Utah’s Geography -Human/Environment Interaction & Movement

1. Utah’s Geography-Human/Environment Interaction & Movement Unit I

2. This is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly! Bell Activity • Find your seat number on the class list. • Find the words “basin” and “plateau” on your study guide and complete the following information for the words. • Find the definition using a glossary. • Think about what you believe this definition means then write a sentence using the word. • Draw a picture of something that shows you know what the word means. • Complete the rest of the definition • Where should your backpack be?

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7. We have three tasks to finish today. • First, take the class policies and procedures test on the UTIPS page. • Click simple log in then type your first name and last name on the correct lines. • Put the number of your class hour at the beginning of your last name. • Example: firstname: Nancy lastname: 1Thatcher • Second, finish your essay on the paper provided and turn it in along with your Study Guide. • Second, complete the Utah Studies website tour, filling out the answers on your paper. • Third, find the first Utah counties game on the Links page of the website and practice locating the counties.

8. Policies and Procedures • Class library, check in and out procedures • Announcement board • Class boxes & supplies boxes (colored pencils, etc.) • Computers • Hall passes • Clubs

9. Social Studies Objective –We will identify how people and theirenvironment interact. Behavior Objective – Collaboration: We will work with a partner to do our map activity. Language Objective – We will read a map to find information. We will write good notes. Today we will be learning about…

10. Note Taking • Copy this information onto a piece of lined paper. • As we go through the slides take notes on each topic in its box. • Beginning note takers copy what is on the screen; Advanced note takers take what they read, hear, and see and put it in their own words.

11. Human/Environment Interaction We change the environment and sometime Mother Nature changes it back.    Humans change their environment to make it more suitable to their needs. We heat our buildings in the winter, and cool them in the summer. Nature continues to shape our environment with erosion, deposition, etc. In southern Utah, the Navajo and the sheep they have raised have adapted to the dry environment. All places on Earth have advantages and disadvantages for human settlement.

12. Alaska • How would the environment of Alaska change the people who lived there? • How would the people change the land to live there?

13. Kenya • How would the environment of Kenya change the people who lived there? • How would the people change the land to live there?

14. Utah Roadmap Activity • Work with your table partner to complete the Utah Roadmap activity. • Today is the last day to get this activity finished. • Report any problems with your table partner to me, including not working, talking to others, and not helping.

15. This is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly! Bell Activity • 1) Find your Roadmap activity on the front shelf. • 2) If your desk doesn’t have one, pick up a roadmap. • 3) Work with your partner on the activity. • By the end of the hour, you should be finished with the activity. • 4) If you finish early, do the map on page 7 of your study guide. There are colored pencils at the front of the room. • Where should your backpack be?

16. Social Studies Objective –We will identify characteristics that giveUtah a distinct quality from other places in the world in the world. Behavior Objective – Collaboration: We will work with a partner to do our map activity. Language Objective – We will read a map to find information. Today we will be learning about…

17. Utah Roadmap Activity Cont. • Work with your table partner to complete the Utah Roadmap activity. • When you are in doubt, check the legend or other key features of the map. • Finally, if you get really stuck, raise your hand and ask a question.

18. This is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly! Bell Activity • Find the words “basin” and “plateau” on your study guide and complete the following information for the word. • Find the definition using the online glossary on our class website. • Think about what you believe this definition means then write a sentence using the word. • Draw a picture of something that shows you know what the word means. • Complete the rest of the definition • Where should your backpack be?

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