Today’s Warm Up  What are the main causes of HIV/Aids?  Which regions/countries are most/least impacted by this disease and why?

HIV/Aids Unit 6

The Main Idea  Maps can be used to solve societal problems Through rephrasing problems geographically Through rephrasing problems geographically ○ It matters where problems occur ○ View Handout 1 Through understanding how culture and location impact a country’s ability to solve problems Through understanding how culture and location impact a country’s ability to solve problems  This is Geographic Map Analysis

Geographic Information System  GIS is the computer-based tool that allows for Geographic Map Analysis Allows two or more maps to be laid on top of each other so that a number of variables can be examined together Allows two or more maps to be laid on top of each other so that a number of variables can be examined together View Handout 2 View Handout 2

GIS Continued… GIS Continued…  Helps to identify associations (correlations) Be careful… Associations do not imply a cause/effect relationship (causation) Be careful… Associations do not imply a cause/effect relationship (causation) View Handout 3 View Handout 3

Birth Rates for Teenagers years, 2000

Fighting Cholera With Maps  500 people, all from the same section of London, England, died of cholera within a ten-day period in September 1854  Bacteria were still unknown  People panicked! Read Cholera background

Fighting Cholera With Maps  Dr. John Snow, a local physician, had been studying the spread of cholera for some time  View the Map of Cholera Deaths – speculate as to the spread of cholera deaths Why do you think there was a cluster of deaths near Broad Street? Why do you think there were fewer deaths of Regent Street?

Fighting Cholera With Maps  Dr. Snow used maps to prove his long- held theory that cholera was a waterborne infection Review the Map of Cholera Deaths and predict the location of water pumps

Think, Pair, Share  View the Map of Cholera Deaths and Locations of Water Pumps What course of action would you take if you were city officials presented with the information on Dr. Snow’s map? What if the locations of deaths and locations of water pumps were not clustered? How might this have altered Dr. Snow’s research and course of action? What are some other issues that might be better understood through map analysis?

HIV/Aids in DE – GMA Activity  You may work in groups of 2 or 3  Send one group member up to grab the activity folder  Await further instructions.

Public Service Annoucement  This PSA has been brought to you by the Wynn Advertising Agency.

Today’s Exit Ticket  Some Delaware farmers are experiencing very low yields of soybeans in the last two years. How would you examine this problem geographically? Explain your answer.