Ingolf Vogeler       Spring Semester
	You are responsible for all bold-text links, which are mostly UWEC web pages; you are not responsible for non-bold text links, which are supplemental materials, often at off-campus web sites. Complete a self-test on the Web after each section, as provided by the links below.
Date	Lecture Topic	Assignment
January 24	Introduction Spatial patterns vary by scale:1) world population characteristics and 2) world income inequality. Checkout these very relevant and well-designed web sites for statistics and maps of major world data: NationMaster, GapMinder (particularly clever), and ShowWorld (neat cartograms).	self test #1
Part I    AGRARIAN / DEVELOPING / THIRD / SOUTH / MAJORITY WORLD [All Chapter reading assignments are from the purchased and reprinted textbook by Vogeler and de Souza. ]
January 26	Where is the Third World? statistics by country    100 Percent American -- really!	start Third World Mapping
January 31	Thinking about Understanding  -- visual puzzles; solve a puzzle and another There is more than what meets the eye! Awareness Exercises	Chapter 1; self test #2
February 2	Three Analytical Perspectives: Conservative, Liberal, Radical
February 7	Applications of Analytical Perspectives Also check out the ideology of map projections.	Third World Mapping due; start Project 1
February 9	Climates and Resources	self test #3; Chapters 3-5
February 14	World Cultural Regions            Hindu Cultural Traditions	Chapters 6-7
February 16	Blaming the Victims and What the World Wants chart	Chapters 8-9
February 21	European Colonialism	self test #4; Chapters 10-12
February 23 February 28	Third World Regions: Central America, West Africa, and South Asia	Project 1 due
March 1	TEST #1 -- grades will be sent to you by email. After you know your test results, select your grading option, which is "Test#5" of the self tests.
March 6	World Population Issues  [world population clock] and the Demographic Transition Model	Chapters 13-15
March 8	World Population Issues	Chapter 16
March 13	Center-Periphery Relations	Chapter 20
Part II    INDUSTRIAL / FIRST & SECOND / NORTH / DEVELOPED / MINORITY WORLD
Western Europe
March 15, 27, 29	Landscapes of Western Europe [Spring Break -- no classes March 20 and 22]	start Mapping Europe; study the web pages
April 3	Europeanization of the World	study the web pages; self test #6
April 5	TEST #2 and Mapping Europe due
Rural USA		start Project 2
April 10, 12, 17	USA Agriculture Field Trip         |  World Tobacco Atlas  |  Read about "geoweb." |
April 19	Problems in USA Agriculture       | Obesity maps  |  Congress and food  |
Metropolitan USA            [USA population  clock]
April 24, 26, May 1	Internal City Structure Readings: income distribution; leisure; middle class impoverishment	self test #8 (rural): wait, do AFTER self test#7!!!! Project 2 due
May 27	St. Paul field trip: 7:30 AM to 5 PM on Friday; meet on the east side of Davies Center	all day field trip in St. Paul
May 3, 8, 10	Urban Hierarchy System	self test #7 (urban): do BEFORE self test#8!!!! St. Paul Project due
May 14-18??	FINAL EXAMINATION on May 19 at 10:00-11:50 AM in our regular classroom. [Check the UWEC final examination schedule.] We have traveled a long way, intellectually and geographically, in this course; hopefully, this will result in a more comprehensible, enjoyable, and peaceful life. Provide me with an evaluation of the course. Thanks.