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Regional or Topical ?

Administrators, standards writers, and textbook writers debate the importance of organizing a geography class regionally or topically. Teachers of successful classes have contrasting views. Explore the pros and cons of both approaches.

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Regional or Topical ?

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  1. Regional or Topical? An interesting question

  2. Regional or Topical? Administrators think it is really important. An interesting question Standards writers debate it at length. Textbook writers obsess about it. Teachers of successful classes don’t consider it very important.

  3. Topical Organizationof aGeography Class Following a logical sequence of conceptual topics. C O U R S E C A L E N D A R September October November December January February . . . Geographic skills Physical geography Population geography Cultural geography Natural resources Economic geography . . .

  4. Regional Organizationof aGeography Class Going around the world, one major region at a time. C O U R S E C A L E N D A R September October November December January February . . . World patterns N America, Australia South America Africa Southwest Asia Russia . . .

  5. If you use a Regional Organization, . . . you will have to insert some topical discussions in order to explain key conceptual ideas, - demographic transition - domestication of crops - push-pull theory of migration - modes of transportation - strategic straits and passes - BIGJobsand multipliers . . .

  6. If you use a Topical Organization, . . . you will have to insert some regional examples to keep things from becoming too abstract, - Jamestown - Mongolian herders - Nujiang, China - Yasenevo, a neighborhood of Moscow - Crossing the Andes during the Revolucion . . .

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