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Helping Students Interpret Earth
and People Through Geography
Presented by
Angela Avila
Andrea Grinage
Andrea Arthurs
Ardette McFadzen
Objectives
Enable audience to comprehend what geography
encompass.
 Applying positive personal experience in learning
and delivering of concepts about geography.
 Connect Geography across subject areas and
daily activities and environment.
 Identify and locate resources for teaching
Geography
 Recognize the impact and move towards
technology in the learning process.
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What is geography?
Geography is the study of earths’
landscape, people, places and environment.
What is geographical location?
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The exact place on earth that an object,
person, place or thing is.
Geography informs us about:
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The places and communities in which we live and work
Our natural environments and the pressures they face
The interconnectedness of the world and our
communities within it
How and why the world is changing, globally and locally
How our individual and societal
actions contribute to those changes
The choices that exist in managing our world for the
future
The importance of location in business and decisionmaking
Size, Population, Borders, Belize in the
Region
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Formerly British Honduras
Population: 314, 522 (July 2010 estimate)
Capital: Belmopan
Divided into 6 Districts
Bordering Countries: Guatemala and
Mexico and also the Caribbean Sea
Land Area: 8, 867 square miles
(22, 966 sq km)
Coastline: 320 miles (516 km)
Highest Point: Doyle’s Delight at
3,805 feet (1, 160 m)
http:// geography.about.com/od/belizemaps/a/belizegeography.htm
Weather, Climate, Water, Wind
Subtropical, tempered by trade wind
 Coastal district 10C (50F) to about
35.6C(96F)
 Rainfall 1.295 milliliter in north to 4,445
milliliter in the extreme south
 Dry season extends from February to May,
sometime a dry spell in August
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http://www.belize.gov.bz/ct.asp?xItem=720&CtNode=576&mp=27
Landscape of Belize
Northern Low Land
 Maya Mountain
 Coastal Zone
 Southern Low Land
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http://www.nwcaribbean.net/BelizeMap01.html
Belize in the World
Hemisphere
 Continents
 Oceans in the World
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Caribbean Country
Guyana
Map of Guyana
Geography
Coordinates: 5N 59 W
 Area
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Total: 214,970 sq km
Land: 196,850 sq km
 Water: 18, 120 sq km
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Boundaries
Brazil: 1,119 km
 Suriname: 600 km
 Venezuela: 743 km
 Coastline : 459 km (Caribbean Sea)
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Fact about Guyana
Got independence since 1966
 Population in 1990 was 690,000
 Total area is 214,969 square kilometres/ 82,
999 square miles
 Capital city is Georgetown
 Most important industries are bauxite, sugar,
rice, cattle, manufacturing, forest products,
gold.
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Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge
of the continental margin
Climate
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tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast
trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to midAugust, mid-November to mid-January)
Terrain:
mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain;
savannah in south
 Elevation extremes:
 lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m
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Five Themes of Geography
Location
 Place
 Relationships
 Movement
 Region
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Education Standards and Elements of
Geography
Element 1: The World in Spatial Terms
 Element 2: Places and Regions
 Element 3: Physical Systems
 Element 4: Human Systems
 Element 5: Environment and Society
 Element 6: The Uses of Geography
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Resources for Teaching Geography
Paper and Pencils
 Photographs, documents, maps and charts
 School environment
 Natural resources
 Government and NGOs
 Workers in the private sector
 Technology
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Research on Map and Globe Skills
Types of space that children learn
Topological/topographical
 Projective Space
 Euclidian
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Helping Students Learn and Use Map
and Globe Skills
Reading a map or globe requires knowledge of
the following:
 Shape and Pattern
 Symbols
 Directions
 Distance
 Grid
Mapping
Grids
 Longitude
 Latitude
 Scales
 Tropics
 Plates
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Methodology
Creating own maps
 Using map as a review
 Use of Google Map
 Creating grids in classroom
 Interaction with globes and maps
 Use of puzzles in creating patterns and shapes
for locations
 Use of string to measure distance
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Suggested Assessment Strategies
Locate Belize or given countries on a blank
map of the world and insert names and
boundary lines. Predict climate and time
changes and their effects.
 Identify how landforms, water bodies and
vegetation can be changed by revolution and
the structure of the earth location of landmass
and water bodies in relation to the regions
where plate meets.
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Conclusion
Geographically literate citizens are aware of :
What is happening in the world
 Why it is happening
 How it affects others and themselves worldwide
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References
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P. Liz. (2010). Primary social studies: Connecting
countries. Oxford: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
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A. Lisel. (1996). Coastal treasures of belize.
Belize: Angelus Press Ltd.
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P. Clara.(1996). Caribbean social studies. Hong
Kong: Macmillan Education Ltd.