AUGUST 9, 2017

◦Get out notebook, ESPN highlighters, pencil

◦Regions Notes

◦HW: Read Kuby Packet for lab tomorrow

◦True Maps Lab due tomorrow

Formal Region (homogenous,uniform)

◦General concepts proven by data

◦Human Traits

◦Cultural, economic, political

◦Physical/Geographic Traits

Functional Region (nodal)

◦Aka nodal region

◦Defined by their use/function not shared trait

◦Hearth/Node to Periphery

◦Distance Decay

◦Less defined boundaries

Vernacular Region (perceptual)

◦Based on senses of place, not facts

◦No defined boundaries

Nine Nations of North America

◦ Discuss the article with your partner

◦ Do you agree or disagree with the

author?

◦ Draw an outline of N.America in your

notes

◦ Outline your “nations” of N.America

◦ Explain your “nations”