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2012 Geography Focus Calendar
August –September
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Five Themes of Geography
What is the location of a place?
What is the character of a place?
How are places similar to and different?
How do people, goods, and ideas move between places?
How do people interact with the natural environment of a place?
Location (absolute location- position on the globe using longitude and latitude, relative
location – relationship compared to other places)
Place ( physical and cultural characteristics)
Regions (regions are identified by having one common characteristics Formal region – are areas
in which certain characteristics are found through out the area, Functional regions – consist of a
central place and the surrounding places affected by it, Perceptual regions defined by people’s
feelings and attitudes about the areas)
Movement (How people, goods, ideas move from on place to another)
Human-Environment Interaction (HEI) (How people use their environment)
 How have they changed it?
 What are the consequences of those changes?
 How have people responded to changes in their environment?
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able:
Recognize, discuss, and analyze the importance of the five themes of geography through
cooperative learning.
Assessments:
Students will create a concept map to exhibit the five themes of geography and differentiate
between each. (Non-linguistic Representation and Advanced Organizer).
Students will write an expository essay summarizing the five themes of geography using the
prompt given to guide them: (Students hypnotically will move with their family to another place
of the world of their choosing. Each student will identify all of the five themes of geography
surrounding them and how each theme will benefit them and their family). (Critical Thinking,
Summarizing, Predicting, and Visualizing).
October – November
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Map Usage and interpreting spatial information:
Direction( Cardinal and Intermediate)
Scale
Legend/Key
GIS/GPS
Utilizing Special Purpose Maps
Geographers use a variety of methods to collect, organize and analyses information about
the world.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
Differentiate the cardinal and intermediate directions on various maps.
Asses various distances on maps using the given scale.
Create a legend for a special purpose map to evaluate geographic features in relevance to the five
themes of geography.
Analyze GIS/GPS programs and units to organize and measure specific spatial data.
Analyze the importance of each special purpose map.
Assessments:
Students will research and design a special purpose map utilizing either a paper map or a
computer generated map using the following criteria (spatial information, direction, scale,
Legend/Key) of Crook county. Students will also hypothesis a need on why/how GPS/GIS could
be used in Crook County. (Problem-Solving, Exploratory, Hypothesizing, Communication,
Technology, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, and Leadership).
December - January
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Human Interactions
Where People Live
Population Growth
The Nature of Culture
Cultural Changes
Types of Government
Types of Economic Systems
World Resources
The study of human geography focuses on a number of population topics, as well as many
cultural topics.
The world’s countries have a variety of government and economic systems based on
differing philosophies.
Natural resources, such as fossil fuels and other energy sources, are unevenly distributed
throughout the world.
Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Hypothesize why population density is distributed unevenly around the world.
Predict some possible effects of population growth.
List some of the elements of culture.
Summarize how cultures change.
Describe the similarities and differences in various governments.
Compare and contrast various types of economic systems differ from one another.
Differentiate between renewable and nonrenewable resources.
List energy sources available to nations and individuals.
Assessments:
Students will create their own country on a poster-board along with written analysis. (NonLinguistic & Written Representation, Project-Based, Exploratory, Critical Thinking,
Informational Literacy, and Visualizing.) The students most have but are not limited to the
following:
Needed Written Information
 Where People Live With Regards to Natural Resources
 Population (Rural/Urban)
 Culture Characteristics (Language, Religion, Traditions, etc...)
 Type of Government
 Types of Economic Systems
 Natural Resources
 Major Industries
 Summary Comparing/Contrasting United States To Your Country
Needed Map Information
 Map Will Include ( Legend, Scale, Compass Rose, Title, Political Boundary, Physical
Characteristics)
 Where People Live With Regards To Natural Resources
 Capital City
 Natural Resources
 Major Industries
February-May
World Regions:
 Europe
 Middle East
 Asia
 Oceania
 South America
 Central America
 North America
Identify the seven continents and oceans.
Compare and contrast each region of study according to the five themes of geography.
Hypothesis why the history of a region has cultural influences today.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
Classify the main world religions.
Identify the similarities and differences of people and cultures throughout the world.
Predict how physical characteristics impact daily life.
Specify the economic system.
Compare and contrast (develop/developing/undeveloped) countries.
Assessment:
Students will create a power point project of one of the regions of the world excluding North
America. (Flexible & adaptable, Technology, Problem-Solving, Group Dynamics,
Communication, Think Alouds, Questioning, Setting Goals, Summarize & Note-Taking,
cooperative Learning).
 Map will be developed by using GIS or paper method which will include (Legend,
Scale, Compass Rose, Title, Political Boundary, Physical Characteristics, Industries,
Natural Resources and Capital Cities.
 Complete criteria packet for research of country, including:
-( methods of research, numbers of resources, countries statistics, cultural picture and
summary, government structure, economic structure, traditional myths or tales of
country and summary, flag, recipe from country, written outline(Inspiration program).
 Complete power point and present information to the rest of the class.
 Student use rubric to asses each others project