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Leader: Please help participants keep track of time. Please
facilitate discussion such that the first seven to eight
minutes are spent discussing participants' questions
and the last two to three minutes address the lesson-oriented
questions below. You can start group discussion as soon
as most people have completed their list.
Working alone, take three to five minutes to make a list
of at least 10 questions you would use to interview a city planner
in order to learn the major human and physical characteristics
of a specific urban region. For each question state briefly
a rationale for including it in your list.
In the remaining
time, share your questions as a group. Before closing discussion,
take a few moments to address these questions:
How
might conducting such an interview be a useful assignment
for students?
Other
than city planners, what types of professionals might students
benefit from interviewing about issues related to urban geography?
