GEOGRAPHY MONDAY.

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1 GEOGRAPHY MONDAY.

2 REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW. Use the first few minutes of class to look at your notes from yesterday. Highlight, circle, underline the important terms and definitions. Create questions on the left for the notes you wrote down yesterday.

3 REMINDER: Please be Safe, Respectful and Productive. Please put your cell phones and electronic devices away and do not use them during class time.

4 TODAY S ATTENDANCE QUESTION: Name an artist/group/song that is your mom/dad/uncle/aunt/grandpa/grandma s favorite.

5 THE PLAN FOR TODAY: TODAY S LEARNING TARGETS: I can explain the importance of song and sport in the study of culture.

6 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. Folk music is homemade music, produced by largely unschooled musicians for local audiences.

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8 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. The oldest known American folk music style comes from Scotland.

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10 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. It was a style used for singing hymns in churches.

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12 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. In white churches, this style was called lining out while in black churches this style was called call and response.

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14 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. A church leader would sing each stanza first, whereupon the congregation would sing it back, repeating both lyrics and melody.

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16 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. This was done largely because few people were literate at the time.

17 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. Lining Out: Zk Call and Response: Wvc

18 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. Another way folk regions influence music is through the hybridization of styles.

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20 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. One of America s early pop stars in the 19 th century was Stephen Foster.

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22 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. Stephen Foster lived in Pittsburgh where he was trained in classical music.

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24 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. But he was also influenced by the music of African American boatmen who came north on steamboats from New Orleans.

25 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. Foster s many hits include: Camptown Races: Y Oh Sussana 8XuThbZvg

26 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. The cultural processes behind folk music are also seen in popular music.

27 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. For instance, geographers often look for crossroads locations when studying the origins of music styles.

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29 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. A crossroads location is a place where the influence of different cultural styles comes together to produce something new.

30 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. Memphis, Tennessee is an example of a crossroads location in American music.

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33 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. Here you can find the influences of gospel, blues, bluegrass, country, western and R&B music.

34 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. And an American icon that brought them all together was

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37 PART 5: FOLK MUSIC. Elvis was a prolific borrower: BzY

38 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. Along with music, sports are another venue for people to form cultural identities.

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40 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. Sporting teams have cultural value beyond being a form of entertainment.

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42 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. Association with a team helps build the identity of individuals, and creates a sense of community.

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44 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. Supporting a team, for many people, functions as a tribal affiliation, in an anthropological sense.

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46 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. They bring pride in place and build community, giving sports a geographical interest.

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48 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. Climate and space are two geographical factors that affect participation in sports.

49 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. For example, Norway is a small country, but its climate is fairly cold and its terrain is mountainous.

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52 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. So it makes sense that Norway has won the most medals ever in the Winter Olympics (329).

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54 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. Equestrian sports like dressage or polo require a lot of open space.

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56 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. So this sport is unlikely to be played in mountainous or urban areas.

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58 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. Geographers also look for other factors that explain the dominance of a country, region or athlete in a sport.

59 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. For instance: Why is Jamaica so good at producing sprinters?

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61 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. Some people point to things like the high concentration of aluminum oxides in the soils of Jamaica!

62 PART 6: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS. However, Jamaica began fostering its sprinters only after the emergence of stars like Arthur Wint and Herb Mckenley. xma