Transcript Cardinal Directions - MrWall7thGradeSocialStudies

Title: Geography Introduction
• WARM-UP: Remember it goes in the upper
left hand corner. Number page, P#1.
Warm-up:
In your Interactive Notebook! Using the
Cardinal Directions of North, South, East, and
West, describe using those geographic terms
the directions from our class to the office then
to the gym and back to our classroom.
Notes:
Title: Geography Introduction
Geography
Physical
1. Weather / Climate
Human
1. Cultures /
Traditions
2. Water / Landforms 2. Interactions: Trade,
3. Cardinal Directions: N,S,E,W
Economy
4. Latitude – East to West
5. Longitude – North to South
Title: Geography Introduction
• Classroom activity: “Draw a geographer” No stick
figures.
• 1) What is he/she wearing? The type of clothes
will tell you which cardinal direction that are
located at.
• 2) Go back over the information from your notes,
and then choose 3 things a geographer might use
or need to know when she/he studies the earth.
Include these things in your drawing. Explain your
illustration below the drawing.
Title: Geography Introduction
• Reflection in their ISN. What did they learn
today?
Title: Five Themes of Geography
WARM-UP: Geographers look at
the world in three different ways:
Local, Regional, and Global. Give
three examples for each.
Location
1.
Absolute
a) Specific
address
HumanEnvironment
Interaction
1. Areas
1. People
that share interact with
common land, water,
characteristics climate,
plants,
animals.
Place Regions
1.
Makes
a place
unique
b) Latitude / a)
Longitude
landforms
2. Relative - b)
a) General
Buildings:
area / Cardinal pyramids
Directions
c) climate
Movement
1. How and
Why
people
and things
move.
Title: Five Themes of Geography
Classwork:
How would you describe yourself physical
geography?
How would you describe your country?
YOU MUST use each of the five themes of
geography.
(You may work with 1 partner!)