1. Team Activity II
• Team Objectives
• Research information
• Organize information
• Analyze information
• Present information and analysis to the class

2. Team Activity II
• Space – A Physical & Social Geography of your
Region/Country
• Each Team Member - Research Geography of one
Country in your Region
• Physical characteristics
• Rivers and lakes
• Valuable natural resources
• Climate
• Population centers – cities and towns
• Cultural characteristics
• People
• Arts
• Languages
• Food

3. Team Activity II
• Space – A Physical & Social Geography of your
Region/Country
• Those part of a Region Team (Andean, Central America,
Cuba & Caribbean, Gran Colombia, Rio de la Plata)
• Consider in Team discussions what unifies and divides your region
• Nation Teams (Brazil, Canada, Mexico)
• Divide research within Team to national Regions

4. Team Activity II
• Sources – A Physical & Social Geography of your
Region/Country
• Wikipedia
• Start on home page for county
• Expand to specialized topics within Wikipedia encyclopedia
• Palomar College Online Databases
• For final week postings research 2 articles from Academic Search
Premier (ASP)
• ASP demonstrated in class by Dr. A

5. Team Activity II
• Blackboard Use for communication and posting
information
• Post Team files in File Exchange
• Post Team notes in Blog
• 2 postings per person per week
• 2 paragraph minimum per post
• Starting February 12
• Presentation Slides
• 3 slides per team member for March 19 & 21
• Posted in File Exchange
• Graphics to illustrate presentation
• Maps
• Graphs
• Photos

6. Team Activity II
• Complete by Thursday, March 14
• Discussion in class Tuesday, March 19 and Thursday, March 21
• Team Activity III – After Spring Break
• Research Contemporary issues
• Political
• Including international relations
• Economic
• Domestic and international economic themes
• Social
• Arts
• Migration
• Sources include Palomar College Library databases and online
newspapers