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Unit 6 - Cities and Urban Land Use1371600135890Workbook Read Unit 7 Cities – Define Vocabulary and Annotate Multiple Choice Q’sRead Workbook and Barron’s - Cities and Urban Land Use - take at least 10 pages of notes Origin, Function, and Growth of Cities - WB 178-184 and Barron’s NotesReview and explain concepts site and situation and list at least two strategic, two economic, and two population movement reasons for why of where for location of cities.Geography in the News - America’s Growing Cities -Answer the questionsWorld Cities. Megacities, and Metacities – WB 185-186 and Barron’s NotesGeolocated Notes- 1)World Cities and 2) Distribution, Causes, and Effects of MegacitiesResearch, define, explain and give examples of metacitiesUrban Percentages Graph and 10 largest Cities Over Time Chart Analysis – in classESPN - Geography in the News - MegacitiesUrban Hierarchy - Size and Distribution of Cities- WB 187-192 and Barron’s NotesFunctions of Cities and Economic Base - summarize and create a visual Create an illustrative and explanatory explanation for each of the following: 1) Rank-size Rule, 2) Christaller’s Central Place Theory, 3) Primate City, and 4) Gravity Model. Internal City Models - WB 190-192 and Barron’s NotesWhat are the 4 Major Factors influencing city models?Use a graphic organizer and briefly explain the North American models of internal city structure and urban development - Burgess, Hoyt, and HarrisFRQ Density Profile - see websiteComparative Urbanization: WB 195-201 and Barron’s NotesFRQ - Urbanization Patterns - Workbook page 206Favelas Article – read annotate and choose any red sheet activityAP Practice FRQ - Compare Western Europe and North AmericaExplain roles of Transportation, Infrastructure, and GovernmentTEDtalk – view TEDtalk on cities, urbanization, architecture, squatter settlements, sustainable design, etc. Any type of (red sheet) analysis ?Urban Challenges WB 193-198 and Barron’s NotesFrayer Model terms “gentrification” “suburbanization” Identify, define, and explain - urban sprawl, decentralization, edge cities, exburbs, boomburbs.Ghettoization and Gentrification Activity - see website / handoutCreate a Chart that lists and evaluates the problems of each inner-cities, suburbs, and squatter settlements. Evaluate the economic, social, and environmental problems associated with the growth and decline of urban communities, the role of government, housing and insurance discrimination, housing affordability, access to food stores and public services, disamenity zones, zones of abandonment, slum clearance, gentrification.Create a graphic listing, explaining and evaluating the problems associated with urban sustainability - suburban sprawl, sanitation, air and water quality, urban infill in grayfields, remediation and redevelopment of brownfields, farmland protection, historic preservation, and energy use.Planning and Sustainable Design of Urban Areas: Barron’s NotesContrast New Urbanism and Suburban Sprawl – use reading with 5- question handout.Create an illustrative and explanatory explanation for: sustainable design – mixed-use, walkable; smart growth, greenbelts, slow-growth cities, new urbanism. Find examples in your city of each.AP Practice FRQ - the Galactic City ModelField Study/Project - see websiteBe A Global CitizenAP Exam Review ................
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