Utah’s Geography
-Human/Environment
Interaction & Movement
Unit I
This is a no gum class.
Please dispose of it properly!
Bell Activity
Find the word “landform” on your study guide and
complete the following information for the word.
You will also need your notes from yesterday!
Find the definition using a glossary.
How well do you know this word? 4 very well, 1 not well
Think about what you believe this definition means then
write a sentence using the word.
Draw a picture of something that shows you know what
the word means.
Think of an example of “landform” and a non-example of
the word. Write them in the appropriate place.
Where should your backpack be?
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
landform
Definition:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example: Antonym/NonExample:
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Draw a picture of it:
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
landform
Definition: A landform is a natural
feature of earth’s surface.
Sentence: In Utah, you can see many
landforms including mountains, rivers,
valleys, plateaus, and deserts.
Synonym/Example: Antonym/Nonvolcano, basin, strait Example:
clouds, weather
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Draw a picture of it:
Policies and Procedures
Class library, check in
and out procedures
Announcement board
Class boxes & supplies
boxes (colored pencils,
etc.)
Computers
Hall passes
Clubs
Today we will be learning about…
Social Studies Objective – Language Objective –
We will identify
We will read a map to find
how people and their
information.
environment interact.
We will write good notes.
Behavior Objective – Collaboration: We will work
with a partner to do our map activity.
Note Taking
Copy this information
onto a piece of lined
paper.
As we go through the
slides take notes on
each topic in its box.
Beginning note takers
copy what is on the
screen; Advanced note
takers take what they
read, hear, and see
and put it in their own
words.
Human/Environment
Interaction
We change the environment and
sometime Mother Nature changes it
back.
Humans change their
environment to make it more suitable
to their needs. We heat our buildings in
the winter, and cool them in the
summer.
Nature continues to shape our
environment with erosion, deposition,
etc. In southern Utah, the Navajo and
the sheep they have raised have
adapted to the dry environment.
All places on Earth have
advantages and disadvantages for
human settlement.
Alaska
How would the
environment of Alaska
change the people who
lived there?
How would the people
change the land to live
there?
How would the
environment of Kenya
change the people who
lived there?
How would the people
change the land to live
there?
Kenya
Utah Roadmap
Activity
Work with your table
partner to complete
the Utah Roadmap
activity.
Today is the last day
to get this activity
finished.
Report any problems
with your table
partner to me,
including not working,
talking to others, and
not helping.
This is a no gum class.
Please dispose of it properly!
Bell Activity
Find your seat number on the class list.
Find the words “basin” and “plateau” on your
study guide and complete the following
information for the words.
Find the definition using a glossary.
Think about what you believe this definition means then
write a sentence using the word.
Draw a picture of something that shows you know what
the word means.
Complete the rest of the definition
Where should your backpack be?
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
basin
Definition:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example: Antonym/NonExample:
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Draw a picture of it:
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
basin
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Definition: a wide, bowl-shaped area Draw a picture of it:
of the earth’s surface.
Sentence: The Great Basin covers parts
of Utah and Nevada, and no water is able
flow out of the area to the sea.
Synonym/Example: Antonym/NonGreat Basin
Example:
mountain, plateau
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
plateau
Definition:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example: Antonym/NonExample:
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Draw a picture of it:
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
plateau
Definition: a high, wide, flat
landform.
Sentence: The Colorado Plateau covers
South Eastern Utah, and rivers have
carved many colorful canyons there.
Synonym/Example: Antonym/NonColorado Plateau
Example:
basin, valley
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Draw a picture of it:
Today we will be learning about…
Social Studies Objective – Language Objective –
We will identify
We will read a map to find
characteristics that give
information.
Utah a distinct quality
from other places in the
world in the world.
Behavior Objective – Collaboration: We will work
with a partner to do our map activity.
Utah Roadmap
Activity Cont.
Work with your
table partner to
complete the Utah
Roadmap activity.
When you are in
doubt, check the
legend or other key
features of the map.
Finally, if you get
really stuck, raise
your hand and ask a
question.
This is a no gum class.
Please dispose of it properly!
Bell Activity
Find the words “basin” and “plateau” on your
study guide and complete the following
information for the word.
Find the definition using the online glossary on our
class website.
Think about what you believe this definition means then
write a sentence using the word.
Draw a picture of something that shows you know what
the word means.
Complete the rest of the definition
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
basin
Definition:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example: Antonym/NonExample:
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Draw a picture of it:
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
basin
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Definition: a wide, bowl-shaped area Draw a picture of it:
of the earth’s surface.
Sentence: The Great Basin covers parts
of Utah and Nevada, and no water is able
flow out of the area to the sea.
Synonym/Example: Antonym/NonGreat Basin
Example:
mountain, plateau
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
plateau
Definition:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example: Antonym/NonExample:
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Draw a picture of it:
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
plateau
Definition: a high, wide, flat
landform.
Sentence: The Colorado Plateau covers
South Eastern Utah, and rivers have
carved many colorful canyons there.
Synonym/Example: Antonym/NonColorado Plateau
Example:
basin, valley
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Draw a picture of it:
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
tributary
Definition:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example: Antonym/NonExample:
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Draw a picture of it:
Does your work look
something like this?
word:
tributary
Definition: a river that flows into a
larger river or other body of water.
Sentence: The Logan River is a
tributary of the Bear River.
Synonym/Example: Antonym/NonGreen River, Logan Example:
River
ocean
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Draw a picture of it:
This is a no gum class.
Please dispose of it properly!
Bell Activity
1) Find your Roadmap activity on the front shelf.
2) If your desk doesn’t have one, pick up a
roadmap.
3) Work with your partner on the activity.
 By the end of the hour, you should be finished with the activity.
4) If you finish early, work on the map on page 7
of your study guide. There are colored pencils at
the front of the room.
Where should your backpack be?
We have three tasks to finish today.
First, take the class policies and procedures
test on the UTIPS page.
Click simple log in then type your first name and
last name on the correct lines.
Put the number of your class hour at the beginning
of your last name.
Example: firstname: Nancy

lastname: 1Thatcher
Second, finish your essay on the paper provided and turn it in along with your Study Guide.
Second, complete the Utah Studies website
tour, filling out the answers on your paper.
Third, find the first Utah counties game on the
Links page of the website and practice locating
the counties.