1. Themes of Geography: Unit 1
SS 10: Ms. Pasichnyk: pp. 6-13

2. What is geography?
*Study of the combination of physical geography ______________________________ and human geography ______________________________
So, this unit will look at how human’s interact with each other, how they affect and are affected by the land (p. 6).
Ms. Pasichnyk will share her personal experience about the above
Activity: with 1-2 students think & talk about a time that the weather, climate, landscape or ocean affected something you were doing.

3. Physical geography affecting human activity
Ms. Pasichnyk’s experience backpacking in the Yukon & Alaska

4. Flooding Summer 2012 Where: Sicamous, BC
Effects: damaged the tourist industry of houseboating, but what else?
Geography affecting economically

5. 5 Themes of Geography LOCATION
PLACE: PHYSICAL & CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS
REGIONS
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, IDEAS & OBJECTS
HUMAN/ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION

6. LOCATION
Absolute location: the exact location measured using latitude (distance north or south of equator) and longitude (distance west or east of Prime Meridian)
Relative location: i.e. Port Moody High School is about a 5 minute drive from Coquitlam Center

7. Map of Canada Assignment
#1: Discuss the below with 2-3 people.
How many provinces or territories have you travelled in?
What ocean and two rivers are closest to us today?
#2: Map skills and assignment

8. Place: Physical & Cultural Landscapes
Physical landscape:
Cultural landscape:
As we go through this course, think about how the physical and cultural landscapes are influenced by and affected by each other.

9. Regions Help geographers organize info.
There are many different regions in geography
i.e. “coast”, “Okanagan”, “South Asia”,
We will soon learn about the Physical Regions of Canada
The Okanagan

10. Movement of People, Ideas & Objects
How do people share information between friends, cities, countries? Talk about & write about it!
Globalization: is the process of many things allowing for rapid movement of information, ideas, fads, etc.

11. Human/Environmental Action
What causes changes to the natural landscape?
Think about what is happening in the area east of us by the new Walmart, Shoppers Drugmart; up Coast Meridian close to David. Talk about it!
What things do you do everyday that change the natural landscape?
New housing on Burke Mountain

12. Works Consulted:
2012
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11th, 2012
11th, 2012
Cranny, Michael William. Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity. Don Mills, ON: Pearson, Print.