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Geography 400
Geography of the United States & Canada
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Spring 2007
Monday and Wednesday: 3:00-4:48 PM, Derby Hall Room 1080.
Larry Brown, Instructor
John Gossom, TA
Kevin Grove, TA
Larry Brown, Instructor
1176 Derby Hall; 614-292-2320 or 614-395-7045
Office Hours: Available any time in office and not otherwise busy.
E-mail: brown.8@osu.edu (Best way to reach); mailbox in Derby 1035
John Gossom, TA
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM or other times by appointment.
Office: Derby Hall Room 1070, 292-2705 (Also, Derby Hall 0155, 292-1333)
E-mail: evereye3@rocketmail.com (Best way to reach); mailbox in Derby 1035
Kevin Grove, TA
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM; other times by appointment.
Office: Derby Hall Room 1131, 292-1357 (Also, Derby Hall 0155, 292-1333)
E-mail: grove.80@osu.edu (Best way to reach); mailbox in Derby 1035
Course News
Final Exam in Derby 1080 on Monday June 4th at 1:30 PM.
Study Guide for the Final is now available below.
Course Materials
Most Frequently Missed Questions on Midterm
Lecture Notes Power Point Slides
Learn a Thing or Two with Dr. Word
Readings
Article 1- Waterways Through Time
Questions for Article 1
Article 2 - Reduced Salmon Season is Felt at Wharf and Table
Article 3 - Weak Salmon Run Shuts the Northwest's Fisheries
Questions for Articles 2 & 3
Article 4 - Is Water Too Cheap?
Article 5 - Arid West No Longer Waits for Rain
Questions for Articles 4 & 5
Article 6 - Letter from Pittsburg: Years After Big Steel's Demise, a City Lost in Transition
Article 7 - Arts and Science Remake the Steel City
Article 8 - A Steel Town Finds Lost Jobs Tough to Replace
Questions for Articles 6, 7 & 8
Article 9 - Title IX's Next Hurdle
Larry Brown's Comments for Article 9
Questions for Article 9
Article 10 - Rt. 23 Growth Corridor
Article 11 - School Districts Brace for Boom
Article 12 - Bypass to the Boonies
Article 13 - Magic Ring
Questions for Articles 10, 11, 12, & 13
Article 14 - Immigrants and the Economics of Hard Work
Article 15 - Here Illegally, Working Hard, and Paying Taxes
Article 16 - Census Shows Growth of Immigrants
Article 17 - New Demographic Racial Gap Emerges
Article 18 - Columbus Becoming a Mini Melting Pot
Article 19 - The United States at 300 Million
Questions for Articles 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, & 19
Article 20 - The Big Melt - As Polar Ice Turns to Water, Dreams of Treasure Abound
Article 21 - The Big Melt - Old Ways of Life Are Fading as the Artic Thaws
Questions for Articles 20 & 21
*** N.B. - Questions are to guide your reading of each article, and do not have to be responded to literally. Questions on the midterm and final referring to these articles will be either of the multiple choice or true/false variety.
Grade Distributions
Census Tables and Maps (from census.gov)
Percent change in US MSA population, 1990-2000
Most populated US MSAs with percent change 1990-2000
Map, change in apportionment since 1930
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