings to keep up to date.
Readings	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
Week One 1/07-1/09 Geog. Sub-Sah.Africa: Chapter 12 Global Studies Africa: pp. v-17, 67-93, 138-173 articles # 10, 17, 18	Registration	Introductions	Nations and States in Africa .
Week Two 1/12-1/16 Geog. Sub-Sah.Africa: Chapter 1 Global Studies Africa: pp.18-66, 94-137 articles #13, 15, 16	No lecture due to the weather today. Please do the following homework WWW Maps World Connectivity Languages in Africa	South African Mineral Resources	Agricultural resources
Week Three 1/19-1/23 Geog. Sub-Sah.Africa: Chapter 3 Global Studies Africa: articles # 4, 19	Martin Luther King Day Holiday	Guest Speaker: Solomon Getahun The Indigenous African Past	Lecture on African Colonialism
Week Four 1/26-1/30 Geog. Sub-Sah.Africa: Chapter 7 Articles on reserve	Meet in computer classroom BI 212 Online African News Links for Week Four	Video: "Tools of Exploitation"	Book Review Due The Formal Sector and Informality Division of Labor Rostow's "Traditional Society" Modernization
Week Five 2/2-2/6 Geog. Sub-Sah.Africa: Chapter 4, 9 Global Studies Africa: articles # 5, 6, 7, 8	Meet in computer classroom BI 212 African Ethnicities Expansion Diffusion Development Links	Culture Discussion African Culture Links	Paper Outline and Bibliography Due Video: Who's Counting?
Week Six 2/9-2/13 Geog. Sub-Sah.Africa: Chapter 8, (11) Global Studies Africa: articles # 2, 3, 11	Guest Speaker: Dr. Gigi Berardi Meet in classroom ES 418	Review Midterm Study Guide	MIDTERM.
Week Seven 2/16-2/20 Geog. Sub-Sah.Africa: Chapter 5 Global Studies Africa: articles # 20 Articles on reserve	President's Day Holiday	Exams returned Introduction to Population	.Discussion of reproductive choice
Readings	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
Week Eight 2/23-2/27 Geog. Sub-Sah.Africa: Chapter 10 Global Studies Africa: pp. 183-185 Articles on reserve	Meet in computer classroom BI 212 African Population Links Carrying Capacity and Biosphere People	Video: "Mastering a Continent".	.Pastoralism in the Sahel
Week Nine 3/02-3/06 Geog. Sub-Sah.Africa: Chapter 2 Global Studies Africa: 186-192 Articles on reserve	Meet in computer classroom BI 212 African Agriculture	Term Paper Due	Video: The Business of Hunger
Week Ten 3/09-3/13 Conclusions and Discussion	Meet in computer classroom BI 212  Forests in Africa Agroforestry in Africa	.	Catch-up & Review  Final Study Guide
FinalsWeek 3/16-3/20	exams	Geography 321 Final Exam Wednesday, March 18 *10:30 - 12:30 pm

*Readings abbreviations:

Geog. Sub-Sah Africa: Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa (edited by Aryeetey-Attoh)

Global Studies Africa: Dushkin Annual Editions Anthology: Global Studies Africa

Check the Schedule of Assigned Readings for more details.

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