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Bellwork. Please get out your spiral notebook. Skip the first page and number a sheet of paper 1-10. 8. 7. 2. 1. 9. 3. 6. 4. 10. 5. How Many of these countries can you name??. Agenda. Bellwork : Meaning of Geography Interactive Notebooks (Standard) What is Geography?
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Bellwork • Please get out your spiral notebook. Skip the first page and number a sheet of paper 1-10.
8. 7. 2. 1. 9. 3. 6. 4. 10. 5. How Many of these countries can you name??
Agenda • Bellwork: Meaning of Geography • Interactive Notebooks (Standard) • What is Geography? • 5 Themes of Geography • HW: Graphic Organizer (copy at end of class)
Bellwork • What do you think Geography is all about? Brainstorm your ideas in your notebook • Title: Bellwork 8/12
Interactive Notebooks • Left Side: • Homework • Bellwork • Classwork • Title Pages* • Right Side: • Class Notes • Maps • Guided Reading Questions
What is Geography? • Why do we study Geography? • Know where places are • Know who lives there • Know what they are like, what they are interested in. • Know about those places, the land and climate. • Know how we interact with the land, what we do to it • How people interact with each other.
5 Themes of Geography Location: Relative Location: where is it in reference to other things Absolute Location: the longitude/latitude Place: Human Place: the population, their culture Physical Place: the landforms, bodies of water, climate, weather
5 Themes of Geography Human Environment Interaction - how people relate to their environment and are affected by it Movement - trade of goods, ideas, exports, imports, human migration Regions - the grouping of similar places either geographically or due to like attributes
Why Study Geography? http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/05/02/geog.test/
World Map Video http://geography.learnhub.com/lesson/9827-animaniacs-nations-of-the-world-song