Assignment Schedule

Date
Topic
Reading Assignment
Activity

January 18

Thinking Like a Geographer

Activity 1: Climates

February 1

The Environment of Texas and Human Interaction with It


Geo-Texas Chapters 2, 3, 10
Texas Almanac (download)

February 22 Workbook Activity 1 due at the beginning of class.

February 22 The People of Texas: Today and in the Past Texas Chapter 3 Activity 2: Population

March 8

The Migration, Settlement and Development of Texas: Texas to 1860; 1861 to 1900; 1900 to the Present

Texas Chapter 4, Chapter 9 (200-204); Tejano South Texas Chapter 4

Activity 3: Ethnicity

March 8 Workbook Activity 2 due at the beginning of class.

March 10 Test I. Bring Scantron (Test & Measurement) Will include information from ARGOT activities and readings as well as all class notes and lecture materials.

March 29

The Culture(s) of Texas: Change and Continuity: Religion, Language and Landscape

Texas Chapter 5, 6, 9 (the rest);
Deep East Texas
Tejano South Texas
Chapter 9
Nationalization of a Southernism (download)

April 5 Workbook Activity 3 due at the beginning of class.

April 5

Politics in Texas

Texas Chapter 7

April 12

The Economy(ies) of Texas: Earning a Living

Activity 4: City/Market Growth

April 26 Workbook Activity 4 due at the beginning of class.

All April

Urban Texas-Cities and the Future

Urban Texas Chapter 1

On-line self-paced learning

Test II, May 11 8:00-10:00 a.m. Bring Scantron (Test & Measurement) Will include information from ARGOT activities and readings.

Geography of Texas Home Page

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