What is Human Geography? Video: Geography is Key

Definitions - Use Cornell Literal Definition: a description of the earth Emmanuel Kant: “History looks at change across time. Geography looks at change across space.” Hartshorn: “Geography is the discipline that seeks to describe and interpret the variable character from place to place of the earth as the world of man.” Greenland: “Geography is the study of the distribution and interrelationships of the elements of the human environment and the relationships between humans and the physical environment.” Your Definition:

Method vs Perspective Geographic Method: using geographic information to describe the earth Geographic Perspective: a geographic grid through which information is interpreted Example: The Earth at Night

Geographic Investigation Process - 4 Level Analysis Level 1 - What? Where? When? Scale? Level 2 - Pattern Identification Level 3 Why there? How did it get there? Level 4 (prediction) So what? What if? Impacts? Effects?

Earth at Night - Global Scale

North America at Night - Regional Scale Online: 6/27/2006 - http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/49261main_usa_nightm.jpe

Your State at Night - Local Scale Online: 6/27/2006 -http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/usanight_dmsp_big.gif

Geographic Investigation Process Level 1 - What? Where? When? Level 2 - Pattern Identification Level 3 Why there? How did it get there? Level 4 So what? What if? Impacts? Effects?

Goals for the day How do geographers describe where things are? How do we identify main idea? Who do you locate places using latitude and longitude? What type of questions will appear on the AP exam?

Day 2 - Thinking Spatially to solve real world problems http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/episode1page 26 notebook Projections video: page 27 NB Why are we changing maps video? Page 27 NB

Chapter 1 Key Issue 1 Quiz- you may use Key Issue Guide - on a notecard List three tools that geographers use to show where things are?(3 pts) List the four things that typically become distorted in various projections. (2 pts) Describe how geospatial technology help to solve problems in Haiti (2 pts) How can projections promote social inequality? (1 pt)

Score your own: answers Tools: GIS, GPS, Latitude / Longitude, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Maps Distorted: shape, relative size, distance, direction Used Twitter (social media), open source mapping, translation, direct aid When one country is shown larger in relative size to another – ideas of more powerful or weaker arise. Turn to page 16 – Write out test corrections on page- see table of contents Turn in Quiz and Key Issue #1+ Summer Fall Assignment if completed.