Transcript What is Geography? - North Plainfield School District

Chapter 1; Section 1
Studying Geography
 What is geography?
 Tea Party….
 In your Tuesday Do Now Box summarize what you
think you will learn WITHOUT USING THE WORD
GEOGRAPHY: I think this section is about…..
 T: Pages 2-3
 A Geographer’s World; Geography, Geographer’s Tools,
Branches of Geography, Five Themes of Geography.
 H: Section 1 Pages 4-9
 1. What is Geography?
 2. Looking at the World
 3. The Geographer’s Tools
 I: Building Background Page 4
 What Geography is….
 E: Main Ideas Page 4
 What Geography is
 Geographers look at the world in many ways.
 Geographers use many tools.
 V: Section 1 Pages 4-9
 Page 5 How geography is all around us.
 Page 8 The difference between maps and globes
 E: Section 1 Assessment Page 9
 Why is geography considered a science?
 S: Summary and Preview Page 9
 Summarize in your own words what this section is about.
 In five sentences summarize why its important to
know how to use the textbook. Why is using the
THIEVES chart a skill a good reader uses?
 How do you see Geography in your
everyday life?
Geography
Social Science
Region
Map
Globe
•Geography is the study of the world, its
people, and the landscapes they create
•Social Science is a field that focuses on
people and the relationships among them
•A region is a part of the world that has one
or more common features that distinguish
it from surrounding areas
•A map is a f lat drawing that shows
all or part of Earth’s surface
•A globe is a spherical, or ball-
shaped, model of the entire planet
 Geography is the study of the world, its people, and
the landscapes they create.
 To a geographer, a place’s landscape is all the human and
physical features that make it unique.
 In Algeria people live in small villages and are surrounded by
deserts. How would you describe North Plainfield’s landscape?
 Many of the questions geographers
ask deal with how the world works.
 As scientists, geographers look at data or information they
gather about places.
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Once they gather their data, they must study it carefully.
Geographers gather scientific data by making observations,
taking measurements, and studying satellite images.
 A social science is a field that studies people and
the relationships among them.
The geographers who study people do not dig in caves or climb
mountains. Instead, they visit places and talk to the people who live
there. They want to learn about people’s lives and communities.
Why is geography considered a science?
How do geographers who study people differ from other
geographers?
How can geography be useful?
What is the difference between human and physical geography?
Why do the geographers study the world on three different
levels?
What might a geographer at the local, regional, and global level
study?
What do you think is the most important tool to a global
geographer? Explain why.
How would you describe North Plainfield to a geographer?
(human and physical)
 To fully understand how the world works geographers
often look at places at three different levels.
 . Some geographers study issues at a local level.
 They ask how do people in a town or community live? What is
the local government like? How do people who live there get
around?
A Geographer in a neighborhood of New York City, for example
Chinatown, might study local foods, housing or clothing.
By asking these questions geographers can figure out why
people live and work the way they do. They can also help
improve their lives.
 Geographers study the world in regions. A region is a
part of the world that has one or more common
features that distinguish it from surrounding
areas.
Physical
Human
 Some regions are defined
 Other regions are based
by physical
characteristics such as
mountain ranges,
climates, or plants native
to the area.
on the human
characteristics of a place
such as language,
religion, or history.
Geographers study the world in regions
to see how people interact with one
another.
Why do geographers study the world on a
local and regional level?
Geographers study the world on a global level to see how
different regions of the world interact and inf luence one
another. They try to find relationships between people who live
far apart.
Geographers provide us with
information to help us figure out
how to live in a rapidly changing
world.
The tools geographers use most often in their work are maps
and globes.
Maps
1. Flat drawing
2. Distorts details
3. Easy to work with
4. Can include a lot
of information
about a place.
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Globes
Ball-shaped
model of the
earth.
Hard to show
small areas.
Expensive.
Shows places and
features.
Satellites gather information in the form of images. This helps
them to see what an area looks like from above Earth.
 Satellites also collect information that we cannot see
from the planet’s surface. The information gathered by
satellites helps geographers make accurate maps.
 computer programs
 measuring devices to record data
 a notebook
 Tape Recorder
 How would you describe North Plainfield to a
geographer? (human and physical features)
 1. Physical Geography is the study of the world’s
physical features – its landforms, bodies of water,
climates, soils and plants.
 2. They want to know where plains and mountain
ranges are, how rivers flow across the landscape, and
why different amounts of rain fall from place to place.
They also want to know what causes the different
shapes on Earth.
 3. Human geography is the study of the world’s people,
communities, and landscapes.
 4. Human geographers study the world’s people, past
and present. They look at where people live and why.
They ask why some parts of the world have more
people than others, and why some places have almost
no people at all.
 They are similar because they both study the world.
 They are different because human geography focuses
on people and physical geography focuses on physical
features.
 1. Five minute review of worksheet 10.
 Take Quiz.
 Worksheet 12
 How can studying the geography of North Plainfield
be useful?
 1. Dec. 30 degrees, Apr. 50 degrees, July 75 degrees,
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Sept. 60 degrees.
2. Somerset Street, Watchung Ave., Greenbrook Rd.
3. 2.79 square miles
4. Somerset
5. Plainfield, Watchung, Dunellen, Fanwood, South
Plainfield
 7. 21.315
 8. White 57%, African American 18%, Asian 2.7%,
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Hispanic 43%
9. 6 schools; West End, Somerset, East End, Stony
Brook, Middle School, High School,
10. 7,125
11. Michael Giordano
12. Management 3,290, Service 1,992, Sales 2,728,
Production and Transportation 2,152, Education 2,167
 How would you describe North Plainfield to a
geographer? Consider:
 Physical features (water, climate, hills, mountains)
 People (languages spoken, where they live, jobs, and
ethnic background.)
 Paragraph 1: Your history with North Plainfield
(when did you move here? When did your family move
here? How long have they lived here? Why did they
move here?)
 Paragraph 2: Physical Geography (1-6 from page 12)
 Paragraph 3: Human Geography (7-12 from page 12)
 Paragraph 4: What do you like/dislike about the
town’s human and physical geography? What do you
like/dislike about the location?