Assignment 3Teaching GeographyThey say you never truly learn something until you have to teach it to someone else. Since most of you are going to be teachers, that means you have a lot of learning ahead of you! This assignment is designed to give you practice at preparing a lesson in geography (and to see that there is more to education than the classroom) as well as help to better learn material that we've already covered in class. For this assignment, you will select one topic or concept from this class, either somethingwe've already covered or that is still coming up on the syllabus. You will then design a way to teach that concept to someone else, whether a fellow student, a classroom of eight-year olds, or a group of adults. Your final product may be a series of notes, a set of maps,a class activity, a lesson plan, or anything else appropriate.This is a much more open-ended assignment than previous ones, so please see me if you're having trouble thinking of a topic or a method of teaching. Your proposal is due onMonday, November 15, and the whole assignment is due on Monday, December 6, at thebeginning of class. If you can't make it to class, either turn it in early or e-mail it to me. You will lose 5 points for each calendar day that it is late.Step 1: Who's your audience?The first step is to decide who your audience is going to be. That will help you choose a topic of the right size and complexity. Here are some suggestions, but don't limit yourselfto these:- A grade school, middle school, or high school classroom- A cultural organization on campus- A display for a public festival - Advertising for public relations purposes- A business proposal- An article for a newsletter or newspaper- A public service announcement- A presentation to a neighborhood groupThe point is to choose a group of people in a semi-formal situation that are only slightly or not at all familiar with the concept you will be teaching them. You can choose a placethat they are familiar with and explain why it looks the way it does, or why the landscape is changing; you can choose a topic seemingly unrelated to their daily lives and show howit affects them; provide an interesting or fun example of geography in action; prepare the week's lesson in an introductory social studies class; etc.Step 2: What are you talking about?For this assignment, you should choose a single concept or idea that you want to explain. Don't pick something too large, like "cultural geography," or too small, like "distribution of Welsh speakers worldwide." You are encouraged to pick a case study with which to explain your topic; however, please use a different one from the ones I've used in class. Here are some ideas to get you started:- Map scale or map projections - Gerrymandering or redistricting- The factors that determine climate and human adaptations in a region- Diffusion of a culture or language- Models of urban land use- The spatial distribution of a natural resource- How suburbanization has changed a particular place- The demographic transition - Locational analysis for an industry- The geographic distribution of AIDS - Migration flows to and from a place- Implications of global warming for a region or place- Nationalism and a nation-state - Sacramento's water supplyI want you to choose a topic that we've talked about in class and go into it in more detail, not something brand new. It's true that you understand something better when you have to explain it, so you might want to pick a subject that you didn't really get the first time around. Or pick something that was really interesting to you and turn your enthusiasm into a lesson plan or activity. Be sure that you are addressing at least one of the national geography standards from your text and handout.Step 3: What do I do now?This part is up to you. Keeping in mind your topic and audience, determine the best way to teach what you know. You can outline a lesson plan, including the notes that you would teach from; develop a class activity and/or assignment; write an article for a community newsletter; produce a map or set of maps that explain your subject; make a display board of multiple maps, charts, and other information for public viewing; outline an advertising campaign with sample ads for a public service announcement; prepare documentation or a short speech for a public hearing; take photographs and produce aphoto essay with captions and a short introduction; or anything else that will get your message across in a suitable fashion. You will turn in two parts for this assignment. First, the lesson plan/notes/maps/whatever material it is that you would be teaching or presenting from. (I will return it to you when I'm done grading it.) You should include all the background material that you would needto deliver your talk, write your letter, produce your display, etc., including citations for your notes Secondly, answer the questions attached at the end of these instructions. Feel free to use them as a guide as you develop your assignment. This assignment does not require you to actually do the teaching for which you are preparing. However, if you would like to use the class as guinea pigs for your written, visual, or oral presentation, you may do so for extra credit. On the day the assignment is due, you can make a (short) presentation, display your map or other visual materials, or share a handout with the class. Let me know when you turn in your topic if this is something that you want to do so I can schedule class time accordingly.This assignment is worth 125 points. You will be graded as follows:Correctly following procedure 5 pointsAppropriate materials for your topic and audience 40 pointsA well-designed and accurate lesson plan/map/notes/whatever 40 pointsWell-written answers to the questions 40 pointsExtra credit for sharing (up to) 10 pointsQuestions for Assignment 31) What are your goals for this assignment? Do you want your audience to learn a specific piece of information, or a skill, or both? What will they be able to do or what will they know at the end of your presentation that they didn't before? Use terms from Bloom's Taxonomy in your answer (see below).2) Which national geography standard or standards are you covering? How?3) What steps are you taking to evaluate the success of your assignment or presentation, and that your audience is actually learning what you are trying to teach them?Bloom's TaxonomyBloom's Taxonomy