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Study of the Earth,
Earth's features and distribution of its human inhabitants and other life. |
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Physical: Landforms, Water bodies, Climate, Weather, Plant and animal life
Human: Interaction between people and their phsical and cultural environments |
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| 5 Themes (Mr. Help) NCGE -- National Council for Geographic Education |
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Each theme is a concept that students gradually learn
themes are built upon each other as grades progress
Themes can be taught by using
-Powerful Teaching Strategies
-Geography Centers
-3-D Maps |
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NCGE --> NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION
each theme is a concept that students gradually learn
themes are built upon each other as grades progress
Themes can be taught by using :
-powerful teaching strategies
-Geography Centers
- 3-D Maps |
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| 5 Themes of Geography (MRH-ELP) |
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Movement: Humans Interacting on Earth
Regions: How they form and change
Human - Environment Interactions
Location:Position on Earth's Surface
Place: physical and human characteristics |
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| Movement: Human Interacting on Earth |
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| Travel, Trade, Communication |
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| Regions: how they form and Change |
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Region: an area that displays unity in terms of an selected criteria
Covered in intermediate grades:
*4th - particular state of the U.S.
* 6th/7th - regions of the world
Many types/kinds of regions
*Landform type (Midwest, Pacific) |
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| Human - Environment Interaction |
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All places of the earth have advantatges and disadvantages from human settlement
*High populated areas
*low populated areas |
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| Location: position on Earth's surface |
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| Place: Physical and Human Characteristics |
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| All places on Earth have distinct characteristics that give them meaning and character that distinguishes them from other places |
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Globes
Maps
-taught through direct instruction and proper application
Cannot be taught just once
-introduced in early grades
-re-taught
- reviewed
-expanded upon |
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Grid
Scale
Color
Symbols
Legend (to explain symbols) |
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| Essential Glove REading Skills Primary Grades (K-3) |
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Simplified
Display a minimal amount of informatin
few colors
major cities, rivers, and bodies of water
SHOULD NOT BE A CONFUSED COLLECTION OF COLOR AND SYMBOLS
get familiar with roundness of the earth and develop a global perspective |
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| Essential Globe REading Skills Intermediate Grades (4-6) |
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Teach skills necessary for reading and interpreting globes
make references to the globe in other context areas |
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| Essential Map REading Skills |
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Orient a map and note directions
Relative terms
Cardinal directions
Use scale and compute distances
Graphic
Inches to miles
Fractions
Locate places on maps and globes
First experience is the classroom
Learning shapes of continents, oceans, and poles
Use of coordinates to locate things
Express relative locations
Interpret map symbols and visualize what they mean
Realistic symbols
Quality pictures |
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