Geography Introduction
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This document provides an overview and agenda for a World Geography class in the second trimester. It discusses reviewing journals, folders, and participation grades. The class will include a lecture on the five themes of geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions. Students will also complete a journal entry describing their strengths and weaknesses in social studies and do a geography quest activity, with extra time for a BBC video on Mexico.
Geography Introduction
- 1. Trimester 2: World Geography DECEMBER 10, 2012
- 2. Today’s Agenda Overview of trimester Discussion of journal, folder, & daily participation grade Journaling Lecture Geography Quest Extra Time: BBC video on Mexico
- 3. Trimester 2 Overview READING THE HANDOUT TOGETHER
- 4. Other Items Journal Folder Daily Participation Grade
- 5. Journal Entry #1 In one paragraph, describe your strengths and weaknesses in social studies class. What are some things you are really good at? Any particular topics or skills? What are some things you really struggle with?
- 6. The World of Geography OwlTeacher.com
- 7. What is Geography? *It is the study of our earth; our home. OR *Anything that can be mapped! OwlTeacher.com
- 8. What is Geography? Part 2 *Geography mixes up the physical and human aspects of our world into one field of study. *Geography shows the relationship between people and the environment. OwlTeacher.com
- 9. What is a geographer? • Someone who analyzes the Earth from many points of view. OwlTeacher.com
- 10. The Five Themes of Geography • When geographers work, they are guided by two basic questions: 1) Where are things located? 2) Why are they there? To find these answers, geographers use five themes to organize information OwlTeacher.com
- 11. Things that geographers study: • oceans • plant life • landforms • people • how the Earth and its people affect each other OwlTeacher.com
- 12. The Five Themes: 1) Location – Geographers begin to study a place by finding where it is, or its location. 2) Place – Geographers study the physical and human features of a location. 3) Human-Environment Interaction – Geographers study how people affect or shape physical characteristics of their natural surroundings and how does their surroundings (environment) affect them? OwlTeacher.com
- 13. 4) Movement – Helps explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another. 5) Regions – Geographers compare the climate, land, population, or history of one place to another. OwlTeacher.com