People and ideas get around

Planes Automobiles Trains Trucks Subways Boat

* To more from one area and settle into another

Better life New job To get out of difficult circumstances Get closer to family or friends

* Mountains * Canyons * Rivers * Ocean

* Think of some examples of products that you use that come from other places. How do they get here?

* What are some ways ideas spread from place to place? * Think about a recent fad. How did you hear about it?

What do locations have in common?

* Formal Regions * Boundaries, countries, language, cities, states, hemispheres, natural regions such as “rain forest” and “Arctic Circle.” * Functional Regions * School Districts * Cell phone coverage areas * Pizza Deliver * Vernacular Regions * “The South” * “Out West”