Geography “Geography is the canvas upon which the portrait of History is painted.” -Mr. Layman.
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Geography
“Geography is the canvas upon which the portrait of History is painted.”
-Mr. Layman
What is Geography?
• The “Geography” of a place answers two questions:
1. Where is the place?
- Hemisphere, Continent, Latitude, Longitude…
2. What’s it like there?- Culture, politics, economics…
• Culture + Politics + Economics = Human Geography
Reading maps
- Not just objective ‘pictures’ of the world.- They can tell us a lot about the people that made
them- Different maps meant for different audiences
- Ex: Road maps meant for drivers.
- All maps have biases that can be read into. - Look For:
- Omissions, inclusions, orientation, scale, colors and patterns
What is this map telling us?
What about this one?
Types of Maps
• Let’s see how many kinds of map we can list.
(I will then use this space to type in all of the types of map that the students suggest. I will also ask the students to describe each type of map and tell me what it’s for. I’m looking for everything from a political world map to the floor plan of a building we will also talk about possible biases of each kind of map)
The effects of Geography
• Think about it:How does geography affect people:
– In our local area?– In New York State?– In the United States?
• What does geography effect?– Culture – How?– Economics – How?– Politics – How?
No History without Geography
• Geography plays a major role with literally EVERY person, group of people, place and event we will be studying this year.
• It affected them, just like it affects us. – Economics– Politics– Culture