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- 1. Class: 2N6/7 Obj: a) To understand what Geography study is all about. b) To delineate the scope of the terms: Physical and Human Geography; c) To stimulate thinking and analysis in pupils and help them acquire skills in these areas; d) To stimulate interest in the subject; e) To help students acquire learning skills. Intro: Review and relate previous learning and understanding and set the tone and expectation. Activity: Note taking and listening skills. Review of lesson through Q&A. What is Geography? The word comes from: ‘ge’ - Greek word meaning ‘Earth’ …..and …. ‘graphein’ - meaning ‘to write’. Hence, the word Geography means : …to write about or describe the Earth. Physical Environment includes: a) Natural Vegetation; b) Physical features such as rivers, mountains, lakes, sea; 1
- 2. c) Weather (which includes Climate and Temperature, High and low pressure fronts.) Human Environment includes: a) People and their influences on choice of place of settlement, type of settlement and density; b) Changes to the local landscape by way of farming and crop development and animal husbandry; c) Transport and communication including infrastructure. We study Geography because: i) We want to know more about our environment (KNOWLEDGE) to better understand it. ii) We want to develop skills in locating and acquiring information, critical thinking and decision making. eg: How are mountains formed? Where are volcanoes formed? Why do people settle in some and not in other places? How do we locate a city and how do we effectively use land? The study includes: Fieldwork and case studies. Fieldwork is gathering evidences directly from the environment and not from books (ie using our senses and gathering evidences). Case studies is the application of what we learn in fieldwork to solve problems such as ‘Forest Conservation’, ‘Crop rotation’ to reduce depletion of soil fertility, ‘Increase in agriculture production’ and intensive farming. 2