Notable Geographers and their Models/Contributions
In pairs or small groups, you will create a poster for one of the notable geographers listed below.
On your poster you must have the following:
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Geographers name,
Name of their model/theory/or ideas,
The year their model was created,
The specific geography unit/s their model is used in (Cultural, Economic, etc),
A visual of their model or theory,
What their model is supposed to explain > Premise/what model-theory explains,
Strengths, Weaknesses, Effectiveness in field (past/present)
The posters will be hung up in the classroom and students will complete a Geography Model
Worksheet for each person. Complete the Strength, Weaknesses and Effectiveness portion of the
worksheet.
Geographers
1. AGRICULTURE/J. Von Thunen
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CLIMATE/Wladimir Koppen
CULTURE + POSSIBLISM/Carl Sauer
CULTURE/Colin Renfrew
CULTURE/Gimbutas
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INDUSTRY/Alfred Weber
INDUSTRY/August Losch
INDUSTRY/Harold Hotelling
INDUSTRY/P.J. Taylor /R.E. Lang
10. INDUSTRY-DEVELOPMENT/Immanuel Wallerstein
11. INDUSTRY-DEVELOPMENT/Walter Rostow
12. POLITICAL/Alfred Mahan
13. POLITICAL/Halford Mackinder
14. POLITICAL/Nicholas Spkyman
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POPULATION//Warren Thompson
POPULATION/Ernst Ravenstein
POPULATION/Ester Boserup
POPULATION/Norman Borlaug
POPULATION/Thomas Malthus
POPULATION/Wilber Zelinsky
POPULATION-MIGRATION + ENV. DET/Ratzel
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URBAN/ P.O. Mueller and Harshorn
URBAN/C. Harris and E. Ullman
URBAN/Homer Hoyt
URBAN/Joel Garreau
URBAN/John Borchert
URBAN/Ernst Burgess
URBAN-SERVICES/Walter Christaller