Unit 1

CHAPTER 1 OUTLINE (Pages 14-17 in your Notebook)

YOU WILL USE THE TEXTBOOK OUTLINE FOR EACH OF THE CHAPTER IN THE TEXTBOOK. FOLLOW THE TEMPLATE TO CORRECTLY OUTLINE EACH OF THE CHAPTER THAT ARE ASSIGNED. THE CHAPTER OUTLINE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 2 PAGES AND A MAXIMUM OF 4 PAGES FOR EACH CHAPTER.

Unit 1

Monday 8/12 - Introduction, Circle Map, Mental Map

Tuesday 8/13 - Syllabus/Website/Grading Policy, Unit 1 Rubric, Mental Map of the World, Go get Textbooks

Wednesday 8/14 – Mental Map of Rio Rancho, AP Contract, Geography Start of the Year Videos

Thursday 8/15 - Chapter 1 PowerPoint, GIS Ted Talk

Friday 8/16 - Finish Chapter 1 PowerPoint, School Website Big Ideas etc….., Map Quiz #1

Monday 8/19 – Finish Chapter 1 PowerPoint, Show Quizlet and Current Events

Tuesday 8/20 – 5 Themes of Geography PowerPoint, Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz

Wednesday 8/21 – Structure of Place Notes

Thursday 8/22 – NPR Mapping Our History of the World, Map that help us map sense of the world

Friday 8/23 – West Wing Clip, Spatial Thinking Notes, Will I. Am’s Aha! Moment ESPN Chart

Monday 8/26 – Multiple Choice Question Tips, FRQ Tips, Practice FRQ, Review, Study Guide

Tuesday 8/27 – Unit 1 Exam (25 MC Questions, 1 FRQ)

Unit 1 Essential Questions Page 12

Essential Questions must be written or printed in Notebook. Must be answered completely when notebook is due.

Essential Questions

1. What is Geography?

2. How do geographers describe where things are?

3. Why is each point on Earth Unique?

4. Why are different places similar?

5. What is human geography?

6. What are geographic questions?

7. Why do geographers use maps, and what do maps tell us?

8. Why are geographers concerned with scale and connectedness?

9. What are geographic concepts, and how are they used in answering geographic questions?

Unit 1 Learning Objectives Page 13

1. Identify types of maps, the types of information presented in maps, and different kinds of spatial patterns and relationships portrayed in maps.

2. Identify different methods of geographic data collection.

3. Explain the geographical effects of decisions made using geographical information.

4. Define major geographic concepts that illustrate spatial relationships.

5. Explain how major geographic concepts illustrate spatial relationships.

6. Define scales of analysis used by geographers.

7. Explain what scales of analysis reveal.

8. Describe different ways that geographers define regions.

Possible Words for Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz

spatial distribution

pandemic

cultural landscaping

thematic maps

human geography

five themes

time- distance decay

cultural hearth

contagious diffusion

accessibility

mental map

cultural ecology

functional region

relocation diffusion

possibilism

sense of place

remote sensing

location theory