Milestone Worksheet Guidelines

Overview: To complete this milestone activity, you will continue to imagine that you are relocating from your current location to a new region of the globe, but now you will narrow your focus to a particular city or area of a country within the new region that you have selected. See the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document for detailed information about this scenario.These responses will be the speaker notes that you will use while you present your final presentation. You will also submit a draft of your final project presentation slides, including resources on the last slide, in this milestone.

Prompt: For this assignment, complete the following steps:

1. Review the Milestone Two Rubric at the end of this worksheet.

2. Download this document and complete the worksheet below, addressing questions related to the location,region significance, global significance, interactions, and movement of your new city or area within your new region.

3. For your draft of the final project presentation slides, you should include a slide (or slides) that address each element of the final project presentation requirements and include a draft transcript of your speaker notes. It is important that your presentation and speaker notes are organized in such a manner that between the two, it is clear to your instructor that you have sufficiently covered each element required for the final project. Your last presentation slide should be a reference list of at least five sources that support your final project using current APA style guidelines.

Tip: Consider copying your speaker notes into your presentation where appropriate, so that you can view the interplay between any images, bullets, or titles you are using and cue yourself to the speaker notes, which are the core of how you are graded.Do not forget to include the speaker notes you have from Milestone One, upon which you received feedback from your instructor.

4. Once you have completed the worksheet, upload your saved worksheet filealong with a draft of your final project presentation slides and submit this milestone assignment to Blackboard.

Note: Refer to your module resources and the Themes of Geography resource, as well as additional resources you identify, for information to help you answer the questions below.Remember that you will need to have at least five sources in current APA style for your citations and references list in the final project submission. Note that each question of your worksheet has you track your citations. This is so you will not need to go back and figure out where you grabbed a resource from whenyou submit your final slides. You will be able to use these worksheets to copy and paste your citation list into your last slide.In some instances, you may have used the same resource more than once, which is why your list may be as small as five resources.

Part I: Location

In this section you will narrow your focus to a particular city or area of a country within your region and describe its location, regional significance, and global significance.

1. Identify a city or area of a country within your new region: Los Angeles, California

2. Location: Describe the absolute and relative location of your city or area within your new region. Support your description with current examples in 2 to 3 sentences. Include citations for your resources using APA style guidelines as needed.

Optional: Include a map to illustrate your written description.

Note: The box will expand to accommodate your image.

3. Regional Significance: What is the geographic significance of the area of your country or city's location within the region? Your 2- to 3-sentence response should be based on the application of geographic concepts to your region as needed. Include citations for your resources using APA style guidelines.

4. Global Significance: What is the geographic significance of this area of your country or city's location globally? You should base your input on the application of geographic concepts to your region. Write 2 to 3 sentences.Include citations for your resources using APA style guidelines as needed.

Part II: Connectivity

In this section, discuss connections between your new region and other world regions, as well as connections between your new region and you personally.

1. Interactions: How does your city or area of a country within your new global region interact regionally and globally with other regions? In other words, describe how your region interacts with others, both within the country and abroad. In your response you could consider economic, cultural, and physical interactions. Your response should be based on the application of geographic concepts of your region, and should be 5 to 6 sentences in length. Include citations for your resources using APA style guidelines as needed.

2. Movement: What connects you personally to this new location, causing you to relocate? For instance, are there any current geopolitical, environmental, cultural, or economic events or issues that connect you to your new region? Support your statement with current global or regional examples and make sure to reference the reason you are relocating in 5 to 6 sentences. Include citations for your resources using APA style guidelines as needed.

Guidelines for Submission: Your detailed response to each question in the worksheet should be written in complete sentences and in your own words. (You may paraphrase information from the learning resources, butdo not directly quote or copy and paste text.)Be sure to include citations for your resources using APA style guidelines. Once you have completed the worksheet, upload and submit your saved worksheet file to Blackboard, along with a draft of your final project presentation slides, to finish this milestone assignment.