Geography 2221 Final Project

Activities for the Final Project

The project consists of the following activities (total 45% of your final mark):

· Five journal entries:

o Entry 1: You will begin by making an entry on the course Shared Map. You will also transfer this information into the document you are using to record your final project material (e.g. a Word doc), for ease of grading.

o Entries 2–5: Answer four questions in four separate journal entries (again, you can keep these in a Word .doc).

o Each of the above activities accounts for 3%, for a total of 15% of the final grade.

· One Regional Report (1500 words with figures, tables and maps) component answering short-answer questions (30% of the final grade)—This component focuses on one of the six regions discussed in this course. 

· The entire report can be rolled up into one large document (Word, PDF etc) with appropriate sections for the journal entries and the main report. Please follow APA formatting guidelines.

Entry 1: Sense of Place

· Your first entry will provide you with an opportunity to share your sense of place (pages 4 and 8–9 of your textbook, and Unit 1) about your location. Using the tools provided, you will create a marker and place it on an interactive online map and use your posting to describe some features and elements of your community. As each student completes this part of the assignment, more markers will appear on the map. Take time to view other markers and learn something about different communities! You will also enter the information into your journal

Part A: Collect Your Posting Information

Decide on a city/community that you want to share with others.

Because you will be entering information into two areas: Collaborative Map Form and your journal, we recommend that you first take time to collect all the information required into a word processing document so that you can cut and paste the information directly into the areas.

Create a document in a word processing program. Save the document with the title: YourName_GEOG2221_FinalProject.

Give your first entry a title, “Sense of Place,” and complete steps 1 through 4 below.

Your first entry will provide you with an opportunity to share your sense of place (pages 4 and 8–9 of your textbook and Unit 1) about your location.

The information required for Entry 1 is:

1. House Picture

o The average house price in Canada in September, 2017 was $487,000. What can you buy for that price in your community?

o Go to the website of a real estate agent who works in the community you are going to share about, and find a house or property listed as close to $487, 000 as possible.

o Right click the photo and save a copy to your computer. Copy the picture into your response.

o Write down the house/property address, since you’ll be asked for that information when you enter data into a form.

o Write down copyright information (source website).