1. Geo Lit What is Geography?
Words that you would associate with geography
Why Should I be interested in Geography (video)
Human and Physical Geography Activity
How can Knowledge of Geography Help

2. What is Geography?
Brainstorming
Videos

3. Think Pair Share What does Geography mean to you?
Write down a minimum of 5 words/items that comes to mind (if you had to define it) when you hear the word Geography…….’The study of…….
Share with your table partner and combine your list into one. Place each word on the sticky notes that the teacher will hand out to you.
DO NOT LOOSE THESE

4. Why Should I be Interested in Geography?
One reason why you should know your geography!

5. Physical and Human Geography

6. Recall:
Geography – the study of the earth and all its features and systems and the relationship with humans.
This is a very broad definition, we can break this down a little further.

7. Activity #1
Step #1
You will each be given a reading – these are NOT yours to keep, so don’t make any marks on them
In your notebook – take jot notes of important information from your reading – remember to include the title.
You have 4 minutes to complete this task

8. Find your colour group in the room – blue, green, pink, and yellow
Step #2
Find your colour group in the room – blue, green, pink, and yellow
Sit together as a group and share your notes
Using the poster paper and markers, develop a poster that outlines the major points of your reading
Print large, be neat and include a title
Appoint a spokesperson to read – nice and loud!
You will have 6 minutes to complete this task

9. Step #3
Sharing of the posters to the class
Two groups will be the same, but did they come up with the same information?
Each group has 1 minute to present their poster.

10. Step #4
Apply what we know now….
Take the stack of words on the sticky notes from the other day that you have and sort these into the two types of geography – human and physical
When you think you have them – pin each one up on the appropriate bulletin board/smart board
You will have 5 minutes to complete this task

11. Let’s review the boards
Step #5
Let’s review the boards
Do all the words fit?
Was it easy to decide where each word fits?
Is there a connection between physical and human geo?
Word sort and reflection hand in

12. How can the knowledge of geography help inform decision?

13. Making Informed Decisions
Just like knowing the weather outside in the morning will make us dress appropriately for the day, knowledge of geography can help us make even bigger decisions for our life and society.
What do you think?
In your notebook, write down the title at the top and list at least 3 ways the knowledge of geography could help you in your life.

14. END of SLIDE SHOW
Do not do any further

15. Homework:
Briefly research the following places around Canada to complete the chart.
Location
Physical Geography
Human Geography
Winnipeg
-hot summers
-cold winters
-spring floods
-relatively flat landscape
-smaller population
-some manufacturing jobs
-capital of Manitoba – Legislative Building
Banff, AB
Toronto, ON
Victoria, BC
St. John’s, NL
Iqaluit, NU

16. You will need a piece of loose-leaf
Mental Map of Canada
You will need a piece of loose-leaf

17. Mental Map of Canada Let’s start looking at the geography of Canada!
From memory, try to draw a map of Canada on loose- leaf
Where will you start?
What is the easiest province/territory to draw?
Feel free to label the provinces as you go.
If you’re really good, try to label the capital cities.
You have 5 minutes to try this!

19. Name the province/territory
Geography of Canada
Name the province/territory

20. Nunavut

21. Newfoundland Labrador

22. Prince Edward Island

23. Manitoba

24. Yukon

25. Alberta

26. Ontario

27. British Columbia

28. Saskatchewan

29. Quebec

30. Nova Scotia

31. New Brunswick

32. North West Territories

33. Name the capital city of each

34. Iqaluit

35. St. John’s

36. Charlottetown

37. Winnipeg

38. Whitehorse

39. Edmonton

40. Toronto

41. Victoria

42. Regina

43. Quebec City

44. Halifax

45. Fredericton

46. Yellowknife

47. Competition #2
First 3 to give me a tourist attraction for the following Canadian cities:
Vancouver
Edmonton
Toronto
Montreal
Halifax

48. One last reason why you should know your geography!