Using the six elements of Geography, find real world examples that demonstrate each concept outlined in the textbook (page 5). This assignment should be between 1/2 page and a page in length using full sentences, point form is not permitted.
Review the following resource for assistant in understanding the 6 elements of geography mini-lecture.
The example is in the following document, do not copy the example.
How Should I Study
Geography?
The 6 Essential Elements of Geography
6 Essential Elements of Geography
• 1. The World in
Spatial Terms
• 4. Human Systems
• 2. Places and
Regions
• 5. Environment and
Society
• 3. Physical Systems
• 6. The Uses of
Geography
6 Essential Elements of Geography
Directions: Draw the chart below. Complete the boxes with information
learned in the presentation.
#
Element
1
World in Spatial
Terms
2
Places & Region
3
Physical Systems
4
Human Systems
5
Environment &
Society
6
Uses of
Geography
Description of Element
1. The World in Spatial Terms
• Location- Where is it?
– Absolute Location- exactly where it is using latitude and
longitude or an address ( 37N, 63 W or I live at 123 North Ave.)
– Relative location- Where something is located according to
something you already know ( I live Near the Baptist Church or
Tampa is about an hour west of Orlando.)
2. Places and Regions
•
Place ( what it is like, makes it unique or special)
– Physical Characteristics- Mother Nature put it on the earth, natural
– Human Characteristics- people put it on the earth, man-made
•
Region (share more than one characteristic with another place)
– Natural Characteristics- climate, landscape
– Cultural Characteristics- language, religion, government
3. Physical Systems
• Natural changes
– How things like hurricanes, volcanoes, and glaciers shape and
change the earth’s surface
• Communities of plant and animals
– depend on the one another and their surroundings for survival
4. Human Systems
People
Ideas
Goods
Movement is how things move from place to place. (This can
be movement of people, ideas and/or beliefs, and goods.)
Describes how people have shaped our world.
5. Environment and Society
• How humans effect the environment
– Good effects- planting trees for oxygen
– Bad effects-pollution from industries
• How the environment effects human
– Good effects- growing crops on the side of the mountain
– Bad effects- the weather effects the clothing and shelter
6. The Uses of Geography
•
•
Understand the relationships among people, places, and
environments over time
Understand the past and prepare for the future
Photo Analysis Activity
Directions: For each photograph in the following series, 1) select the element you
think the photo best represents and 2) explain your reasoning for your selection.
Name of
Element
Depicted
A
B
C
D
E
F
Reasoning for Selection
A
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/west-indian-manatee.html?size=medium
B
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/tampa-skyscraper.html?size=small
C
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/recycling-bin.html?size=medium
D
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/prayer-in-the-temple.html?size=medium
E
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/the-marketplace.html
F
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/street-sign-close-up.html
How Should I Study
Geography?
The 6 Essential Elements of Geography
6 Essential Elements of Geography
• 1. The World in
Spatial Terms
• 4. Human Systems
• 2. Places and
Regions
• 5. Environment and
Society
• 3. Physical Systems
• 6. The Uses of
Geography
6 Essential Elements of Geography
Directions: Draw the chart below. Complete the boxes with information
learned in the presentation.
#
Element
1
World in Spatial
Terms
2
Places & Region
3
Physical Systems
4
Human Systems
5
Environment &
Society
6
Uses of
Geography
Description of Element
1. The World in Spatial Terms
• Location- Where is it?
– Absolute Location- exactly where it is using latitude and
longitude or an address ( 37N, 63 W or I live at 123 North Ave.)
– Relative location- Where something is located according to
something you already know ( I live Near the Baptist Church or
Tampa is about an hour west of Orlando.)
2. Places and Regions
•
Place ( what it is like, makes it unique or special)
– Physical Characteristics- Mother Nature put it on the earth, natural
– Human Characteristics- people put it on the earth, man-made
•
Region (share more than one characteristic with another place)
– Natural Characteristics- climate, landscape
– Cultural Characteristics- language, religion, government
3. Physical Systems
• Natural changes
– How things like hurricanes, volcanoes, and glaciers shape and
change the earth’s surface
• Communities of plant and animals
– depend on the one another and their surroundings for survival
4. Human Systems
People
Ideas
Goods
Movement is how things move from place to place. (This can
be movement of people, ideas and/or beliefs, and goods.)
Describes how people have shaped our world.
5. Environment and Society
• How humans effect the environment
– Good effects- planting trees for oxygen
– Bad effects-pollution from industries
• How the environment effects human
– Good effects- growing crops on the side of the mountain
– Bad effects- the weather effects the clothing and shelter
6. The Uses of Geography
•
•
Understand the relationships among people, places, and
environments over time
Understand the past and prepare for the future
Photo Analysis Activity
Directions: For each photograph in the following series, 1) select the element you
think the photo best represents and 2) explain your reasoning for your selection.
Name of
Element
Depicted
A
B
C
D
E
F
Reasoning for Selection
A
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/west-indian-manatee.html?size=medium
B
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/tampa-skyscraper.html?size=small
C
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/recycling-bin.html?size=medium
D
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/prayer-in-the-temple.html?size=medium
E
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/the-marketplace.html
F
http://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/street-sign-close-up.html
1 The World in Spatial Terms. Geography studies the relationships among people, places, and environments by mapping information about them into
a spatial context (spatial means “of or relating to space”).
Standard 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information.
Standard 2: How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments.
Standard 3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth’s surface.
2 Places and Regions. The identities and lives of individuals and peoples are rooted in particular places and in human constructs called “regions.”
Standard 4: The physical and human characteristics of places.
Standard 5: That people create regions to interpret Earth’s complexity.
Standard 6: How culture and experience influence people’s perception of places and regions.
3 Physical Systems. Physical processes shape the Earth’s surface and interact with plant and animal life to create, sustain, and modify ecosystems.
Standard 7: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Standard 8: The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth’s surface.
4 Human Systems. People are central to geography; human activities, settlements, and structures help shape the Earth’s surface, and humans compete
for control of the Earth’s surface.
Standard 9: The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth’s surface.
Standard 10: The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics.
Standard 11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface, process, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
Standard 12: The process, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
Standard 13: How forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth’s surface.
5 Environment and Society. The physical environment is influenced by the ways in which human societies value and use the Earth’s physical features
and processes
Standard 14: How human actions modify the physical environment.
Standard 15: How physical systems affect human systems.
Standard 16: The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
6 Uses of Geography. Knowledge of geography enables people to develop an understanding of the relationships among people, places, and
environments over time—that is, of the Earth as it was, is, and might be.
Standard 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.
Standard 18: To apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.