1. Utah’s Geography
Unit I

2. How well do you know Utah?
And the answers are…
How well do you know Utah?
25) 1847
26) beaver
27) Colorado R.
28) Transcontinental
29) TV
30) Greatest Snow on Earth
31) Real
32) brine shrimp
33) Handcart
34) 2
35) Winter Olympics
36) Bonneville cutthroat trout
37) Dutch oven
38) Ralph Becker
39) Malone & Stockton
40) Zions Nat. Park
41) Randy Watts
42) Bishop, Matheson, Chaffetz
43) schools, roads, etc
44) Jefferson, Bell, etc
45) cabinet
Bell, Evans, Fesenko, Gaines, Hayward, Jeffers, Jefferson, Kirilenko, Miles, Millsap, Okur, Price, Williams

3. Bell Activity
Turn in the “How well do you know Utah?” activity to your box.
Get out your blue study guide then define the word “geography”.
Find the definition using a glossary from the shelf at the front of the room.
Think about what you believe this definition means then write a sentence using the word.
Draw a picture of something that shows you know what the word means.
Think of an example of “geography” and a non-example of the word. Write them in the appropriate place.
Where should your backpack be?

4. Does your work look something like this?
word: geography
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example:
Antonym/Non-Example:

5. Does your work look something like this?
word: geography
My Understanding:
Definition: Geography is the study of
Draw a picture of it:
the earth’s physical features & how
people & places affect each other.
Sentence: Studying geography helps
students understand the world around
them and how it affects their lives.
Synonym/Example:
location, landforms
Antonym/Non-Example: astronomy

6. Note Taking Copy this information onto a piece of lined paper.
As we go through the slides take notes on each topic in its box.
Beginning note takers copy what is on the screen; Advanced note takers take what they read, hear, and see and put it in their own words.

7. Today we will be learning about…
Social Studies Objective – We will be able to describe what geography is, identify Utah’s location in the world, and how this affects life here.
Behavior Objective – Courtesy & Respect: We will participate appropriately in class during discussions.
Language Objective –
We will write about our location in Utah.

8. Policies and Procedures
Over the next week we will continue to learn about the policies and procedures of this class.
Emergency procedures
Recycling and garbage
Glossary, newspapers
Standards & Essential Questions
Word Wall bulletin boards

9. What is geography?
“Geography is the study of the earth and its mountains, plateaus, valleys, deserts, rivers, lakes, and oceans. It is also the study of where people and animals live on the earth, and how they interact with their environment.”

10. Geography & Utah
People studying the geography of Utah would ask questions like: “What is Utah’s land like? Where do Utah’s people live? How does Utah’s environment help its people meet their needs for food, clothing, shelter, transportation, energy, jobs, and their need for beauty and peace of mind?”

11. Geography – the Stage of History
History is an account of what has happened in the past.
Both geographers and historians try to learn about how the features of a place affect people and events.
Why did people come here?
Why did they settle where they did?
What happened to them once they got here?
How did they help make Utah what it is today?

12. The Five Themes of Geography
We use five themes, or topics, to organize what they know or want to learn about a place.
Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions

13. Longitude and Latitude
Location
Location shows where we are.
*Exact location is a latitude and longitude (a global location) or a street address (local location).
Logan’s coordinates are: 41°44′16″N °49′51″W
*Relative locations are described by landmarks, time, direction or distance from one place to another and may associate a particular place with another.
How would you describe Logan’s location to someone who has never been here before?
Longitude and Latitude
MLMS
875 North 200 East Logan, Utah This are the location coordinates of Utah on the map:
Latitude of Utah: 39° 15' N
Longitude of Utah: 111° 45' W

14. Location
Utah
The location of a place affects it’s environment in many ways.
Let’s compare Utah location with another place in the world.
How does location make life there similar or different than each other?
Utah
Peru
Utah is north of the Equator, Peru is south of the equator
Utah is in North America, Peru is in South America
Utah is inland, Peru is on the coast
etc
Peru

15. Where is your place in the world?
Describe where your home is located using exact and relative locations on your paper.
Exact – Address
Relative – What is nearby?

16. Utah’s Location in the World
Let’s identify where Utah is in the world.
Is Utah north or south of the equator?
Is Utah east or west of the prime meridian?
What continent is Utah on?
Is Utah in the eastern or western part of the United States?
Which states surround Utah?

17. Bell Activity – Aug. 27, 2013
Take out your purple study guide for chapter 1.
Find the word “arid” in the vocabulary section. Then write the definition of the word.
arid: being without moisture; completely dry
Then complete the rest of the entry.
Use the vocabulary word in a sentence you make up.
Draw a picture to represent the vocabulary word.
Give an example or synonym of the word.
Give the opposite or antonym, or a non-example of the word.
Where should your backpack be?

18. Does your work look something like this?
word: arid
My Understanding:
Definition: being without moisture;
Draw a picture of it:
completely dry
Sentence:
Synonym/Example:
Antonym/Non-Example:

19. Does your work look something like this?
word: arid
My Understanding:
Definition: being without moisture;
Draw a picture of it:
extremely dry.
Sentence: Much of Southern Utah is
very arid; not much rain falls there.
Synonym/Example:
dry, parched; desert, Sahara
Antonym/Non-Example: moist, wet; rain forest

20. Policies and Procedures
Over the next week, we will learn about the policies and procedures of this class.
We will do a few items each day and there will be a quiz (for prizes) when we finish.
Pencil sharpening
Tissues and hand sanitizer
Website
Tardies
Gum, candy and drinks

21. Utah Counties
Knowing where things happened is important in history, geography, etc.
We will be learning the 29 counties of Utah over the course of this trimester. You will be tested on them at the end of the trimester.
On our class website, you can play games to help you learn the counties.

22. Utah’s Counties
Like the other states in the nation, Utah is divided into smaller segments called counties.
Utah has twenty nine counties.

23. Utah Counties Let’s see how many counties we can name together.

24. Putting the Pieces Together
Now we will divide into groups.
Each group will receive a county puzzle. Using the lyrics (words) from the song, put the puzzle together with each person taking a turn putting the pieces in.
If the bell rings before we can clean up, no one is dismissed until all the puzzles are cleaned up and checked off the list.