Geography 132

Natural Landscapes
Chapter Outline Assignment
Each week, you will turn in an outline for each chapter assigned. This academic term is
16
weeks long, and there will be 1
2
chapters covered
.
The outline assignment
fulfills three
purposes:
1.
Engages you with the material at the pace of the course, meaning that it encourages
you to keep up with the content.
2.
Provides evidence of understanding of the chapter’s main ideas/concepts.
3.
It serves as preparation for the
exam
.
Schedule
Due Week 1
–
Chapter Outline 1
o
Tuesday, August 25
th
, 11:59 pm
CDT
○
Chapter 1
Due Week 2
–
Chapter Outline 2
o
Sunday,
August 30
th
, 11:59 pm
CDT
○
Chapters
11 & 12
Due Week
4
–
Chapter Outline 3
o
Sunday,
September
13
th
, 11:59 pm CDT
○
Chapter
13
Due Week
5
–
Chapter Outline 4
o
Sunday,
September 20
th
, 11:59 pm CDT
○
Chapters 1
4 & 15
Due Week 7
–
Chapter Outline 5
o
Sunday, October 4
th
, 11:59 pm CDT
o
Chapter 16
Due Week
8
–
Chapter Outline 6
o
Sunday,
October 11
th
,
11:59 pm
CDT
○
Chapters
17 & 18
Due
Week 10
–
Chapter Outline 7
o
Sunday, October 25
th
, 11:59 pm CDT
o
Chapter 19
Due Week 11
–
Chapter Outline 8
o
Sunday, November 1
st
, 11:59 pm CDT
o
Chapter 20
Due Week 13
–
Chapter Outline 9
o
Sunday, November 15
th
, 11:59 pm CDT
o
Chapter 10
Instructions
➢
Create an outline with the chapter’s main ideas.
➢
Provide one separate outline for each chapter assigned for the corresponding week,
in order, and in one pdf document.
The pd
f should contain only the chapter
/s
assign
ed in the correspon
ding week.
➢
Use bullet points and make sub
–
points for each main idea.
➢
You should always have examples for each main idea/concept you discuss.
➢
Provide your name inside the assignments and in the title.
➢
For
the weeks in which you are
assign
ed more than one chapter, start each chapte
r
’
s
outline
in a new page
.
➢
Use the following format to name your pdf: “
First Last Assignment #
”
➢
Grading Rubric
(
2
5
points)
: the quality of your outline will be judged based on the
following:
○
Includes
all
major concepts of the chapters.
○
Includes important definitions.
○
Includes examples.
○
Adds personal clarifications or notes that simplify the student’s
understanding.
○
Optional but recommended: add images from the book or self
–
made.
○
Length moderation: the point of this assignment is to capture the chapter’s
main ideas
after reading and highlighting them.
There is not an expected
length for each chapter or for the assignment overall. However, you should
not aim for brief, as you should not aim to provide an extremely long
summary of the chapter. The point is to recognize major concepts and tie
examples to e
ach one of them.
Making concepts visually appealing can help
you get the flow of the material better.
Students who get full credit in this
assignment normally tend to turn in between 3
–
4 pages per chapter.
○
Formatting points:
(5 points)
✓
Document title and
heading
(1 point)
✓
Overall body formatting
(1 point)
✓
Each chapter stars in a new page
(1 point)
✓
Turned in as PDF format
(1 point)
✓
Turned in on time
(1 point)
Note: this is the only assignment that is not required
to be
completed in red. You are welcome to
use different colors for better
visualization.
➢
Use the format from the sample outline (or similar) for each week provided below.
This sample outline provides only a tentative layout for your outline. For each main
idea you will add a relevant piece of information, whether is description, relevance
of the topic, or a characteristic. There is no right or wrong way to make an outline,
as long as the ideas portrayed demonstrate that you understand the material. The
flow of the outline must be logical; so
,
make sure you are making the connections
clear.
➢
Note: you are not supposed to use the headings provided by the sample.
These are jus
t
general words. Create your own headings based on the topic.
Sample Outline
Geography 132
Natural Landscape
Student Name
Chapters Outline #
Chapter number: Chapter name
Major concept 1
●
Definition 1
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Detail
●
Definition 2
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Examples
Major concept 2
●
Theory
○
Disadvantages of the theory
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Change of theory over time
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Example
Major concept 3
●
Important definitions
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Definition 1
■
Example
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Definition 2
■
Example
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Definition 3
■
Example