Name ________________
Period __
Unit 1- What is human geography? Learning Targets
What do I do with this document? For starters, below is a calendar. I will post links to the
activities on the day(s) they will be worked on in class. Most days, you’ll fire up your Chromebook
and log onto this document and await further instructions. Similarly, if you’re gone, use the links to
see what you’ve missed. More importantly, you will be using this to help master the content. See
What is a learning target? below for more information.
What is a learning target? A target is what we aim for. Thus a learning target is something we aim
to achieve. Before we move on to the next lesson, you should be able to use the vocabulary listed
under the learning target to do what the learning target asks you to do (I can…). If you can’t, you
need to ask (your classmates, your book, yourself, your teacher, etc)!
What’s in this unit? This unit establishes what human geography is as a discipline. We take what
you probably already know of physical geography and make the transition to thinking like a human
geographer. Geographers ask where, why, and how questions (i.e. Where are pockets of wealth in
the Twin Cities?; Why do the wealthy live where they live?; How does this affect the Twin Cities as a
whole?). We will get practice being geographers before we move to specific aspects of human
geography (like our next unit, Population and Migration).
December 7
Welcome to
Human
Geography
8
Cont. Welcome
to Human
Geography
9
Maps Lie, Part 1
10
Maps Lie, Part 2
HW: Get
Syllabus Signed
11
Five Themes of
Human
Geography
Five themes
Formative/
Summative
A few notes
Formative/
Summative Grid
14Regions
Five themes
Formative/
Summative
15
Five themes
Formative/
Summative
Review
16
10-15 pt Quiz on
Unit 1
Start population
17
Our first test will
combine the learning
targets from this unit
and our next unit on
Population and
Migration
1
Name ________________
Period __
1A. I can think like a geographer: Explain where things are, why they are there, and why
their locations have significance. (1.1)
Human Geography
Physical Geography
Place
Region
Scale
Space
Connection
1B. I can explain the concept of map scale. (1.3) //1C. I can identify different map
projections and their distortions. (1.3)
Cartography
Map Scale
Distortion- List three kinds
1D. I can explain the grid that divides the Earth’s surface into latitude and longitude. (1.4)
Meridian
Prime Meridian
Parallel
Absolute Location
Relative Location
GMT
International Date Line
1E. I can explain how GIS and other satellite imagery aides geographers. (1.5)
GIS
GPS
Remote Sensing
Mash-Up
1F. I can explain the concept of site and situation. (1.6)
Place name
Situation
Site
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Name ________________
Period __
1G. I can identify the five themes of geography. (1.6-1.10)
1.7 Regions
Region
Vernacular
Functional Region
Formal Regions
1.8 Scale
Globalization
1.9 Space
Density
Concentration
Pattern
Gender and Ethnicity
1.10 Connection
Space-time compression
Diffusion
Hearth
Relocation Diffusion
Expansion Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Distance Decay
1.12 Human-Environment Interaction
Ecosystems
Ecology
Cultural ecology
Environmental Determinism
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