The course is structured and paced around the textbook. Lectures are meant to clarify (and sometimes expand on) the textbook. I rely on your having read the text, so that you are aware of the CONTEXT of what I am teaching. Each day I try to stick to a theme, that is outlined at the beginning of class - but your best guarantee that (for you) the lecture material will be coherent, is to read the Chapter on which we are working, before coming to class.
If you come to class prepared by having read the text, you already have the context - then you can appreciate the amplification/clarification I attempt to provide... my lectures are essentially reinforcing what you have already learned; and your reading has supplied the context for my lecture.
Map discussions: these are at most once per week, on Friday. Map discussion occupies about the first 20 minutes of the lecture. I shall place the maps that are to be discussed on the course website by 5 pm the day prior to the discussion. It is your responsibility to print off the maps and bring them to class. I encourage you to bring coloured pencils or highlighters so you can mark up these maps during the discussion to bring out the most important points discussed.

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