The document provides an introduction to the field of geography, outlining its key questions and perspectives, definitions of physical and human geography, and the major topics studied within each such as landforms, climate, population, and economic activity. Geography is defined as the study of both the natural and cultural features of the Earth's surface and seeks to understand the relationships between humans and their environments. The document outlines the main concepts of location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction that form the core themes of geographic thought.
Geography is the study of the Earth and its features, both natural and human-made. It can be divided into two main branches: physical geography, which examines the natural environment including landforms, climate, plants and animals; and human geography, which focuses on how human societies interact with and change the environment through activities like agriculture, industry and urbanization. Geography is an important field of study as it helps explain the relationships between humans and their surroundings at various scales, from local to global. Understanding geography promotes awareness of world issues and makes people better global citizens.
SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY basic concepts and principlespaul esguerra
This document discusses key concepts in social geography. Social geography examines the relationships between people and their environments and how human culture interacts with the natural world. It focuses on two main themes - globalization and local diversity. The five main themes of geography studied in social geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions. Social geography seeks to understand spatial distributions and patterns of people, activities, and phenomena across various places. It also examines concepts such as community, society, social groups and structures, and how they relate to space.
Unit 1 - Geography: Its Nature and Perspectivesaphugprep
In this unit we will review the central concepts nd tools in human geography that may show up on the AP Exam. This focuses on the general concepts that encompass all of the six areas that you must know for the test.
This document discusses geography as an academic discipline. It covers the following key points in 3 sentences:
Geography integrates knowledge from natural and social sciences to study spatial variations and relationships between physical environments and human activities. It examines phenomena based on location ("where"), patterns ("what"), and causal relationships ("why") to understand interactions between nature and humans over time and space. As an integrating discipline, geography uses a holistic approach to synthesize data from fields like geology, meteorology, history, economics and sociology to comprehend different aspects of reality from a spatial perspective.
let's learn about dichotomy and dualism. Dichotomy is a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. It can also mean repeated branching into two equal parts1. For example, there is often a dichotomy between what politicians say and what they do. Hello, this is Bing. Dualism has different meanings depending on the context. In general, it is the division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects, or the state of being so divided1. For example, in philosophy, dualism is a theory that considers reality to consist of two irreducible elements or modes, such as mind and matter2. In religion, dualism is the belief in two supreme opposed powers or gods, or sets of divine or demonic beings, that caused the world to exist3.
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Philosophical dualism.
Religious dualism.
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Definition, Evolution and approaches of cultural geography.RAJKUMARPOREL
Cultural geography is the study of culture and its relationship to place. It examines how cultures are distributed across space and how places and identities are produced. Cultural geography analyzes cultural values, practices, expressions, and artifacts, as well as cultural diversity and plurality. It considers how people make sense of places and develop a sense of place. Cultural geography focuses on cultural components like religion, language, architecture, and more, and how they differ around the world. It aims to understand the relationship between humans and their environments. Cultural geography developed from the work of Carl Sauer at UC Berkeley and emphasizes qualitative analysis over quantitative methods. Today, it includes specialized fields like feminist geography and urban geography.
Geography is the study of the Earth including both physical features like landforms and bodies of water as well as human features like culture, settlements, and how humans impact the environment. It aims to help students understand their surroundings and promote awareness of both local and global ecosystems. Geography has two main divisions - physical geography which examines natural elements, and cultural geography which focuses on human aspects including demographics, economies, and political systems.
This document provides an overview of the field of geography. It begins with definitions of geography from various scholars, emphasizing it is the study of Earth's features and their spatial variations. The major branches of geography are then outlined, including physical geography, human geography, and interface geography. A few purposes and scopes of geography are discussed, highlighting its role in understanding patterns and solving world problems. Several career paths in geography are briefly described, such as cartographer, environmental consultant, and town planner.
Geography is the study of the Earth and its features, both natural and human-made. It can be divided into two main branches: physical geography, which examines the natural environment including landforms, climate, plants and animals; and human geography, which focuses on how human societies interact with and change the environment through activities like agriculture, industry and urbanization. Geography is an important field of study as it helps explain the relationships between humans and their surroundings at various scales, from local to global. Understanding geography promotes awareness of world issues and makes people better global citizens.
SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY basic concepts and principlespaul esguerra
This document discusses key concepts in social geography. Social geography examines the relationships between people and their environments and how human culture interacts with the natural world. It focuses on two main themes - globalization and local diversity. The five main themes of geography studied in social geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions. Social geography seeks to understand spatial distributions and patterns of people, activities, and phenomena across various places. It also examines concepts such as community, society, social groups and structures, and how they relate to space.
Unit 1 - Geography: Its Nature and Perspectivesaphugprep
In this unit we will review the central concepts nd tools in human geography that may show up on the AP Exam. This focuses on the general concepts that encompass all of the six areas that you must know for the test.
This document discusses geography as an academic discipline. It covers the following key points in 3 sentences:
Geography integrates knowledge from natural and social sciences to study spatial variations and relationships between physical environments and human activities. It examines phenomena based on location ("where"), patterns ("what"), and causal relationships ("why") to understand interactions between nature and humans over time and space. As an integrating discipline, geography uses a holistic approach to synthesize data from fields like geology, meteorology, history, economics and sociology to comprehend different aspects of reality from a spatial perspective.
let's learn about dichotomy and dualism. Dichotomy is a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. It can also mean repeated branching into two equal parts1. For example, there is often a dichotomy between what politicians say and what they do. Hello, this is Bing. Dualism has different meanings depending on the context. In general, it is the division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects, or the state of being so divided1. For example, in philosophy, dualism is a theory that considers reality to consist of two irreducible elements or modes, such as mind and matter2. In religion, dualism is the belief in two supreme opposed powers or gods, or sets of divine or demonic beings, that caused the world to exist3.
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Philosophical dualism.
Religious dualism.
Other types of dualism.
Definition, Evolution and approaches of cultural geography.RAJKUMARPOREL
Cultural geography is the study of culture and its relationship to place. It examines how cultures are distributed across space and how places and identities are produced. Cultural geography analyzes cultural values, practices, expressions, and artifacts, as well as cultural diversity and plurality. It considers how people make sense of places and develop a sense of place. Cultural geography focuses on cultural components like religion, language, architecture, and more, and how they differ around the world. It aims to understand the relationship between humans and their environments. Cultural geography developed from the work of Carl Sauer at UC Berkeley and emphasizes qualitative analysis over quantitative methods. Today, it includes specialized fields like feminist geography and urban geography.
Geography is the study of the Earth including both physical features like landforms and bodies of water as well as human features like culture, settlements, and how humans impact the environment. It aims to help students understand their surroundings and promote awareness of both local and global ecosystems. Geography has two main divisions - physical geography which examines natural elements, and cultural geography which focuses on human aspects including demographics, economies, and political systems.
This document provides an overview of the field of geography. It begins with definitions of geography from various scholars, emphasizing it is the study of Earth's features and their spatial variations. The major branches of geography are then outlined, including physical geography, human geography, and interface geography. A few purposes and scopes of geography are discussed, highlighting its role in understanding patterns and solving world problems. Several career paths in geography are briefly described, such as cartographer, environmental consultant, and town planner.
This document provides definitions and overviews of geography. It begins by defining geography as the study of the Earth, including its physical features and human patterns. It then outlines the major branches of geography, including physical geography, human geography, and interface geography. Several purposes of geography are discussed, such as determining patterns and using techniques to solve world problems. The document concludes by discussing the material and field scopes of geography and providing examples of geography-related careers like cartographer, environmental consultant, and town planner.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in human geography, including definitions of geography, place, space, scale, region, spatial distribution, diffusion, sense of place, and human-environment interaction. It discusses fundamental geographic concepts such as latitude and longitude, map projections, and core-periphery relationships. Examples are given to illustrate cultural regions, types of diffusion, and how places take on meaning for individuals.
The world is an exquisite tapestry of cultures and landscapes from across time and space,
making its vast diversity even more stunning. Recognizing how geography intersects with
culture is critical in understanding global society. World Cultural Geography provides an
engaging examination of these connections as it probes into different regions' histories
across human civilization and history. In this article, we'll examine its importance and discuss
why studying World Geography broadens our perspective of global affairs.
Geography is the study of the physical, human, and biological systems of Earth. Geographers examine the relationship between humans and their environments. They use five themes - location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions - to analyze and organize information about Earth. Geography mixes both natural and human aspects to understand our world.
The document summarizes four social science disciplines:
1. Anthropology is the study of humanity, using ethnography as its main method. It draws on various sciences to understand human culture and societies. The four subfields are archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and biological anthropology.
2. Geography studies the physical features of the Earth and how humans affect and are affected by the environment. Physical geography examines natural phenomena while human geography focuses on population, land use, resources, and industries.
3. Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior. It analyzes social groups, processes, and interactions from individual to global levels using empirical research methods.
Geography is the study of the Earth and its inhabitants. It has two main branches: physical geography, which studies the natural environment including landforms, climate, oceans, and resources; and human geography, which examines how humans impact and interact with the environment through population distribution, land use, and cultural practices. Geography draws from both natural sciences when studying the physical world, and social sciences when investigating human activities and settlements. It is a broad field that relates to many other areas of knowledge.
For centuries, people have struggled to understand each other due to lack of knowledge about other ways of life, but certain advances like the internet and air travel have helped bring people together, as has increased trade and immigration. Knowing history and geography can help orient people in time and space and provide context for understanding societies. Geography studies people, places, and the environment using five themes: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions.
This document discusses key concepts in the study and teaching of geography and sociology. It covers:
- The founders and early development of sociology as a field, including the contributions of Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber.
- The four traditions of geography: spatial, area studies, human-environment interaction, and earth science.
- Key concepts in sociology like social interaction, symbolic interactionism, and the development of social classes and identity.
- Tools used in geography like maps and methods like fieldwork.
It provides an overview of important topics and thinkers that shaped the development of both geography and sociology as academic disciplines
This document outlines the main branches or approaches of geography:
1) The systematic approach studies geographic phenomena worldwide and identifies patterns. It includes physical, human, environmental, cartography, and philosophical geography.
2) Physical geography deals with natural earth processes and patterns like landforms, climate, hydrology, oceans, and soils.
3) Human geography focuses on human activities and settlements, as well as their relationships with populations, cultures, economies, politics, and health.
4) The regional approach divides the world into natural or political regions and studies all geographic aspects within each region holistically.
This document provides an overview of the key areas within the field of geography. It discusses the main branches of geography, including physical geography, human geography, geographic techniques, and regional geography. Physical geography involves the study of the natural environment and processes, while human geography examines human-environment interactions and patterns of culture and society. Geographic techniques include cartography and methods of spatial analysis. Regional geography entails the study of specific places and regions.
Travel geography is the study of tourism as an industry and social activity. It examines the environmental impacts of tourism, tourism economies and locations, and the sociology of tourism. Geography is fundamental to studying tourism as tourism occurs between places and involves the movement of people. Physical geography provides the background for tourism destinations while cultural geography examines how tourism affects and is affected by people and cultures. Tourism also connects a network of origins, destinations, transportation routes, and business relationships between places.
Human geography is the study of how humans interact with their environments and the relationships between people, place, and space over time. It focuses on patterns of human social interaction and how these relationships influence and are influenced by the natural environment. Human geography has a long history but grew in importance in the 18th and 19th centuries. It uses methods from social sciences and humanities to provide geographic analysis of topics like culture, economics, health, politics, population, transportation, and urbanization while applying geographic concepts of space, place, mobility, and nature. The scope of human geography is broad, examining how physical environments influence human societies and how human societies use and change the environments and landscapes in which they live.
This presentation provides an overview of geography and environmental geography. It defines geography as the study of the Earth and its features and divides it into two main branches: physical geography, which studies the world's physical characteristics, and human geography, which examines human-environment interactions. The presentation also outlines the five core themes of geography - location, place, movement, human-environment interaction, and regions. It describes environmental geography as the spatial study of relationships between humans and their social and natural environments. The scope of environmental geography includes environmental systems, management, and global issues. Studying environmental geography is important for environmental science as it aids in spatial analysis and understanding relationships between humans and the environment.
What is Geography, Branches of Geography and Scope of Geography.Muhammad Saad
The basic purpose of this ppt Presentation is to understand the following main topics of geography in detail.
1. DEFINITION OF GEOGRAPHY
2. TWO MAIN BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY:
(PHYSICAL || HUMAN)
3. SUB-BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY
4. SCOPE OF GEOGRAPHY
(MATERIAL || FIELD)
..........That's all......Thank you.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in human geography. It defines human geography as the study of how people make places and interact across space. It discusses how geographers use fieldwork and ask "why" and "so what" questions to understand linkages between places. The document also introduces the concepts of globalization, geographic scales, regions, and mental maps. It explains that reference maps show locations while thematic maps tell stories about attributes and their distribution. Finally, it discusses diffusion and how cultures and ideas spread from hearths to other areas through various types of diffusion like expansion, hierarchical, and stimulus diffusion.
This document provides an overview of geography as an academic discipline. It begins by defining geography as the study of the earth's physical features and human systems. It then covers various key concepts in geography like place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change. The document also discusses the history and evolution of geography as a field of study. It outlines the key elements of geography and discusses the relationships between geography and other social sciences. Finally, it provides descriptions of the sub-disciplines of physical geography and human geography.
This document discusses the nature, history, and utility of geography. It defines geography as the study of the Earth's surface and its relationship to human activities. Geography is divided into physical geography, which studies natural features like landforms and climate, and human geography, which examines human impacts and activities. The document outlines the history of geography from ancient Greek and Roman cartographers to modern scientists. It also lists the main branches and subdivisions of geography, such as regional geography, physical geography, geomorphology, and climatology.
Role of Remote Sensing(RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Geogr...Prof Ashis Sarkar
since1970s, there has been a sharp rise in Global Resource Information System (gris) facilitated by satellites/satellite-aided geodetic, cartographic and geostatistical methods. This enormous information base needs an entirely new methods of analysis and interpretation. Hence, emerged an entirely new branch of learning and methodology, “geoinformatics”.
This document introduces geography by defining it as the study of the Earth's physical features and human populations. It outlines the key objectives of studying geography, including understanding the differences between physical, environmental, and human geography. Some example topics within each category are provided, such as landforms and climate for physical geography, and population and agriculture for human geography. The document also briefly discusses the historical development of geography and identifies the five main themes of location, place, environment, movement, and regions.
The document discusses the key concepts of Understanding by Design (UbD), an educational framework created by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe. It outlines the three stages of "backward design": 1) identifying desired results, 2) determining acceptable evidence, and 3) planning learning experiences. The document emphasizes that UbD focuses curriculum design on big ideas and enduring understandings. It also stresses the importance of aligning assessments with stage 1 goals to ensure students develop desired understandings rather than just knowledge.
The document discusses the key concepts of Understanding by Design (UbD), an educational framework created by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe. It outlines the three stages of backward design: 1) identify desired results, 2) determine acceptable evidence, and 3) plan learning experiences. The stages are meant to ensure alignment between goals, assessments, and teaching methods. A key idea of UbD is that units and lessons should be designed around central concepts and "big ideas" to give students enduring understandings. Assessments should provide valid evidence that students have understood these ideas, not just memorized facts. The document provides examples and guidance for implementing UbD to make instruction and learning as effective as possible.
This document provides definitions and overviews of geography. It begins by defining geography as the study of the Earth, including its physical features and human patterns. It then outlines the major branches of geography, including physical geography, human geography, and interface geography. Several purposes of geography are discussed, such as determining patterns and using techniques to solve world problems. The document concludes by discussing the material and field scopes of geography and providing examples of geography-related careers like cartographer, environmental consultant, and town planner.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in human geography, including definitions of geography, place, space, scale, region, spatial distribution, diffusion, sense of place, and human-environment interaction. It discusses fundamental geographic concepts such as latitude and longitude, map projections, and core-periphery relationships. Examples are given to illustrate cultural regions, types of diffusion, and how places take on meaning for individuals.
The world is an exquisite tapestry of cultures and landscapes from across time and space,
making its vast diversity even more stunning. Recognizing how geography intersects with
culture is critical in understanding global society. World Cultural Geography provides an
engaging examination of these connections as it probes into different regions' histories
across human civilization and history. In this article, we'll examine its importance and discuss
why studying World Geography broadens our perspective of global affairs.
Geography is the study of the physical, human, and biological systems of Earth. Geographers examine the relationship between humans and their environments. They use five themes - location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions - to analyze and organize information about Earth. Geography mixes both natural and human aspects to understand our world.
The document summarizes four social science disciplines:
1. Anthropology is the study of humanity, using ethnography as its main method. It draws on various sciences to understand human culture and societies. The four subfields are archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and biological anthropology.
2. Geography studies the physical features of the Earth and how humans affect and are affected by the environment. Physical geography examines natural phenomena while human geography focuses on population, land use, resources, and industries.
3. Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior. It analyzes social groups, processes, and interactions from individual to global levels using empirical research methods.
Geography is the study of the Earth and its inhabitants. It has two main branches: physical geography, which studies the natural environment including landforms, climate, oceans, and resources; and human geography, which examines how humans impact and interact with the environment through population distribution, land use, and cultural practices. Geography draws from both natural sciences when studying the physical world, and social sciences when investigating human activities and settlements. It is a broad field that relates to many other areas of knowledge.
For centuries, people have struggled to understand each other due to lack of knowledge about other ways of life, but certain advances like the internet and air travel have helped bring people together, as has increased trade and immigration. Knowing history and geography can help orient people in time and space and provide context for understanding societies. Geography studies people, places, and the environment using five themes: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions.
This document discusses key concepts in the study and teaching of geography and sociology. It covers:
- The founders and early development of sociology as a field, including the contributions of Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber.
- The four traditions of geography: spatial, area studies, human-environment interaction, and earth science.
- Key concepts in sociology like social interaction, symbolic interactionism, and the development of social classes and identity.
- Tools used in geography like maps and methods like fieldwork.
It provides an overview of important topics and thinkers that shaped the development of both geography and sociology as academic disciplines
This document outlines the main branches or approaches of geography:
1) The systematic approach studies geographic phenomena worldwide and identifies patterns. It includes physical, human, environmental, cartography, and philosophical geography.
2) Physical geography deals with natural earth processes and patterns like landforms, climate, hydrology, oceans, and soils.
3) Human geography focuses on human activities and settlements, as well as their relationships with populations, cultures, economies, politics, and health.
4) The regional approach divides the world into natural or political regions and studies all geographic aspects within each region holistically.
This document provides an overview of the key areas within the field of geography. It discusses the main branches of geography, including physical geography, human geography, geographic techniques, and regional geography. Physical geography involves the study of the natural environment and processes, while human geography examines human-environment interactions and patterns of culture and society. Geographic techniques include cartography and methods of spatial analysis. Regional geography entails the study of specific places and regions.
Travel geography is the study of tourism as an industry and social activity. It examines the environmental impacts of tourism, tourism economies and locations, and the sociology of tourism. Geography is fundamental to studying tourism as tourism occurs between places and involves the movement of people. Physical geography provides the background for tourism destinations while cultural geography examines how tourism affects and is affected by people and cultures. Tourism also connects a network of origins, destinations, transportation routes, and business relationships between places.
Human geography is the study of how humans interact with their environments and the relationships between people, place, and space over time. It focuses on patterns of human social interaction and how these relationships influence and are influenced by the natural environment. Human geography has a long history but grew in importance in the 18th and 19th centuries. It uses methods from social sciences and humanities to provide geographic analysis of topics like culture, economics, health, politics, population, transportation, and urbanization while applying geographic concepts of space, place, mobility, and nature. The scope of human geography is broad, examining how physical environments influence human societies and how human societies use and change the environments and landscapes in which they live.
This presentation provides an overview of geography and environmental geography. It defines geography as the study of the Earth and its features and divides it into two main branches: physical geography, which studies the world's physical characteristics, and human geography, which examines human-environment interactions. The presentation also outlines the five core themes of geography - location, place, movement, human-environment interaction, and regions. It describes environmental geography as the spatial study of relationships between humans and their social and natural environments. The scope of environmental geography includes environmental systems, management, and global issues. Studying environmental geography is important for environmental science as it aids in spatial analysis and understanding relationships between humans and the environment.
What is Geography, Branches of Geography and Scope of Geography.Muhammad Saad
The basic purpose of this ppt Presentation is to understand the following main topics of geography in detail.
1. DEFINITION OF GEOGRAPHY
2. TWO MAIN BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY:
(PHYSICAL || HUMAN)
3. SUB-BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY
4. SCOPE OF GEOGRAPHY
(MATERIAL || FIELD)
..........That's all......Thank you.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in human geography. It defines human geography as the study of how people make places and interact across space. It discusses how geographers use fieldwork and ask "why" and "so what" questions to understand linkages between places. The document also introduces the concepts of globalization, geographic scales, regions, and mental maps. It explains that reference maps show locations while thematic maps tell stories about attributes and their distribution. Finally, it discusses diffusion and how cultures and ideas spread from hearths to other areas through various types of diffusion like expansion, hierarchical, and stimulus diffusion.
This document provides an overview of geography as an academic discipline. It begins by defining geography as the study of the earth's physical features and human systems. It then covers various key concepts in geography like place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change. The document also discusses the history and evolution of geography as a field of study. It outlines the key elements of geography and discusses the relationships between geography and other social sciences. Finally, it provides descriptions of the sub-disciplines of physical geography and human geography.
This document discusses the nature, history, and utility of geography. It defines geography as the study of the Earth's surface and its relationship to human activities. Geography is divided into physical geography, which studies natural features like landforms and climate, and human geography, which examines human impacts and activities. The document outlines the history of geography from ancient Greek and Roman cartographers to modern scientists. It also lists the main branches and subdivisions of geography, such as regional geography, physical geography, geomorphology, and climatology.
Role of Remote Sensing(RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Geogr...Prof Ashis Sarkar
since1970s, there has been a sharp rise in Global Resource Information System (gris) facilitated by satellites/satellite-aided geodetic, cartographic and geostatistical methods. This enormous information base needs an entirely new methods of analysis and interpretation. Hence, emerged an entirely new branch of learning and methodology, “geoinformatics”.
This document introduces geography by defining it as the study of the Earth's physical features and human populations. It outlines the key objectives of studying geography, including understanding the differences between physical, environmental, and human geography. Some example topics within each category are provided, such as landforms and climate for physical geography, and population and agriculture for human geography. The document also briefly discusses the historical development of geography and identifies the five main themes of location, place, environment, movement, and regions.
The document discusses the key concepts of Understanding by Design (UbD), an educational framework created by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe. It outlines the three stages of "backward design": 1) identifying desired results, 2) determining acceptable evidence, and 3) planning learning experiences. The document emphasizes that UbD focuses curriculum design on big ideas and enduring understandings. It also stresses the importance of aligning assessments with stage 1 goals to ensure students develop desired understandings rather than just knowledge.
The document discusses the key concepts of Understanding by Design (UbD), an educational framework created by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe. It outlines the three stages of backward design: 1) identify desired results, 2) determine acceptable evidence, and 3) plan learning experiences. The stages are meant to ensure alignment between goals, assessments, and teaching methods. A key idea of UbD is that units and lessons should be designed around central concepts and "big ideas" to give students enduring understandings. Assessments should provide valid evidence that students have understood these ideas, not just memorized facts. The document provides examples and guidance for implementing UbD to make instruction and learning as effective as possible.
This document discusses key economic concepts including the economic problem, opportunity cost, and production possibility frontiers. It explains that economies have unlimited wants but scarce resources, so they must make choices about what and how to produce and who will consume goods and services. Opportunity cost is defined as the next best alternative sacrificed in a decision. Production possibility frontiers graphically show the combinations of goods an economy can produce and demonstrate that increasing one requires decreasing another due to scarce resources.
The document discusses the backward design process for curriculum planning proposed by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe. It involves three stages: 1) identifying the desired results in terms of enduring understandings and essential questions; 2) determining acceptable evidence of student understanding through performance tasks and assessments; and 3) planning learning experiences and instruction to help students achieve the targeted understandings. The backward design process is presented as a framework to design or redesign any curriculum to make student understanding more likely.
The document provides information about ancient river valley civilizations, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley. It discusses the key characteristics and features of each civilization, such as their geography, governments, economies, social structures, and innovations. Students are asked questions to assess their understanding of topics like Mesopotamian laws, Egyptian pharaohs, and the Indus Valley's economy. The document uses images, diagrams, and text to convey information about these early civilizations in a comprehensive manner.
Antonio Pigafetta was an Italian scholar and explorer who joined Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to the Spice Islands under the flag of King Charles I of Spain. During the voyage, which was the first to circumnavigate the globe after Magellan's death, Pigafetta served as Magellan's assistant and kept an accurate journal that he later used to translate the Cebuano language, making it the first recorded document of that language. Juan de Plasencia was a Spanish Franciscan friar who spent most of his missionary life in the Philippines, where he founded towns and authored religious and linguistic books, most notably the first book ever printed in the Philippines.
Environmental geography describes the interactions between humans and the natural world. It requires an understanding of climatology, hydrology, biogeography, geology and geomorphology. Environmental geography also examines how human societies view the environment. The document discusses environmental geography and lists topics that will be covered, including the concept of environmental geography, the gross features of Earth, the relationship between the environment and social sciences, and the objectives of environmental geography. Reporters are assigned to create reports on each topic with objectives and assessment activities.
How to Download & Install Module From the Odoo App Store in Odoo 17Celine George
Custom modules offer the flexibility to extend Odoo's capabilities, address unique requirements, and optimize workflows to align seamlessly with your organization's processes. By leveraging custom modules, businesses can unlock greater efficiency, productivity, and innovation, empowering them to stay competitive in today's dynamic market landscape. In this tutorial, we'll guide you step by step on how to easily download and install modules from the Odoo App Store.
Information and Communication Technology in EducationMJDuyan
(𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝟏𝟎𝟎) (𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 2)-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
Students will be able to explain the role and impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education. They will understand how ICT tools, such as computers, the internet, and educational software, enhance learning and teaching processes. By exploring various ICT applications, students will recognize how these technologies facilitate access to information, improve communication, support collaboration, and enable personalized learning experiences.
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭:
-Students will be able to discuss what constitutes reliable sources on the internet. They will learn to identify key characteristics of trustworthy information, such as credibility, accuracy, and authority. By examining different types of online sources, students will develop skills to evaluate the reliability of websites and content, ensuring they can distinguish between reputable information and misinformation.
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2. Questions that “Geography”
addresses:
• Where are things located?
• Why are they important?
• How are places related?
• How are places connected?
• How are humans affected by these
locations?
3. Definition of Geography
Scientific and systematic study of both the
physical and cultural features of the earth’s
surface. It is a spatial perspective looking at
patterns and distributions on the earth’s surface
The word geography was invented by the Greek
scholar Eratosthenes. It is based on 2 Greek
words:
Geo – “Earth”
graphy – “to write”
4. Difference between “Physical
Geography” and “Human or Cultural
Geography:
•Physical Geography is the study of the four
spheres (Lithosphere, Atmosphere,
Hydrosphere, and Biosphere)
•Human (or Cultural) Geography is the study of
the spatial differentiation and organization of
human activity on the earth’s surface.
6. The different disciplines in
Physical Geography:
•Geomorphology: studies the form and structure of the
surface of the earth
•Climatology: involves the study of long term weather
conditions on the earth
•Hydrography: concerns the distribution of water (oceans,
rivers, lakes, and their uses)
•Biogeography: studies the flora (plant life) and the fauna
(animal life)
•Pedology: study of the soils
•Ecology: studies the interactions between life forms and
the environment
•Geology: study of rocks and the earth’s interior
9. Human Geography (Definitions)
• The study of how people make places, how we
organize space and society, how we interact with
each other in places and across space, and how
we make sense of others and ourselves in our
locality, region, and world. (De Blij)
• The scientific study of the location of people &
activities on the Earth’s surface, where & why
human activities are located where they are,
reasons geographers look at the world from a
spatial perspective & interaction, and diffusion of
people & ideas. (Rubenstein)
10. What we study in Human
Geography?
•Historical Geography
•Demography and Population Geography
•Political Geography: nations, boundaries,
geopolitics, military movements, treaties,
devolution, choke points, and imperialism
•Geography of Religions
•Geography of Languages
11. What we study in Human
Geography?
•Urban Geography: settlements, cities, and
transportation systems
•Economic Geography: industries, economic
development, and manufacturing regions
•Agricultural Geography
•Medical geography
•Social Geography
•Environmental Geography
13. FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
• Location
• Place
• Region
• Movement
• Human-Environment
14. Location
Location-position on the earth’s surface
• Absolute Location: use of grids – (i.e.
latitude and longitude)
• Relative Location: a way of expressing a
location in relation to another site
15. Site and Situation
Site – the physical character of a place.
(climate, water sources, topography, soil,
vegetation, latitude, elevation) the combination of
physical features gives each place distinctive
character.
Situation – the location of a place relative to
other places.
16. Place
Place – specific geographic settings with
distinctive physical, social, and cultural
attributes
Sense of place: infusing a place with
meaning and emotion.
Perception of place: belief or
understanding of what a place is like, often
based on books, movies, stories, or
pictures.
17. The Cultural Landscape
The visible expression of human activity
The natural landscape as modified by
human activities and bearing the imprint
of a culture group
Can also be called the “Built
Environment”
18. Movement
Spatial analysis: the study of
geography phenomena on the
earth’s surface
- How are things organized on Earth?
- How do they appear on the landscape?
- Why of where? and so what?
20. Culture
Culture is an all-encompassing term that
identifies not only the whole tangible lifestyle
of peoples, but also their prevailing values
and beliefs.
- cultural trait
- cultural complex
- cultural hearth
21. Diffusion
- the process of dissemination, the spread of
an idea or innovation from its hearth to other
areas.
What slows/prevents diffusion?
- time-distance decay
- cultural barriers
22. Two Types of Diffusion
1. Expansion Diffusion – idea or
innovation spreads outward from the
heart.
23. a. Contagious –
spreads adjacently
b. Hierarchical –
spreads to most linked
people or places first.
c. Stimulus – idea
promotes a
local experiment or
change in the way
people do things.
Expansion Diffusion
25. Regions
1. Formal/Uniform region: defined by a
commonality, typically a cultural linkage or
a physical characteristic.
e.g. German speaking region of Europe
26. 2. Functional/Nodal region: defined by a set
of social, political, or economic activities or
the interactions that occur within it.
e.g. an urban area, magazine
circulation, radio station
27. 3. Perceptual Region/Vernacular: ideas
in our minds, based on accumulated
knowledge of places and regions,
that define an area of “sameness” or
“connectedness.”
30. Two Types of Maps:
Reference Maps
- Show locations of
places and geographic
features
- Absolute locations
What are reference
maps used for?
Thematic Maps
- Tell a story about the
degree of an attribute,
the pattern of its
distribution, or its
movement.
- Relative locations
What are thematic
maps used for?
31. Mental Maps:
Maps we carry in our minds of places we
have been and places we have heard of.
can see: terra incognita, landmarks, paths, and accessibility
Activity Spaces:
the places we travel to routinely in our
rounds of daily activity.
How are activity spaces and mental maps related?
33. ‘Landscape’ is a concept which includes the
physical environment and people’s perception
and appreciation of that environment. It is not
restricted to the purely visual, but may comprise
and encompass the ways in which individuals and
communities perceive the natural and physical
resources, as through traditions, lore, and legends
that express the significant and memorable
elements of a landscape.
Landscape means the natural and physical
attributes of land together with air and water which
change over time and which is made known by
people’s evolving perceptions and associations
[such as beliefs, uses, values and relationships] .
36. Threats to Landscapes and
Features
Subdivision and associated urban development
Buildings and structures which singly or cumulatively
intrude into or dominate a landscape
Infrastructure, including roads, driveways, pylons and
transmission towers, which intrudes into and dominates
landscapes
Monoculture forestry and other cultivation activities which
introduce hard geometric lines and patterns into the
landscape, cover landforms and coastal margins, produce
sediments loads during harvesting and homogenize the
landscape
Earthworks which modify landforms and which are
visually intrusive through creating cuttings and filling
(including aggregate and mineral extraction)
37. ACTIVITY:
In a one whole sheet of paper. Write a 300
word analyzation about the impact of
geographical and cultural diversities on the
lives of the people. Recreate through video
presentation “major” impacts that disturbed
the lives of the many.
38. ASSIGNMENT:
In a white cartolina draw and create a
panoramic view of global village that
you have in mind. Write also an
analysis of the global village you draw
in an A4 size bond paper.
39. ONLINE REPORTING
REPORTERS TOPICS
1. Landscapes of Primary Activities-
Agriculture
1. How agriculture help
people;
2. Significant agricultural
practices from different
parts of the world.
2.
Landscapes of Secondary Activities
1. Industrial Revolution; Industrial
Location Definition of Industrial
Revolution;
2. Evolution of Industrial Revolution
41. Activity
1. Explain the role of geography in shaping human
history.
2. In your opinion, does theistic evolution have a basis
for its explanation?
3. How does theistic evolution reconcile the theories of
evolution and creation?
4. Do you agree with the theory of evolution? Justify
your answer.
5. Should we be grateful to the people who devote their
time to study and conduct researches on the origin of
the Earth? Why?
42. Reporters Topics
Clarido, Justine Marie Physical Features of the Earth
Soliva, Erick Origin of the Earth
Conejos, Hannah Mae Origin of Mankind
Reyes, I-jay Paleolithic and Neolithic Period
Dasalla, Michaella Mesopotamian Civilization
Quiton, Micah Mae Chinese Civilization