This document provides an overview of a class on British geography. It includes a review of reading strategies, a discussion of physical features like mountains and rivers, and human geographic topics such as urbanization, immigration trends, and new town development. The class involves exercises on these topics and teaches the Cornell note-taking method to help students organize information from the lecture.

1. The Geography of Britain
Reading British and American Culture
Week 4
Professor Hayashi

2. Today’s Class
Attendance
Article Discussion (for professionalism points!)
Review
Physical Geography
Human Geography
BREAK
Note Taking
British Geography

3. Review
Why should we use reading strategies?
1)Strategies help to improve reading comprehension
as well as efficiency in reading
2)By using strategies, you will read in the way that
expert readers do
3)Strategies help readers to process the text actively,
to monitor comprehension, and to connect what
they are reading to their own knowledge and to
other parts of the text

4. Review
Name six reading strategies
PREDICT
CLARIFY
VISUALIZE
ASK QUESTIONS
MAKE CONNECTIONS
SUMMARIZE

5. Review
What statistics/trends do you remember
about the British People?
See page 4 - 6

6. Physical Geography
In pairs, read page 8 – 9 and complete the exercises
EXERCISE 1
1. The British Isles – A group of islands including Britain
and Ireland
Britain – England, Scotland and Wales
The United Kingdom – England, Scotland, Wales, Northern
Ireland and a number of small islands
2. Eire is the Irish Republic, which does not include
Northern Ireland.

7. Exercise 2 – page 9
Highest Mountain Ben Nevis (1,343 m)
Longest Mountain Range Pennine Range
Flattest Area East Anglia
Longest Rivers Severn and the Thames

8. Human Geography

9. Human Geography

10. Exercise 4
1. Conurbations – groupings of towns that
were formerly separate, forming single
large communities.
2. Dormitory Towns – Towns in which people
live, but do not work
3. Green Belt – Areas of parks and farmland
encircling an urban area and protected
from development.
4. New Towns – Towns built in accordance
with the principles of town planning so
that their functions are related to one
another in the most efficient and satisfying
manner.

11. Exercise 5
1. The main conurbation in Britain is London.
2. New towns have separate industrial areas and more
green, open spaces.
3. New towns have not been completely successful
because they have turned into dormitory towns or
existing towns have been expanded by the
government.

12. Exercise 6
1. Jewish Refugees – end of 19th century, 1930’s, after 1945
West Indies & S. Asian – 1950’s – 1960’s
Ugandan, Asians, Latin America, Indo-China, Sri Lanka –
recently
2. Many immigrants have sought refuge in Britain.
3. The non-white population of GB was about 2.4 million
(4.5% of the total population). 57% of the non-white
population were immigrants.
4. The majority of the non-white population lives in areas of
great deprivation in the inner cities.

13. Note Taking
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4386767/Cornell-Note-Taking-Method
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13065273/Taking-Cornell-
Notes

14. Note Taking Example
THE GEOGRAPHY OF BRITAIN
MAIN IDEA DETAILS
Weather & Climate -mild, temperate climate (prevailing SW winds)
-changeable weather patterns (different air masses)
-temperature extremes (-10 to 32 C)
-South warmer than North (latitude)
-West milder than East (North Atlantic Drift)
-rainfall range 800mm central/eastern– 1600 mm
west/north
SUMMARY: Britain’s temperature is generally mild, but changeable depending
on different air masses. The temperatures range from -10 to 32 degrees
Celsius and rainfall more prevalent in the mountainous west and north.

15. Your Turn!
Go through the rest of the chapter in pairs/groups
Practice taking notes using the Cornell System
Relax, have fun and smile!

16. Next Week…
Please bring your novels to class!