HOOK
You have the following
items on your grocery list:
apples, carrots, bread, milk,
fish, trash bags, chips,
steak, butter, cheese and
paper towels.
You need to get in and out
of the store as soon as
possible.
1. How do you group these
items to speed up your
task?
2. Why did you group them
the way they did?
STUDENT HANDOUT 1: NOTES!
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Under your HOOK create a 3 column chart using
at LEAST half of the page. It should look
something like the one below.
Region: ?
Formal
What?
Characteristics?
Example:
Functional
Perceptual
REGION?
Lets read on page 78 of your orange Jarrett Book
How the earth is divided for study.
Geographers choose how they will classify the world
based on common characteristics.
they are man-made tools for making better sense of the
world.
3 TYPES OF REGIONS
Formal
Functional
Perceptual
FORMAL REGION
Characterized by a common human or
physical property such as political identity,
climate, or landforms
Lets read on page 78 of your orange Jarrett Book
FORMAL REGION
Example:
Counties, States, Countries
FORMAL REGION
Example:
Desert, Rainforest, Tundra
FORMAL REGION
Example: The Rockies, Atlantic
Coastal Plain, Midwest
FUNCTIONAL REGION
Organized around a focal
point, with surrounding areas
linked by transportation,
trade, or communication
FUNCTIONAL REGION
Example:
Metropolitan Areas - Greater
Houston Area
FUNCTIONAL REGION
Examples
Airline hubs
- Houston Intercontinental
Airport
Functional Region
PERCEPTUAL REGION
A place defined
by popular
feelings and
images rather
than by
objective data.
PERCEPTUAL REGION
Example
 The “South”
PERCEPTUAL REGION
Example
The “Bible Belt”
Example:
Muslim World
LETS PRACTICE!

On the opposite page of your notes using the
entire page make a chart that looks like the one
below
Image and brief
description
ABC-
DEF-
Type of
region
Justification
This is an example of a ---- region
because-------.
Directions for Regions Activity
1. Examine the image on the placard
2. Use your notes to identify the type of
region the image represents
3. Complete your chart
6. Check with your teacher and
repeat
Image A
Image B
Image C
Image D
Image E
Image F
Processing Assignment
Create your own examples of a
region map using your high
school as a region. You can
create a formal, perceptual or
functional map. One example
would be a map of who sits
where in the cafeteria.