Geography Fundamentals Lesson Plan
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This lesson plan covers the key concepts of geography, including regions, absolute and relative location, place, relationships within places, and movement. It also introduces the concept of connections between locations and the influence of people.
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Unit 3- Geography Fundamentals Lesson plan What is Geography? -The study of the world and it's people. -How people interact with the world. Five themes of Geography- Main ideas of Geography -Region \- Absolute and relative location \- Place \- Relationships within places \- Movement Region...
Unit 3- Geography Fundamentals Lesson plan What is Geography? -The study of the world and it's people. -How people interact with the world. Five themes of Geography- Main ideas of Geography -Region \- Absolute and relative location \- Place \- Relationships within places \- Movement Region -A part of the earth that has one or more common characteristics. \- Can be any type of characteristic- does not have to be political \- A way of describing spatial areas -examples: Mountainous Regions, lowlands, physical location of an ethnic group, areas of natural resources, oceanic or atmospheric occurrences, etc. Absolute and relative location -absolute location- the actual physical location of something via Latitude and Longitude. -relative location- the location of a place or thing relative to some known landmark. -relative location is used by everyone-absolute location is under generally by professionals- navigators, meteorologists, pilots, ship captains, etc. Place -A particular location or region -The physical and human characteristics of a location \- generally concerning change resulting from human interaction Relationships with Place \- How the place changed due to humans- why? How? When? Who? \- Transportation, economic activities, construction, irrigation, population vs landforms Movement -How and why places are connected -Movement of people, things, and information Connection -Region is an area- place is specific -A place has a location and a special character that comes from the environment and the way people live -People influence place- place influences people -Places and their people influence each other Oceans and Continents of the World -Continents -North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica -Oceans -Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Southern (Antarctic), Indian -Seas -A sea is a part of an ocean where it meets land or is partially enclosed by land -examples- gulf of mexico, Mediterranean sea, sea of japan, philippine sea, bearing sea, etc. There are many.