What is a standard?

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What is a standard?

• The important information/ themes students must
  learn during a unit
• SSWG1 The student will explain the physical
  aspects of geography.
• a. Describe the concept of place by explaining
  how physical characteristics such as landforms,
  bodies of water, climate, soils, natural
  vegetation, and animal life are used to describe
  a place.
• b. Explain how human characteristics, such as
  population settlement patterns, and human
  activities, such as agriculture and industry, can
  describe a place.
• c. Analyze the interrelationship between physical
  and human characteristics of a place.

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What is an Essential Question (EQ)?

• This is a question or idea that you should be
  able to answer by the end of the day.
• Example EQ- List 1 of the 5 Themes of Geography
  and describe the meaning of the Theme
• Location Where is a place located can be
  absolute or relative

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The Five Themes of Geography
How geographers look at the world
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Why study geography?

• To understand more about the changing world we
  live in
• To learn more about the people and cultures of
  the world so that we can better understand each
  other
• To evaluate the connection between the earth and
  those who live on it

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What are the Five Themes of Geography?

• The concepts that geographers use to study the
  world and the people that inhabit it.
• They are all connected
• Use all five themes to truly understand the
  geography of a place

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Location

• Asks the question Where is it?

Heres Madagascar!
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Can be absolute location, which uses a system to
find an exact spot on the earth.

• Examples latitude and longitude, address with
  zip codes, GPS, map coordinates

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Can be relative location, which uses descriptions
to find places on the earth.

• Example I live in Marietta near the Big Chicken.

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THE BIG CHICKEN!
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The girl lived at the north end of the Golden
Gate Bridge.
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• The Museum is located at 1312 Long Leg Street,
  Tallinn, Estonia.

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Place

• Asks What are the characteristics of a
  location?
• Describes what it is like there
• For example, how would you describe Pebblebrook
  High School?

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Can be physical features

• Climate temperature, rainfall
• Landforms plateaus, plains
• Topography - elevation
• Flora - plants
• Fauna - animals
• Resources petroleum, gemstones

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Can be human characteristics

• Such as population statistics, economic
  activities, religion, language, government

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Movement

• How do people, goods and ideas get from one place
  to another?

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Examples of movement

• Trading products between countries
• Migration of people to new areas
• Buying clothes over the internet
• Flying overseas to visit your relatives
• Coming to school on the bus this morning
• Urban sprawl

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Human Environment Interaction
How do we use the earth? How have we changed the
earth?
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Examples of HEI

• Growing corn in Iowa
• Mining iron ore from the Iron Range
• Skiing in Colorado
• Fishing on Lake Lanier
• Cars consuming gasoline and polluting the air
• Houses built out of brick
• Deforestation of the Himalayas so that homes can
  be built

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Region

• How is this place similar to other places?
• Are there common characteristics?

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There are three different types of regions

• Formal Region usually drawn up by the
  government.
• Functional Region serve a particular purpose
• Vernacular Region (Perceptual) peoples
  perceptions
• Regions can overlap!

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WHAT TYPES OF REGIONS?

• THE SOUTH?
• THE EAST?
• THE MIDWEST?
• THE WEST?
• GEORGIA?
• NEWSPAPER ROUTE?