Geography

Tools & Themes

Day 1, 8/12 Where are you right now?

Describe your location in at least 3 different ways.

Bellwork

Switch to your Notes page. (Day 1, 8/12) Work with your table partner. Write as many words as you can think of that

relate to geography.

Geography

Switch to your notes page. Geography: is a field of science dedicated to

the study of the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of Earth.

Geography

Using a Map

Maps help us to understand where we are on the earth.

They help us understand where things are in relation to one another.

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Draw a map of your neighborhood.

Include roads, buildings (houses, stores, etc.) Give it a title (e.g. Main Street, Owingsville, KY)

Your Turn

Name 5 things that you think a geographer

might study.

Bellwork

1. Movement2. Regions3. Human-Environment Interaction4. Location5. Place

Remember MR. HELP

The 5 Themes of Geography

Movement refers to the way people,

products, information and ideas move from one place to another. This can be local such as how did you get to

school today. It can be global such as how did humans get to

North America?

Movement

A region is an area that is defined by

certain similar characteristics. Those unifying or similar characteristics can be physical, natural, human, or cultural.

Regions

Human-Environment Interaction looks at

the relationships between people and their environment; how people adapt to the environment and how they change it. How do people depend on the environment?  How to people adapt to the environment?  How do people modify the environment? 

Human-Environment Interaction

Where is it? Absolute: A location can be absolute

(specific) as in coordinates of a map using longitude and latitude

Relative: A location can be relative - examples: next door, nearby, a short drive, down the road a ways. Or, it can be in the same general location as another location - example: next to the post office.

Location

A place is an area that is defined by

everything in it. All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other places.

If you refer to your school as a place, then that place would include walls, windows, gym, cafeteria, classrooms, people, clothing, books, maps, mops, brooms, hallways, mice (if you have them) and everything else in the school, including the languages spoken.

Place

8/24 Define landform in your own words or give 3

different examples of a landform.

Bellwork

Landform: a natural feature of

the earth's surface

Landforms

Types of Landforms

Archipelago Island Cape Butte Mesa Flood plain Volcano Plateau

Canyon Mountain Glacier Valley Plain Isthmus Peninsula

Landforms are created in 3 ways:

Volcanic Activity Erosion

Water Wind Ice

Deposition

How are Landforms Made?

8/25 How might a landform affect how people

are able to live or use that area? Think of one example of a landform to discuss your answer.

Bellwork

Work with a partner and use Play Dough

to create an example of a landform. After your have created your landform,

write what it is on your Bellwork sheet.

Landforms

8/26 List at least 3 ways that

water can change a landscape.

Bellwork

8/27 How does the water cycle

affect where people can live?

Bellwork

Based upon what you learned in

the video, write a brief paragraph about storms.

5 sentences: 1 topic sentence (Ex. Storms can be very

dangerous.) 3 supporting sentences (Ex. They can produce

lightning and destructive winds like tornados.) 1 conclusion sentence (That’s why you should

be careful during a storm.)

OPEN RESPONSE

8/28 Which of the following cuts

the best: a knife, a rock, or a stream of water? Explain your answer.

Bellwork

Weathering is the breaking down of rocks,

soils, and other minerals through mechanical, chemical, or biological processes. Mechanical

Expansion/Contraction Abrasion Gravity Organic

Chemical

Weathering & Erosion

Mechanical weathering

Weathering & Erosion

Chemical weathering

Weathering & Erosion

Erosion – the transportation of rock or

soil from one place to another Wind Water Glacial

Weathering & Erosion

Wind Erosion

Weathering & Erosion

Water Erosion

Weathering & Erosion

Glacial Erosion

Weathering & Erosion

8/31 Think about two places you

would like to move to after graduation from high school or college.

Name at least two reasons why you want to move to each place.

Bellwork

Migration

Migration

Migration

Migration

Migration

What is migration? Work together in groups of 3-4 to come

up with a definition of what migration is.

Migration

Migration: movement from one place to

another Push Factors: reasons to move away from

a place Pull Factors: reasons to move to a place

Migration

Together with your groups make 2 lists:

Push Factors Pull Factors

Be prepared to share them with the class!

Push & Pull

Would Bath County be a place people

would want to move away from or to? Defend your answer with at least one

push or pull factor.

Exit Slip

9/1 Would you move away from your family if

you knew it meant you would have a better life? Why?

Bellwork

9/1 Would you rather move to Annie’s town

or Ivan’s town? Why? Write a 5 sentence paragraph. Include:

Topic Sentence: “I would rather move to Annie’s town.”

3 Supporting Sentences: “Annie’s town has nice stores.”

Conclusion: “Annie’s town seems like the better place to live.”

Reflection

9/1 What do you think is more important in a

decision to move from one place to another: push factors or pull factors? Why?

Reflection