Today 9/14/12

• 691• Tonight’s Homework:–Follow up questions #1 -3.

Aim: Why do we study geography in social studies?

Do Now: On your way to school each day, what do you see? Make a list.

GEOGRAPHY• The study the of earth

and the way that people live on it and use it. - landforms- bodies of water- weather- plant and animal life- people

Environment• A place made up of all the

surroundings around it.

–Land or water–Weather–Plants and

animals

Culture• The beliefs, or ideals, that

guide the way people live.

– Every group of people has their own culture.

– A group’s culture includes all the ways its people live, think, believe, and feel.

Exit Question•How does a

group’s environment effect their culture?