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Teaching Geography

Teaching Geography. 5 Themes. Location Place Region Movement Human-Environment Interaction. Location. Where is it? Absolute location vs. relative location Longitude and Latitude Prime Meridian, Equator, Tropics Google Earth, of course. Maps and their messages.

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Teaching Geography

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  1. Teaching Geography

  2. 5 Themes • Location • Place • Region • Movement • Human-Environment Interaction

  3. Location • Where is it? • Absolute location vs. relative location • Longitude and Latitude • Prime Meridian, Equator, Tropics • Google Earth, of course

  4. Maps and their messages • Different types (political, climate, topographical, etc) • Different uses and projections

  5. Mercator Projection

  6. Robinson

  7. Peters Projection

  8. What’s up with this?

  9. Place • What is it like there? • Landforms, rivers, climate, etc. • Have students draw and label physical features on a blank map

  10. Landform sample

  11. Climates • Steppes, Savannah, permafrost, rainforest, boreal forest, desert and desertification, etc. • What are these places like and why does it matter? • How does the climate affect the culture? • What would you pack if you went there?

  12. Steppe

  13. Savannah and Boreal Forest

  14. Desertification

  15. Location: what are the people like? • Government • culture • language • religion • Economics • History • natural resources • education, population density, birth/death rates, etc.

  16. Possibilities • Lots of great activities for exploring these things • Learn about and practice customs • Read and interpret charts and graphs • Best source: www.nationalgeographic.com

  17. Region: how do we identify larger areas? • Like place, but on a bigger scale • Do regions really exist? • What is Africa? • Why is Europe a region? • Why do we call it the Middle East?

  18. Movement • How do goods, people, and ideas move from one region to another? • Transportation • Cultural exchanges • Immigration • Disease

  19. Human-Environment Interaction • A two-way street • How do people adapt to the environment? • Irrigation, dams, mining, farming, desalination,etc. • How does the environment adapt to us? • Global warming • Deforestation • Water scarcity and water stress • Pollution

  20. What are people doing about it? • Prof. Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate“When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.”

  21. Project ideas • What could your students do about these issues? • Water in developing nations? • Pollution? • Deforestation?

  22. What about the location of natural resources? • How does this affect power relationships? • See article on the Arctic and oil • What about Central Asia? • Where will power be located in the future? • Where will future conflicts be? • Future business opportunities?

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