Find an event that occurred this week that moves you. you must be able to relate it to the current chapter in some way-creativity is welcome. for instance, let's say you read about the war in afghanistan and parts of pakistan. after reading the article, you check a world map and find that some remote parts of pakistan are near the himalayan mountain range. you will discover in chapter 12 that the himalayas were formed by a convergence of two continental plates, the indian plate and the eurasian plate, which causes a convergence zone that resulted in mountain uplift. and, voila! , the himalayans are formed remember, geography is all about connections. the physical environment always sets the context for human events, and, often, they have a more direct influence than you may initially imagine. for example, you're not worried about a tsunami if you live in south dakota, but you are much more aware of the holocene glaciations than you would be if you lived in arizona (that's in chapter 17)