PowerPoint Lecture Presentations
Contained
here are all of the PowerPoint lectures that I use in this course. Every
day that the class meets will include lectures and every single lecture is
PowerPoint driven. At present, there are 15 lecture units totaling well over 700
slides! Unlike
most of the PowerPoint lectures you've probably been exposed to, very few of my
slides contain extensive text; none contain an outline or bulleted list.
I take the notion of geography as a visual science to the extreme by providing
images, illustration, diagrams, and maps of almost everything I'll talk about
in class. However, the slides are designed to accompany lectures, not
replace them. Without the lecture materials which the slides complement,
the slides will have limited value to you come exam time. To repeat: these PowerPoint
presentations alone are NOT a substitute for comprehensive lecture notes!!
The secret to printing the
PowerPoint slides for convenient note taking: when PowerPoint opens, you have
an editable version of the lecture which can be printed. Click on "File", then "Print". On
the Print panel, choose "handout" from the "Print what:"
pull down. In "Slides per page:" click on 3. That will
print three slides on the left side per page with lines for notes on the
right. Obviously, you need to have PowerPoint.
Geography
Defined
I have put
together a PowerPoint Presentation that does a pretty good job of explaining
what geography is all about. Give this a try before you read the
introductory chapters of the textbook.
Europe
physiography
climate
culture
North
Africa/Southwest Asia
physiography
climate
conflict zones
Conflict
Zones Voice-over Spring 2015
South Asia
physiography
climate
agriculture
ancient civilizations &
religion
conflict zones
East Asia
physiography & climate
agriculture
culture
Middle America
physiography
climate
culture