Ready, Set, TREK A Critical Thinking Journey Using the Five Themes of Geography.

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Ready, Set, TREK! --A Critical Thinking Journey
Using the Five Themes of Geography.

• Presenter Rosie A. Ochoa
• raochoa_at_esc1.net
• ESC - Region One Laredo Satellite Office
• [phone]

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Ready, Set, TREK! A Critical Thinking Journey
Using the Five Themes of Geography.

• SESSION DESCRIPTION
• The geography curriculum is brought to life as
  participants develop a deeper understanding of
  the value of knowing geography and to teach their
  students the endless opportunities available for
  expanding their critical thinking skills as they
  apply the five themes of geography to their
  academics and add meaning to their daily lives.

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GOALS 2000--THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION
PROGRAM

• The passing of the GOALS 2000 Educate America
  Act on March 31 of 1994 allowed the federal
  government a new role in its support for
  education. The federal government can now promote
  a comprehensive approach to help all students
  succeed in life.

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The National Education Goals 1-8

• Goal 3 American students will leave grades 4,
  8, and 12 having demonstrated competency over
  challenging subject matter including English,
  mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics
  and government, economics, art, history, and
  geography and every school in America will
  ensure that all students learn to use their minds
  well, so they may be prepared for responsible
  citizenship, further learning, and productive
  employment in our nation's modern economy.

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Sources Suggested Websites

• www.geo.txstate.educ/TAGE Texas Alliance for
  Geographic Educations
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/ssc/ Social Studies
  Center (TEA)
• HORIZONS(2003), Harcourt School Publishers
  Holt, Rinehart and Winston, TE Vol 1 p. 2
• GOALS 2000 Educate America Act on March 31 of
  1994 (Goal 3 cited on PowerPoint)
• http//www.nd.edu/rbarger/www7/goals200.html
  Goals 2000 Education Act
• Suggested Websites Last visited September 2007
  
• Texas Alliance for Geographic Education
  http//www.geo.txstate.edu/tage/
• National Geography Standards http//www.nationalg
  eographic.com/resources/ngo/education/standardslis
  t.html
• Texas Social Studies Framework K-12 (TEA)
  http//www.tea.state.tx.us/ssc/downloads/pdf/frame
  work/EntireDoc.pdf
• Geography Alliance Network http//ngsednet.org/com
  munity/about.cfm?community_id94
• http//www.ncge.org/ The National Council for
  Geographic Education
• SOCIAL_STUDIES_at_list.tetn.net
• http//earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

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Ready, Set, TREK!

• The Journey begins.

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All About Our World

• Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?

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Question ?

• How can I find answers to questions about Earth?

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Geography Can!

• Geography helps us find answers to questions
  about Earth

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Geography?

• What is geography?

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Geography is

• Geography is the study of Earths physical and
  human features.

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What is a geographer?
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A Geographer is

• A geographer is a person who studies geography,
  tries to understand relationships between people
  and places on Earth and between different places.

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Six Essential Elements of Geography

• Geographers also use six other topics to
  understand Earth and its people.

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Six Essential Elements of Geography

• The six essential elements of geography are
• The World in Spatial Terms
• Places and Regions
• Physical Systems
• Human Systems
• Environment and Society
• The Uses of Geography.

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Have you every heard Youre Nowhere Without
Geography?
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Does the study of geography start with your own
personal journey?

• When did your personal geographic journey start?
• Where has your personal geographic journey led
  you?
• Have you ever asked yourself, how much do I know
  about my world?
• Do people see the world the same or different
  from the way I see the world?

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What is the good news?

• The good news is that there are many ways to
  think about the world.

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When it comes to geography, what do you think of

• Maps?
• People?
• Land?
• Climate?

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Did you think about the Five Themes of Geography?

• What are the Five Themes of Geography?

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THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment
• Movement
• Regions

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Can you find the Five Themes of Geography in Our
World?
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Lets Begin

• Ready, Set, TREK!

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Location Everything on Earth has its own
location, or where it can be found.

• Relative Location Where a place is in relation
  to other places.
• Absolute Location Exact location on Earth

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Location

• Why is it important to distinguish between an
  absolute (specific) or relative (general)
  location?

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Place Every location on Earth has a place
identity made up of unique features.

• Physical features Are landforms, bodies of
  water, climate, and plant and animal life.
• Human features Buildings, roads, and people are
  some of a places human features.

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Place

• If you had to describe a place to a friend, would
  you begin with the characteristics of its human
  differences or characteristics of its physical
  differences?

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Human-Environment Interactions Humans and their
surroundings affect each other.

• Modify People modify or change their
  surroundings by building cities.
• Adapt Surroundings can affect people, causing
  them to adapt, or change to fit, the way they
  act, such as wearing warm clothing in cold places.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• Why do people change or modify their environment?

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Movement People, products, and ideas move from
place to place by transportation and
communication.

• Geography helps you understand how people came
  to live where they do. It also helps you
  understand the causes and effects of movement.
• A cause is an action that makes something else
  happen. An effect is what happens as a result of
  an action.

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Movement

• Besides basic transportation (e.g., car, truck,
  plane, boat) to export and import goods, what
  other examples best describes movement?

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Regions Areas on Earth that differ from each
other because of their features.

• The type of features in a region may range from
  physical, human, economic, cultural, or political.

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Regions

• What distinguishes certain groups of people in a
  specific region from people in other places?

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Why Geography Matters

• Your personal geographic journey should remain
  positive, safe, and a bright future.
• You are part of the future generation who shall
  help lead this country as we move further into
  the 21st century.
• There are challenges facing America such as
  climate change, the Rise of Nations in Power,
  and Global Terrorism.

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Reflection

• Is today, a turning point in the way I view my
  geography education?
• Where will my personal geographic journey or path
  lead me in the future?
• How and where will future generations live and
  work in their geographic world?

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Geography Is Living!

• The Journey continues!
• Ready, Set, TREK!