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Week 2 Slideshow
Unit 1: Geographic Representation and Reasoning
Big Idea: Patterns found in cultures, systems, and environments are represented by symbols on maps that display spatial relations.
Essential Question: How are patterns in culture, systems, and the environment represented in Geography?
Objectives: Students will be able to... Explain the different characteristics and purposes of maps; Create maps that display spatial patterns in culture and the environment; & Identify geographic features of human systems around the world by using geographic tools, knowledge, and skills.
Agenda:
Introduction to Geography
Unit 1 Vocab
Unit 1 Notes
what is geography?
what is geography?
Watch this video if you would like some extra context on what Geography entails.
What is a map?
What is a map?
Watch this video if you would like more information about how Geographers use maps.
What is Space?
What is Space?
Watch this video if you would like more information about spatial relations in Geography.
Unit 1 Vocabulary:
Unit 1 Vocabulary:
Bay: part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline
Channel: wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other
Continent: one of the seven large landmasses that lie close to each other
Culture: way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
Desert: dry, barren area of land
Environment: surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives
Geography: study of the physical and human features of the earth
Gulf: part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline
Human Feature: anything that is made or built by humans
Key: list that explains what the symbols on a map stand for
Lake: sizeable inland body of water
Map: symbolic representation of all or part of the planet on a flat piece of paper
Mountain: land with steep sides that rises sharply from surrounding land
Mountain Range: series of connected mountains
Ocean: one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents
Physical Feature: characteristic of a place occurring naturally
River: large natural stream of water that runs through the land
Sea: large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land
Spatial Relations: connections that places and people have to one another because of their locations
Strait: narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
week 3 slideshow
week 3 slideshow
Unit 1: Geographic Representation and Reasoning
Big Idea: Patterns found in cultures, systems, and environments are represented by symbols on maps that display spatial relations.
Essential Question: How are patterns in culture, systems, and the environment represented in Geography?
Objectives: Students will be able to... Explain the different characteristics and purposes of maps; Create maps that display spatial patterns in culture and the environment; & Identify geographic features of human systems around the world by using geographic tools, knowledge, and skills.
Agenda:
Maps Analysis Practice
Vocab Review
Crash Course Videos (What is a Map? & What is Space?)
week 4 slideshow
week 4 slideshow
Unit 1: Geographic Representation and Reasoning
Big Idea: Patterns found in cultures, systems, and environments are represented by symbols on maps that display spatial relations.
Essential Question: How are patterns in culture, systems, and the environment represented in Geography?
Objectives: Students will be able to... Explain the different characteristics and purposes of maps; Create maps that display spatial patterns in culture and the environment; & Identify geographic features of human systems around the world by using geographic tools, knowledge, and skills.
Agenda:
Textbook Map Analysis
Desk Maps Analysis
Group Maps Practice
week 5 slideshow
week 5 slideshow
Unit 1: Geographic Representation and Reasoning
Big Idea: Patterns found in cultures, systems, and environments are represented by symbols on maps that display spatial relations.
Essential Question: How are patterns in culture, systems, and the environment represented in Geography?
Objectives: Students will be able to... Explain the different characteristics and purposes of maps; Create maps that display spatial patterns in culture and the environment; & Identify geographic features of human systems around the world by using geographic tools, knowledge, and skills.
Agenda:
Our World In Data Map Analysis
Skills Practice Stations
Begin Unit 1 Project
week 6 slideshow
week 6 slideshow
Unit 1: Geographic Representation and Reasoning
Big Idea: Patterns found in cultures, systems, and environments are represented by symbols on maps that display spatial relations.
Essential Question: How are patterns in culture, systems, and the environment represented in Geography?
Objectives: Students will be able to... Explain the different characteristics and purposes of maps; Create maps that display spatial patterns in culture and the environment; & Identify geographic features of human systems around the world by using geographic tools, knowledge, and skills.
Agenda:
Finish Unit 1 Project
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