Week 4 Assignment Due 02/02/2016 by 10a

Week 4 Assignment 01/30/2016

Week 4 Assignment 1

Course Project: Global Film Travel—Week 4

Sections 2 and 3: “The Americas: North, Middle, and South” and “Subsaharan Africa and North Africa/Southwest Asia”

Reminder: For your Course Project, you place yourself in a scenario related to the development of a global travel film. In this scenario, you are a researcher on the script writing team, traveling with the location scouts. You have 6 weeks to travel the world and scout locations for the film.

For these realms, you will make recommendations about aspects that should be highlighted. The special focus areas for these realms will be:

· The Americas (North, Middle, and South): Impact of the environment (e.g., deforestation or climate change)

· Subsaharan Africa, North Africa, and Southwest Asia: Influence of oil

To prepare:

· Review Chapters 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, and 5A on the Americas in The World Today.

· Read Chapters 6A and 7A on Subsaharan Africa, North Africa, and Southwest Asia in The World Today.

· Consider how changes in the environment have influenced the Americas (e.g., deforestation or climate change)

· Review pages 283–288 regarding the discovery of oil and its impact on the Southwest Asian region.

Your recommendations to the script writing team need to include the following:

· Important areas to film and highlight. (Include a map that shows each location clearly identified. You may want to use color coding or a legend. Include representative screen shots from Google Street View, if available, for each location. For quick tips on how to create screen shots, see the document Creating Screen Shots, located in the Week 1 Resources area.)

· Insights and observations related to the special focus area for the Americas: environmental impacts

· Insights and observations related to the special focus area for Subsaharan Africa and the North African/Southwest Asian realms: the influence of oil

· Notable points about the geography and resources. Include two or more of the following:

· Examples of how the environment has influenced humans, and how humans have influenced the environment

· Agriculture, industry, and food resources

· Insights related to population and demographics

· Major governments and policies

· Typical foods

· Political or environmental dangers

· Other geographical factors of particular interest

Your completed Assignment should be 4–6 pages (Section 2: The Americas—2–3 pages; Section 3: Subsaharan Africa and North Africa/Southwest Asia—2–3 pages). Each section should include 2 or more images (not included in page estimate).

Submit your Assignment by Day 7. In order to receive full credit, all Assignments are due on time. Should you encounter an unanticipated and uncontrollable life event that may prevent you from meeting an Assignment deadline, contact the Instructor immediately to request an extension.