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What I did not know is the specific method of how perfume is made, its historic
origins, and the reasons behind why it is so expensive in todays world.
My portfolio is filled with resources to answer these questions and many more. It is
a fantastic theme that can be linked to physical, cultural, economic, and social
aspects of geography. This is an important theme because it allows students to see
how everyday products that are around them have so many links to geography.
Through learning the geography of perfume students will learn to think more
geographically about various other products that they use on a daily basis. This
theme will create a geographically stimulated and curious mindset for students to
students to the use of Oud within the perfume making process. The resource on
the Agarwood tree, within this portfolio, will provide greater detail on how Oud is
produced, what it is, and the importance of it to the geography of perfume.
their time line, and a small writing assignment explaining their choice could be
assigned as homework.
Cyprus and see the perfumery, but the teacher and students can transform the
classroom into the perfumery through this experiential activity. Students could then
compare their thoughts on the smells and the reading, in small groups. A large class
discussion can follow from this activity with ideas of what they might use from their
own natural surroundings to create their own perfumes.
compare how the aspects in the article still apply to modern uses of perfume. This is an
important way of relating concepts in the article to their daily life around them.
the product and understand the process it takes with ingredients and labor from many
different parts of the world to create the final product that they have the luxury of
using, a luxury of very ancient times.
Activity: The teacher could get the students to guess how much some Oud oils
may cost, and then after viewing the video a class discussion could take place on why
the price is as high as it is for this product (the labor that has gone into growing the
Agarwood Tree, selling the wood to foreign countries, and the production of perfume
through the extraction of the rare Oud Oil).
resources used in their daily lives. Cultures are constantly adapting to these
Geographical influences.
do. They may think of things such as beds, or mirrors, and this will spark an interest to
look at the geography behind these objects. The teacher can then plan a class unit
where students choose their own favorite theme of Geography and do a small research
project on it, which can then be presented to the class, so the entire group learns from
one another. The assignment is much alike to this portfolio, but with more emphasis on
class presentation.
resources about the scarcity of Oud oil and its impacts on the market, production, and
cultural use of perfume all over the world.