Bellwork #1
On An Index Card Write Your Name, your favorite ice cream flavor, sports team (if you like sports), movie, food and type of music.
Our First Standard
Geography Overview: Students will see, understand, and appreciate the web of relationships between people, places, and environments using the knowledge, skills, and concepts within the five themes of geography.
CI.01 Explain the five themes of geography (i.e., location, place, human environment and interaction, movement, region). G
What am I learning today?
The five themes of geography
Why am I learning this?
What happens when your cell phone dies and you need to get where you are going? Understanding Geography is the key to understanding our world.
How will I know I learned this?
You will be able to explain the five themes of geography to someone else.
LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!
Interact with projections: http://metrocosm.com/compare-map-proj…
Mercator tool: http://thetruesize.com/
Mike Bostock Map Transitions: http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/3711652
Mercator Puzzle: http://hive.sewanee.edu/ldale/maps/10…
PLACES Everyone! PLACES!
Human Environment and Interaction
Most Important Invention in History?
Most Important Invention in History?
What invention RUINED America?
In MY opinion – it was the invention of the …… Click Here to get my answer
Burning Rivers in the 1960s
NOW?
Movement
Region
Recap:
Discussion and Exit Ticket Time
What are the pros and cons of Immigration?
Describe the Push and Pull Factors Driving Migration to the United States
