Objective: Students will examine place and regions to identify how each place is unique Essential Question: What makes a place feel like home? Lang Obj: Students will record key vocabulary and discuss in small groups, and create a written report WHY IS EACH POINT ON EARTH UNIQUE

 Two concepts explain why every point on earth is unique  Place and Region  The difference is a matter of scale  Place is a point  Region is an area BUILDING ON OUR 5 THEMES

 Most people have “their place”  Strong Sense of Place  A feeling for the feature that contribute to a particular spot.  Describing the features of a place or regions an essential building block for Geographers to explain similarities, differences, and changes across the earth.  Review Pull out Maps PLACE HOMEWORK REVIEW

 The position that something occupies on Earth’s surface  Four ways to identify location LOCATION

 Toponym the name given to a place of Earth  Named after famous people, religion, ancient history, hope, disasters  Names can also change from political upheaval (WWII and Communism)  Can you think of an example? PLACE NAMES

 The physical character of a place  Characteristics: climate, water, topography, soil, vegetation, latitude, and elevation  Essential for selection settlements (Hill vs River X)  Sites can change New your Manhattan is twice as large today as it was in HOW? SITE

 Location of a place relative to other places  Important bc finding unfamiliar place and understanding its importance  Compare unfamiliar place with a similar location  Directions/landmarks  Importance: many cites have become famous/ rich because of location. Singapore is a Center for trade near Strait of Malacca SITUATION

 Described by the meridians and parallels  Meridians arc north and south  Parallels circles around (equator)  Longitude are meridians (long equal in size) divided east and west at Prime Meridian – 0 longitude passes through Royal Observatory at Greenwich- helps with time Human Made 15 degrees = 1 hour Greenwich Mean Time GMT the master reference for time at all points on Prime M  Latitude are parallels equator 0 North Pole 90N, South Pole 90S. Part science part human behavior based off of sunlight exposure. Equator gets 12 hr sun a day.  Longitude ACT of 1714: John Harrison prize winner MATHEMATICAL LOCATION

 Cultural landscape- combination of cultural features such as language, religion, economic, and agriculture, physical features and climate  Add to the senses of belonging So Cal, FOCO, Lodo  A region gains uniqueness from possessing not a single human or environmental characteristic but a combination  Geographers seek relationships (cotton growing ex) REGIONS- UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS

Can you identify a known region? ELBOW BUDDY DISCUSSION

 Any area larger than a point and smaller than the whole earth  Formal – an area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics: States Wyoming, growing wheat belt, Democrat states  Functional –An area organized around a node or focal point, Think newspaper or radio station  Vernacular- An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity, Think American South, cotton production, low grad rates, confederacy cultural, climate TYPES OF REGIONS

 A body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group of people's distinct tradition  Origin of word culture  To care about (ideas, beliefs, values, and customs)  To take care of (earning $, obtaining food, clothing, and shelter) More developed Countries MDC vs Less developed Countries LDC CULTURE

 You are going to create a 1 page report on the city of Greeley  You will identify:  Name  Site  Situation  Mathematical location  Region: formal, functional, and vernacular GEOGRAPHY GREELEY REPORT

 Greeley Maps  Current Event Article  Classroom Map WORK TO BE TURNED IN