Cultural Geography, 3rd Edition
Lesson Plan Overview
Day(s)
Topic
Pages
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Chapter 1: Geography: Finding our Place in the World
1
What is
2–6
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Geography?
Activity 1: Famous Men
in the History of
Geography
2–3
The Geographic
6–8
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Grid
Activity 2: Find It!
4
Map Projections
8–12
Activity 3: Exploring
Map Projections
5–6
Map Relief
12–15
Activity 4: Contour
Lines
Activity 5: The
Relevance of
Geography
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7
Chapter 1 Review
8
Chapter 1 Test
Chapter 2: The Earth’s Surface and Climate
9
The Earth’s
18–19
History
10
The Earth’s
Surface
20–22
11–12
23–27
13
The Earth’s
Waters
The Earth’s
SurfaceChanging
Forces
14–15
The Earth’s
Climate
31–40
16
The Earth’s
Vegetation
41–46
Bible Integration
Through Christian Eyes
Opening Verse
Discussion on Creation Mandate
Worldview and Human Knowledge
Through Christian Eyes
Why Does the Earth Look Old?
The Earth’s History: Creation, Flood
Section Quiz Questions #1-4
Bible Study: Genesis 7, 8
The Antediluvian World
Speciation
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Activity 1: The Main
Features of the Earth
28–31
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Activity 2: Statistical
Averages of the
Climates
Activity 3: Latitude
Zones
Activity 4:
Distinguishing Terms
Activity 5: Tiny Tables
Chapter 2 Review
Chapter 2 Test
Cultural
50
Snapshot
Chapter 3: Industry: Man’s Use of God’s Resources
The Breaking of the Earth’s Crust
Pangea
Runaway Rapid Continental Drift
The Flood and Unusual Pillars
The Changing and Future World
God Ordained Seasons
Matthew Maury: ‘Pathfinder of the Seas’
God Controls the Water Cycle – Psa.
135:7, Job 37:6
God Created all the Earth’s Vegetation
– Gen. 1:11, 13; 2:9; Psa. 104:14
Scriptural Allusions to Trees
Mankind’s Place
17
18
Life and Work in Community
Day(s)
19–20
21
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Topic
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Primary
Industries
52–62
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Activity 1: What God
Says About the
Environment and
Man’s Responsibility
Toward It
Activity 2: The Christian
and the Environment
Secondary
Industries
Tertiary
Industries
The Wealth of
Nations
62–64
Activity 3: Foreign
Products at Home
64–69
70–74
Mass Communication: Good or Bad?
Activity 4: Terms from
Industry
24
Chapter 3 Review
25
Chapter 3 Test
Chapter 4: Society: The Interactions of Mankind
26–27
Culture: The
78–87
Activity 1: A Closer
Ways of Society
Look at the World
Culture Regions
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28–29
Demography:
The Statistics of
Society
87–92
Bible Integration
Gen. 3:17-19 – Industry
God Ordained Agriculture -Gen. 1:28,
29
Has Man Fulfilled the Creation
Mandate?
The First Job
Debate: Stewardship vs.
Environmentalism
Bible Verses on Diligence
Activity 1
Section Quiz Question #1
Hesiod’s Five Ages
The First Metalworker
Activity 2
The Origin of Fossil Fuels
Coal Seams
Cain Built the First City – Gen. 4:17
Activity 2: The
Importance of
Demography to
Geography
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All Resources Belong to God –Psa.
24:1
Christian Business Ethics
Christian Work Ethic
God’s Distribution of Resources
Through Christian Eyes
The Hope of Prosperity
Parables on Production
Tariffs
What Do You Think? Question #6
Society is Part of the Creation Mandate
Language: The Foundation of Culture
Is Humanism a Religion?
Similarities of All Peoples
When Worldviews Collide
Babel’s Impact on Cultural Divisions
Through Christian Eyes
Literacy and the Spread of the Gospel
Section Quiz Question #3
God Instituted the Family – Gen 2:24
The Great Commission
Multicultural Opposition to Missions
Christianity Offers Answers
God Directed the Settling of Nations
Biblical Perspective on Birth and Death
The Biblical Basis of Vital Statistics
Carrying Capacity
The Bible and Urbanization
Day(s)
30–31
Topic
Politics: The
Governance of
Society
32
Chapter 4 Review
33
Chapter 4 Test
Chapter 5: Western Europe
34–36
Northern Europe
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Activity 3: Politics: The
Governance of Society
Activity 4: The
Importance of the
Obvious
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Duties of Government
A Study of War: Genesis 14
Debate: Is War Justified?
International Organizations
104–17
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Activity 1: A Map of
Western Europe
Activity 2: The
Eurotunnel
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Activity 3: Climbing the
Alps
Europe’s Christian Heritage
The Irish Famine
37–39
Continental
Europe
117–29
40–41
Mediterranean
Europe
129–38
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Activity 4: Chapter
Review
141–47
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Activity 1: A Map of
Eastern Europe
Activity 2: A Satellite
Map of Eastern
Europe
Activity 3: Human
Rights in the Balkans
42
Chapter 5 Review
43
Chapter 5 Test
Chapter 6: Eastern Europe
44–45
Baltic Region
46
The Carpathians
47–48
The Western
Balkans
49
The Eastern
Balkans
50
The Eastern
Plains
51
Chapter 6 Review
52
Chapter 6 Test
Chapter 7: Russia
53–54
History and
Government
55–56
57
58–59
Northern
European
Russia
Southern
European
Russia
Asian Russia
Bible Integration
92–98
147–50
150–54
155–57
Euro Disney
Through Christian Eyes
Abraham Kuyper
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Comparisons in Christendom
How Much Do You Remember?
Questions #3 and #4
Film on John Huss
Root of Bitterness
The Little Giant
158–61
Activity 4: Chapter
Review
Through Christian Eyes
166–70
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Activity 1: Russian
Federal Districts
Activity 2: Russians
Abroad
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Activity 3: A Map of
Russia
Activity 4: A Letter
From Russia
Soviet Persecution of Christians
Missions – Ambassadors for Christ
Citizenship of Missionaries
170–74
174–76
177–80
Activity 5: Chapter
Review
Day(s)
Topic
60
Chapter 7 Review
61
Chapter 7 Test
Chapter 8: Canada
62
The Maritime
Provinces
Pages
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Bible Integration
What Do You Think? Questions #3 and
#5
186–91
63
The Central
Provinces
191–98
64
The Western
Provinces
198–202
65
The Canadian
Territories
202–06
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Activity 1: A Map of
Canada
Activity 2: Province
Project Presentation
Activity 3: A Brief
History of the Royal
Canadian Mounted
Police
Activity 4: Touring
Canada on the Rocky
Mountaineer
Activity 5: Overview of
Canada (Chapter
Review)
66
Chapter 8 Review
67
Chapter 8 Test
Chapter 9: The Landscape and People of the United States
68–70
The American
209–17
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Landscape
Activity 1: Map of the
United States
71–73
The American
217–27
Activity 2: U.S.
People
Immigration Policy:
Where Do You Stand?
Activity 3: The Statue of
Liberty and Ellis Island
Activity 4: The 21stCentury American
Economy
Activity 5: Chapter
Review
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74
Chapter 9 Review
75
Chapter 9 Test
Chapter 10: The Regions of the United States
76–77
The Northeast
230–37
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Activity 1 (Map 1):
Regions of the U.S.:
The Northeast
78–79
The South
238–45
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Activity 1 (Map 2):
Regions of the U.S.:
The South
Activity 2: The
Appalachian Trail
80–81
The Midwest
246–49
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Activity 1 (Map 3):
Regions of the U.S.:
The Midwest
Through Christian Eyes
Missions and National Pride
Socialized Medicine
Canada’s Biblical Foundation
From Sea to Sea
God’s Blessing and American
Prosperity
Through Christian Eyes
Core Values: Freedom, Equality,
Individualism
What Do You Think? Question #1
William Bradford
Black Preachers in the Antebellum
South
Music and Regional Culture
Tuskegee Institute
A Black Preacher in Jim Crow
Mississippi
Day(s)
Topic
Pages
82–83
The Plains
250–52
84–85
The West
253–60
86
Chapter 10 Review
87
Chapter 10 Test
Chapter 11: Middle America
88–90
Mexico
266–78
91–92
Central America
278–84
93
The West Indies
284–90
94
Chapter 11 Review
95
Chapter 11 Test
Chapter 12: South America
96
The Caribbean
Countries
293–98
97
The Guiana
Highlands
298–99
98–99
The Andean
Countries
299–308
100–101
The Rio de la
Plata
309–13
102
Brazil
313–18
103
Chapter 12 Review
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Activity 1 (Map 4):
Regions of the U.S.:
The Plains
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Activity 1 (Map 5):
Regions of the U.S.:
The West
Activity 3: Where Am I?
Activity 4: Distinctives
of U.S. Cultural
Subregions
Bible Integration
Through Christian Eyes
What Do You Think? Question #1
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Activity 1: Mexico Map
Activity 2: Comparative
Statistics
Activity 3: Chichén Itzá
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Activity 4: Map of
Central America and
the West Indies
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Activity 1: Map of South
America (Caribbean
countries only)
Activity 2: Who’s Who
in the Colombian Drug
Wars?
Activity 1: Map of South
America (Guiana
Highlands only)
Activity 3: The Lost City
of the Incas
Activity 4: The
Gauchos: Horsemen
of the Pampas
Activity 5: Itaipu Dam—
Brazil-Paraguay
Activity 6: Country
Comparison and
Contrasts
Through Christian Eyes
Poverty in the Bible
Patron Saint of Mexico
Debate Illegal Immigration Issue
Chichén Itzá
Through Christian Eyes
Discuss Social Stratification in Middle
America
Haiti’s Future
Medical Missions
What Do You Think? Questions #1 and
#2
Jim Elliot, Modern Christian Martyr in
Ecuador
Through Christian Eyes
Section Quiz #6
Missionary Sea Captain
Through Christian Eyes
Missionaries and Indians
Day(s)
Topic
Pages
Support Materials
Chapter 12 Test
Cultural
322
Snapshot
Chapter 13: Southern and Eastern Africa
105–107 Southern Africa
326–38
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Activity 1: The Journals
of David Livingstone: A
Lion Encounter
Activity 2: Map of
Southern Africa
Bible Integration
104
108–110
Eastern Africa
338–50
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Activity 3: Map of
Eastern Africa
Activity 4: Chapter
Review
111
Chapter 13 Review
112
Chapter 13 Test
Chapter 14: Central and Western Africa
113
Foundations
353–55
114–115
Central Africa
355–64
116–117
Western Africa
364–77
118
Chapter 14 Review
119
Chapter 14 Test
Chapter 15: Northern Africa
120
The Sahel
381–86
121
122–123
124
125
The Maghreb
386–90
Libya and Egypt
391–96
Chapter 15 Review
Chapter 15 Test
Cultural
400
Snapshot
Chapter 16: Eastern Mediterranean
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Activity 1: Map of
Central Africa
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Activity 2: Map of
Western Africa
Activity 3: Blood of Bat
and Toe of Frog
Activity 4: Chapter
Review
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Activity 1: Map of
Northern Africa
Activity 2: A Young
Explorer Sneaks a
Peek at Timbuktu
Activity 3: Christianity in
Northern Africa
Activity 4: Chapter
Review
Christianity and Culture in Africa
Through Christian Eyes
Protestants in Angola
The Impact of the Cold War
David Livingstone’s Diaries or
Biography
Missions: Bible Colleges
Religion in Madagascar
Section Quiz Question #6
Serengeti Plain
Through Christian Eyes
Through Christian Eyes
African Animism
Section Quiz Question #6
AIDS and the Christian Response
Dinosaurs in the Jungles of Africa?
The Slave Trade Along the Slave Coast
Samuel Adjai Crowther
Samuel Morris of the Ivory Coast
A Black American Missionary to Liberia
Animism
Desertification of the Sahel
How Could Mali Diversify Its Economy
Through Christian Eyes
Augustine of Hippo
Activity 3
Desert Creatures
Libya in the Bible?
Origins of the Coptic Church
Ancient Cities of Egypt in the OT
What Do You Think? Question #1
Promise and Peril
Day(s)
Topic
Pages
126
Turkey
402–9
127
128
Cyprus
The Mandate of
Syria
The Mandate of
Palestine
409–10
411–14
129–130
414–25
131
Chapter 16 Review
132
Chapter 16 Test
Chapter 17: The Persian Gulf
133
Saudi Arabia
428–34
134
434–40
135
Small States on
the Arabian
Peninsula
Iraq
136
Iran
444–47
137
Chapter 17 Review
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Activity 1: Map of the
Eastern Mediterranean
Activity 2: The Holy
Land in Bible Times
Activity 3: The Jewish
and Muslim Calendars
Activity 4: Chapter
Review
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Activity 1: Survey of
Islam
Activity 2: Islam—Not a
Peaceful Religion
440–44
Activity 3: Map of the
Persian Gulf
Activity 4: Finding
Treasure in the Desert
138
Chapter 17 Test
Chapter 18: The Caucasus and Central Asia
139–140 The Countries of
450–55
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the Caucasus
Activity 1: Map: The
Caucasus and Central
Asia
Bible Integration
Searching for Noah’s Ark on Mt. Ararat
Justice and Mercy – Matt. 12:17-21
Hittites in Anatolia
The Hittites in the Bible
The Seven Churches in the Western
Valleys
Biblical Sites in Asia Minor
Ancient Wonders of Paul’s Day
New Testament Cities on the Southern
Coastal Plains
The First Stop on Paul’s Missionary
Journey
Bible Search for the City of Tyre
Destruction of Tyre
Pentapolis
Historic Importance of the Wadis in the
West
Bible Geography
The Mountains of Ephraim on the West
Bank
Jabbok River
Historical Negev
Through Christian Eyes
Activity 2
Muslim Beliefs
Islam
Jihad and Paradise
Contrasting Islam and Christianity
Through Christian Eyes
Tent Making
Mission Boards and Persecution
Through Christian Eyes
Section Quiz Question #6
Nineveh
Section Quiz Question #6
Persecution of Christians in Iran
Religious Overview
Esther and the Persians
Through Christian Eyes
What Do You Think? Questions #1 and
#2
Through Christian Eyes
Section Quiz Question #5
Day(s)
Topic
141–143
Central Asia
Pages
455–64
144
Chapter 18 Review
145
Chapter 18 Test
Chapter 19: South Asia
146–147 India
470–84
148
149
Pakistan and
Bangladesh
Nepal and
Bhutan
484–88
488–90
150
Sri Lanka and the 490–92
Maldives
151
Chapter 19 Review
152
Chapter 19 Test
Chapter 20: East Asia
153–154 China
495–505
155
156–157
158–159
Support Materials
The Drying of the Aral Sea
Activity 1: Map of South
Asia
Activity 2: Comparing
Countries
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Activity 3: Hinduism—In
Its Own Words
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Activity 4: The
Conquest of Everest
Activity 5: Chapter
Review
Bathing in the Sacred Ganges
Through Christian Eyes
Religions
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Activity 1: Map of China
and Vicinity
Activity 2: The Church
in China
506–11
Activity 3: China’s Many
Messages to Quell
Unrest
511–15
Japan
515–20
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Activity 4: Map of the
Korean Peninsula and
Japan
Activity 5: Letter from
Pyongyang
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Activity 6: Chapter
Review
Chapter 20 Review
161
Chapter 20 Test
Christians in Asia
The Bible in Maldives
What Do You Think? Question #1
China’s
Autonomous
Regions and
Mongolia
North and South
Korea
160
Bible Integration
Activity 2: Roots of
Rage: Militant Islam in
Central Asia
Activity 3: Comparing
and Contrasting the
Countries
Activity 4: The Travels
of Marco Polo in
Central Asia
Explosion of Chinese Christianity
Center of the World?
Ancient Chinese Philosophers
Evaluating the Three Gorges Dam
Project
International Business Opportunities for
Christians
Debate: Should US Corporations Do
Business with the Chinese?
Contrasting East and West
Activity 2
Christianity in Taiwan
Korean Christianity and Missions
Through Christian Eyes
What Do You Think? Questions #1 and
#3
Day(s)
Topic
Chapter 21: Southeast Asia
162–164 Indochina
Pages
523–30
165–166
The Malay
531–36
Archipelago
167
Chapter 21 Review
168
Chapter 21 Test
Cultural
540
Snapshot
Chapter 22: Australia and New Zealand
169–171 Australia
542–57
172
New Zealand
557–61
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Activity 1: Map of
Southeast Asia
Activity 2: Buddhism
Activity 3: Chapter
Review
Micronesia
Polynesia
573–76
577–80
179
Chapter 23 Review
180
Chapter 23 Test
Chapter 24: The Last Frontiers
181–182 Antarctica
583–88
183–184
The Ocean Deep
589–95
Buddhism
Speaking the Truth in Love
Activity 2
Through Christian Eyes
What Do You Think? Question #1
Christianity in the Land Down Under
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Activity 1: Map of
Australia and New
Zealand
Activity 2: The Great
Barrier Reef
Activity 1: Map of
Australia and New
Zealand
Activity 3: The
Discovery of New
Zealand
Activity 4: Aboriginal
Peoples
173
Chapter 22 Review
174
Chapter 22 Test
Chapter 23: Oceania: The Pacific Islands
175–176 Melanesia
564–73
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Activity 1: Map of
Oceania
177
178
Bible Integration
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Activity 2: Captain Cook
on Easter Island
Activity 3: Chapter
Review
Through Christian Eyes boxes
Anthropologists on the Aborigines
Origins of the Wingless Birds of New
Zealand
Cargo Cults
Through Christian Eyes
Section Quiz Question #5
Conversion of a Cannibal King
Missionary Aviation
Family Difficulties of Missionaries
Through Christian Eyes
Taboo
What Do You Think? Questions #1-3
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Activity 1: The Journals
of Amundsen and
Scott
Activity 2: Map of
Antarctica
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Activity 3: Making Men
into Fish
Creation Mandate and Frontiers
Through Christian Eyes
God Formed the Ocean Depths
A Christian Explorer Helps Mankind
Living Fossils of the Deep
Day(s)
Topic
185
The Heavens
186
187
Chapter 24 Review
Chapter 24 Test
Pages
596–97
Support Materials
Activity 4: Chapter
Review
Activity 5: Careers in
Geography
Bible Integration