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GeographyTonja L. RootEarly Childhood and Reading EducationValdosta State UniversityValdosta, GA 31698
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Geography StandardsFive themes1. location2. place3. relationships within places (human-environmental interaction)4. relationships between places (movement)5. regions
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Parts of the Study of Geography
1. subject matter: essential
knowledge
2. skills: asking geographic questions, acquiring, organizing & analyzing geographic information, & answering geographic questions
3. perspectives: spatial & ecological
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Geographic Skills• Asking geographic
questions: Where? Why there?
• Acquiring geographic information: from a variety of sources & in a variety of ways
• Organizing geographic information: to assist with analysis & interpretation of data
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Geographic Skills (cont.)
• Analyzing geographic information: look for patterns, relationships & connections
• Answering geographic questions: develop generalizations & conclusions based on geographic knowledge
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Six Essential Elements• World in spatial terms:
relationship between people, places & environments through mapping
• Places and regions: how lives are grounded in places & human constructs called regions
• Physical systems: physical processes shape surface & interact with plants & animals to create, sustain & modify ecosystems
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Six Essential Elements• Human systems: population &
human activities from culture to economices, to settlement, to conflict & cooperation
• Environment & society: intersection of physical & human systems
• Uses of geography: to understand past, interpret present & plan for future
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World in Spatial Terms• Books charted on a world
bulletin board• Written descriptions of
continents posted• Illustrations of books
displayed• Mental maps drawn
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Places and Regions
• Region: area of Earth’s surface with unifying geographic characteristics which affect humans
• Expository writing frame:The ___ Native Americans lived in ___. Their homes were ___ made of ___. They ate ___. They ___ and ___.
Organizes information, shows elements of reports, serves to compare & contrast
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Physical Systems: Climate & Weather
Physical process categories• atmosphere (climate & meteorology)
• lithosphere (plate tectonics, erosion & soil formation)
• hydrosphere (circulation of oceans & hydrologic cycle)
• biosphere (plant & animal communities & ecosystems)
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Environment & Society: Protecting Earth
• How human actions modify the physical environment• Causes & implication of
different kinds of polution, resource depletion & land degradation• Unit parts: endangered
species, endangered environment & pollution
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Uses of Geography: Reflective decision-making
Steps to social action:1 . Identify & define problem2 . Identify value assumptions3 . Identify alternatives4 . Predict consequences5 . Reach decisions & justify
decisions6 . Realize tentativeness of decision7 . Act on decision
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