Instructions for Part 2: Based on the information learned through class and/or additional research, you are to propose your OWN set of CULTURAL regions for North America. You are welcome to propose as many as you would like, but at minimum, you must include at least five (5). Although the regions do not have to cover the entire land area of the North American “continent,” they must clearly include significant portions of both the USA and Canada. In addition, you are welcome to consider including parts of Mexico, Greenland, or other areas outside of the official boundaries of the USA and Canada, since “North America” is not necessarily limited to just those two countries (despite how our textbook treats it). While you are certainly welcome (and encouraged) to be as creative as possible in identifying potential cultural regions in North America, you may find it easiest to simply start with any of those presented by our textbook authors (Birdsall et al.), or any of the others that have been presented to you in class (e.g., Garreau, de Blij, Jordan, McKnight, Hardwick et al., Zelinsky, etc.), and then modify them as you see fit. Keep in mind, however, that you should clearly demonstrate evidence of your own personal critical thinking and analysis, so your regions should not be “carbon copies” of those presented by others—they should clearly reflectyour own personal attempt to break down and reassemble in a different way the cultural/human characteristics of North America. Just as importantly, remember that your set of regions must explicitly be based on cultural/human characteristics. You may choose whatever combination of cultural traits or practices you feel are most appropriate to distinguish your regions, but you must clearly identify a minimum of at least two (2) different specific human/cultural traits to define each of your cultural regions of North America. To complete this portion of the assignment, you must add an additional slide to your PowerPoint presentation (following your Venn diagrams). On this slide, you must include a blank map of North America on which you must draw shapes that indicate the areal extent of each of the five cultural regions you have identified. Be aware, however, that you should try to be as detailed as possible in indicating the “boundaries” of your regions. In other words, you should NOT use simple shape objects (such as circles or ovals), but rather, you should use the “Freeform” shape tool. In addition, you are encouraged to try to illustrate the “fuzzy” nature of regional boundaries by using dashed-lines, etc. NOTE: If you prefer, you are welcome to hand draw your regional map, instead, and then scan it and insert the image on your slide. You must then label, on the map, each of the cultural regions you have included with a creative and descriptive name. Remember that the best regional names refer directly to the most significant “defining” trait/characteristic of the region. You are wel.

1. Instructions for Part 2:
Based on the information learned through class and/or
additional research, you are to propose your OWN set of
CULTURAL regions for North America. You are welcome to
propose as many as you would like, but at minimum, you must
include at least five (5). Although the regions do not have to
cover the entire land area of the North American “continent,”
they must clearly include significant portions of both the USA
and Canada. In addition, you are welcome to consider including
parts of Mexico, Greenland, or other areas outside of the
official boundaries of the USA and Canada, since “North
America” is not necessarily limited to just those two countries
(despite how our textbook treats it).
While you are certainly welcome (and encouraged) to be as
creative as possible in identifying potential cultural regions in
North America, you may find it easiest to simply start with any
of those presented by our textbook authors (Birdsall et al.), or
any of the others that have been presented to you in class (e.g.,
Garreau, de Blij, Jordan, McKnight, Hardwick et al., Zelinsky,
etc.), and then modify them as you see fit. Keep in mind,
however, that you should clearly demonstrate evidence of your
own personal critical thinking and analysis, so your regions
should not be “carbon copies” of those presented by others—
they should clearly reflectyour own personal attempt to break
down and reassemble in a different way the cultural/human
characteristics of North America.
Just as importantly, remember that your set of regions must
explicitly be based on cultural/human characteristics. You may
choose whatever combination of cultural traits or practices you
feel are most appropriate to distinguish your regions, but you
must clearly identify a minimum of at least two (2) different

2. specific human/cultural traits to define each of your cultural
regions of North America.
To complete this portion of the assignment, you must add an
additional slide to your PowerPoint presentation (following
your Venn diagrams). On this slide, you must include a blank
map of North America on which you must draw shapes that
indicate the areal extent of each of the five cultural regions you
have identified. Be aware, however, that you should try to be as
detailed as possible in indicating the “boundaries” of your
regions. In other words, you should NOT use simple shape
objects (such as circles or ovals), but rather, you should use the
“Freeform” shape tool. In addition, you are encouraged to try
to illustrate the “fuzzy” nature of regional boundaries by using
dashed-lines, etc. NOTE: If you prefer, you are welcome to
hand draw your regional map, instead, and then scan it and
insert the image on your slide.
You must then label, on the map, each of the cultural regions
you have included with a creative and descriptive name.
Remember that the best regional names refer directly to the
most significant “defining” trait/characteristic of the region.
You are welcome to consider names that may be commonly used
by people in the area, however, you should strive to consider
ways to enhance them. You should also strive to avoid simply
using the regional names used by our textbook authors (most of
which aren’t particularly creative). In a nutshell, you should
strive to think “outside the box” and not simply regurgitate
regions and regional names that have been given by someone
else (unless you feel you have a compelling reason for doing
so).
Following your slide with your map showing all of your
regions, you should insert a slide for each cultural region that
you have included (in most cases this will mean 5 additional
slides). On each slide you are to provide a summary description

3. of each of the regions. Each description must be at least 75
words in length and should provide an
explanation/“justification” for each region that you have chosen
to include. Most importantly, you should clearly state the
specific human/cultural traits (at least 2) that you are using as
the basis for defining the region. You may then highlight any
additional considerations you used for identifying the
region…such as special notes regarding the areas that are
included, why you chose it, what you think its significance is to
North America as a whole, etc. Please remember that you
should cite any sources that you use to help you with your
descriptions of each of these regions.
Finally, you should conclude your PowerPoint with a “Works
Cited” slide.
Instructions for Part 2:
Based on the information learned through class and/or
additional research, you are to propose your OWN set of
CULTURAL regions for North America. You are welcome to
propose as many as you would like, but at minimum, you must
include at least five (5). Although the regions do not have to
cover the entire land area of the North American “continent,”
they must clearly include significant portions of both the USA
and Canada. In addition, you are welcome to consider including
parts of Mexico, Greenland, or other areas outside of the
official boundaries of the USA and Canada, since “North
America” is not necessarily limited to just those two countries
(despite how our textbook treats it).
While you are certainly welcome (and encouraged) to be as
creative as possible in identifying potential cultural regions in
North America, you may find it easiest to simply start with any
of those presented by our textbook authors (Birdsall et al.), or

4. any of the others that have been presented to you in class (e.g.,
Garreau, de Blij, Jordan, McKnight, Hardwick et al., Zelinsky,
etc.), and then modify them as you see fit. Keep in mind,
however, that you should clearly demonstrate evidence of your
own personal critical thinking and analysis, so your regions
should not be “carbon copies” of those presented by others—
they should clearly reflectyour own personal attempt to break
down and reassemble in a different way the cultural/human
characteristics of North America.
Just as importantly, remember that your set of regions must
explicitly be based on cultural/human characteristics. You may
choose whatever combination of cultural traits or practices you
feel are most appropriate to distinguish your regions, but you
must clearly identify a minimum of at least two (2) different
specific human/cultural traits to define each of your cultural
regions of North America.
To complete this portion of the assignment, you must add an
additional slide to your PowerPoint presentation (following
your Venn diagrams). On this slide, you must include a blank
map of North America on which you must draw shapes that
indicate the areal extent of each of the five cultural regions you
have identified. Be aware, however, that you should try to be as
detailed as possible in indicating the “boundaries” of your
regions. In other words, you should NOT use simple shape
objects (such as circles or ovals), but rather, you should use the
“Freeform” shape tool. In addition, you are encouraged to try
to illustrate the “fuzzy” nature of regional boundaries by using
dashed-lines, etc. NOTE: If you prefer, you are welcome to
hand draw your regional map, instead, and then scan it and
insert the image on your slide.
You must then label, on the map, each of the cultural regions
you have included with a creative and descriptive name.
Remember that the best regional names refer directly to the

5. most significant “defining” trait/characteristic of the region.
You are welcome to consider names that may be commonly used
by people in the area, however, you should strive to consider
ways to enhance them. You should also strive to avoid simply
using the regional names used by our textbook authors (most of
which aren’t particularly creative). In a nutshell, you should
strive to think “outside the box” and not simply regurgitate
regions and regional names that have been given by someone
else (unless you feel you have a compelling reason for doing
so).
Following your slide with your map showing all of your
regions, you should insert a slide for each cultural region that
you have included (in most cases this will mean 5 additional
slides). On each slide you are to provide a summary description
of each of the regions. Each description must be at least 75
words in length and should provide an
explanation/“justification” for each region that you have chosen
to include. Most importantly, you should clearly state the
specific human/cultural traits (at least 2) that you are using as
the basis for defining the region. You may then highlight any
additional considerations you used for identifying the
region…such as special notes regarding the areas that are
included, why you chose it, what you think its significance is to
North America as a whole, etc. Please remember that you
should cite any sources that you use to help you with your
descriptions of each of these regions.
Finally, you should conclude your PowerPoint with a “Works
Cited” slide.