Kalamazoo College Education Department

EDUCATION 115
Cultural Understanding Through Teaching Geography


Syllabus

ARCHITECTURE INFORMATION

Styles: Walking Through Time, pp. 161-165 (handout)

Styles: Architectural Styles Through the Ages

Terms: Architectural Terms

Parts of a House
Parts of a House

House Designs
House Designs




DO SOMETHING!
Citizens for Global Solutions
Here's the link

KALAMAZOO URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION

This is the local chapter of the Citizens for Global Solutions. The group meets on Wednesday nights at 7:00pm at the Ravenwood Coffee House (corner of Stadium Drive and Academy Street).
The Chief organizer, Jessica French, took the EDUC 115 Urban Geography class three or four years ago.

 


URBAN PLANNING

Urban Planning Definitions
Urban Planning Definitions


Urban Residue
LINK

New Urbanism
LINK

Power Point Presentation
New Urbanism
LINK

A SENSE OF SPACE
How one town lost Maytag and it's Identity
LINK

International Cities
LINK


John Locke



Jane Jacobs

 

SPRAWL
Here's the link
ALTERNATIVE VIEWS: GOOD FOR MINORITIES?
SOLUTIONS TO SPRAWL

 

NATURE
RECONNECTING OURSELVES TO NATURE THROUGH
PLANTS
Here's the link


LAND USE/DEVELOPMENT

New Trends Require New Designs
Arizona Downtown Condo's are a hot market
Here's the link

Development in Coastal Areas
Here's the link





AGRICULTURE

Farm to Cafeteria
Here's the link

 City Dwellers Find Fun, Frugality in Farming
Here's the link

Small Farms
SMALL FARMS
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1027/p14s01-lifo.html

 

LOCAL ECONOMY


SPRAWL BUSTERS
http://www.sprawl-busters.com/

CYBURBIN, THE PLANNING PORTAL
http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16933

BIG BOX STUDY
http://www.coalitiontlc.org/big_box_study.htm

DOWNTOWNS TRY TO FIND THEIR NICHE AGAINST BIG BOX STORES
click here for the article

GLOBAL ECONOMY

Protesters in Hong Kong protest the World Trade Organization
click here for article

Middle Class jobs-where are they?
middle class jobs

MICHIGAN

KALAMAZOO

 


Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart saves costs by cutting health care
click here


Norway dumps Wal-mart Stocks
click here


SPACE

Project for Public Spaces
Here's the link

"Privately Owned Public Space"
Here's the link

Great Public Places
Here's the link




Petroleum and Energy
Energy Charts




PETROLINA

SOCIETY FOR COMMERCIAL ARCHAELOGY
ROADSIDE ORGANIZATION

LOST HIGHWAY MUSEUM
losthighway

PRIMARLY PETROLIANA
old gas




Energy blog site:
http://www.resourceinsights.blogspot.com/

Historic Preservation


East Hall, WMU Campus

Historic Preservation Magazine
http://www.nationaltrust.org/magazine/

HGTV's Restore America
http://www.hgtv.com/