Vozick Human Geography 2018

Get on up and share what you think!  What does it mean to be wealthy!?  Remember, we are thinking like Geographers. How have we gotten to today?  What makes humans humans in the 21st Century.  Looking backward to move forward.  Read  "The Progression of Human Society Since the Beginning of Man, " and fill in your Graphic Organizers.   Work with your table to fill in information from the  article  about   either hunter/gatherers, agriculture or urban/industrial life .  We will use this to inform us as we watch the "Guns, Germs and Steel" video. Look over the  Video notecatcher  and let me know if you have any questions.   Use it to help watch the introduction . What is Yali's question and why is it important?  Yali's question is __________________ and it is important because _____________. Define what a hunter/gatherer society is?  A hunter/gatherer society is ____...

Using your  5 Themes of Geography chart , give an example for each category using Basalt.  Be quick, just write the first response you can think of: 1)  Absolute Location 2)  Relative Location 3)  Physical Place 4)  Human Place 5)  Effect of Humans on the environment of Basalt 6)  Effect of the environment of Basalt on human 7)  Movement (People, Ideas, Technology) in Basalt 8)  Cultural regions of Basalt 9)  Economic Region of Basalt 10)  Political Region of Basalt Get out your Soapstone and Articles.  Share your findings with your table and get ready to share with a peer who has the other article. What were you most surprised to learn about in the articles?   I was surprised that _______ _____________________. What did your article have to do with the 5 themes of geography?   My article was connected to the 5 themes because  ______________.

Warm Up In what ways has the world changed in the last 10 years?  List at least five (5) examples.   You know the world has changed when ____________________. Finishing our charts.  What do the 5 Themes teach us about our place on Earth? Compare and Contrast:  What Similarities Do You See Between Basalt and your other place?  What Differences?  What do these items tell you about each location?  How can we use this information to understand our ever-changing world? Class Activity:   Table Reading- Use the  Soapstone Chart  to Unwrap your article.  Be ready to present to another table. 1.  Read either Article one  "The Role of Place in the World"  or Article two  "How Could a Drought Spark a Civil War?"  2.  Circle the words you do not in the article 3.  Fill out the Soapstone Chart 4.  Summarize with your group 5.  Share your findings with the other group. What were you ...

Warm Up : Let's have some fun!   Grab your computer and go to  http://www.boredpanda.com/fun-maps-they-didnt-teach-you-in-school/ , explore for a few minutes. What was your favorite map and why?   My favorite map was _________ because _________________. Which map is an example of a Cartogram?  What is it showing us?   The _________ map is a Cartogram.  It is showing us ________. What type of map do you think the majority of the maps shown are?  Why do you think that?   I think the majority are _______ maps because _______________. Class Activity:  The Five Themes of Geography PPT  and Worksheet Exit Activity:  Using the 5 Themes of Geography write an overview of Basalt for our Alien friend.  What makes our town unique and what features will you tell them about?

Sir Maps a Lot    https://www.facebook.com/RebazZedbagi/videos/1189932754370431/ What does this video show us about mapmaking?  This video shows us ___________________. What themes (Agriculture, Politics, Urbanism, etc) that we are going to cover does this video refer to?  This video refers to ____________________________. How often do you pull out your phone and feel like this in your classes?  Is it appropriate behavior?  I _______ this in my classes ____________ and it is _________________. Moving Beyond the Orange: What is in a map?   Map Packet.   Working with a partner, get into our textbooks and fill in your worksheets. End of Class Were you able to finish the worksheets?  Why or why not?   I _______ able to finish because _________. Which maps look the most interesting to you? Why?   I thought the ____________ map was most interesting because _____________. What is one thing abo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIID5FDi2JQ How Do Maps Become Distorted?  Maps become distorted because ___________________. What is the name of the primary map projection used around the World? What are the two primary things that get distorted the most? Let's bookmark!  Find our blog page ( https://vozickhumangeo.blogspot.com/ ) and our Schoology Page and make sure you have them bookmarked on your computers.   Orange Maps  What happened to the Orange when you cut it out? Where did the map change the most?  How so?   The map changed the most _________ _ by ____. Homework:  Start and Maybe Finish the  World Map Activity

Welcome to our Human Geography Class!  We are going to explore the world and investigate our place on the globe.  This is going to be a year-long conversation.  Our class is only as great as all of your voices being shared and listened too, so please be prepared to participate. SYLLABUS:  Lets review the year. DAILY CLASS STRUCTURE The daily routine will be fairly similar each day. This will help make transitions smooth. The structure of each "skinny" class will be as follows: 5-10-Minute Warm Up:  Students will be expected to be ready to begin class on time. As soon as you walk in there will be a short warm up activity.  10-Minute Mini-Lesson:  The teachers will introduce the material as well as the instructions for individual or group work.  20 Minutes of Independent or GroupWork:  During this period, students are expected to work individually or in groups on the assignment given to them. This may inclu...

Warm Up: Class Bingo:  Who has  done what in regard to Geography? Class Activity:   Oh Boy our  1st PowerPoint Presentation .  Sit back, relax & PA Y ATTENTION!  See how many mistakes you can spot. End of Class Activity What three maps did you find most interesting and why?   I thought the _______, ________ and _______ maps were the most interesting because ____________________ . What is a geographic fact you learned today?   Today, I learned  ____________________. Why do geographers use a variety of maps to represent the world?   Geographers use a variety of maps because  _______________.