1. Enduring Understanding Themes Geographic Location August 7-10, 2015

2. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message for August 8, 2014: Agenda Message for August 8, 2014: We begin Social Studies with understanding how geographers describe location by use of Hemispheres, Latitude & Longitude, Equator, Prime Meridian, and the use of Maps. Standard: Standard: Location affects a society’s economy, culture, and development. E. Q. for Friday, August 8, 2014: What are the two ways that geographers describe location? Warm-Up: Describe where the City of Atlanta is to someone who has never been there.

3. Answers E.Q. Answers for August 8, 2014: Absolute location & Relative location Warm-Up Answer: North America United States Southeast region of U.S. State of Georgia North Central Georgia

4. Geographic Location The two ways geography describes location are; 1.Relative location describes a place in comparison to other places around it. 2.Absolute location is the exact place on earth where a geographic location, such as a city is found.

5. Geographic Location Geographic Location Relative LocationRelative Location Relative location describes where a place is in relation to its surrounding environment. For example, you may tell a person that the library is three blocks west of the park.

6. Geographic Location Geographic Location Absolute LocationAbsolute Location To describe absolute location, geography uses a grid system of imaginary lines for precisely locating places on the earth’s surface. ~ Hemispheres ~Equator ~Prime Meridian ~Latitude Lines ~Longitude Lines

7. Geographic Location Earth is divided into two equal halves. Each half of the globe is called a hemisphere. Because the earth is round, a hemisphere can be north and south, or east and west.

8. Geographic Location The equator is the imaginary line that divides the north and south halves (hemispheres). The prime meridian is the imaginary line dividing the east and west (hemispheres). (Sometime this is called the Greenwich meridian because it runs through the town of Greenwich, England.)

9. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message for August 10, 2015: Homework due Wednesday: Agenda Message for August 10, 2015: Homework due Wednesday: Draw a globe using graph paper. Draw and label North, South, East, & West, Equator, Prime Meridian, Latitude lines & longitude lines. Standard: Standard: Location affects a society’s economy, culture, and development. E. Q. for Monday; August 10, 2015: What are the imaginary lines called that run parallel to the equator? Warm-Up: Describe where Douglasville is located to someone who has never been here.

10. Answers E.Q. Answers for August 10, 201: Latitude lines Warm-Up Answer: North America United States State of Georgia West of City of Atlanta

11. Geographic Location Latitude LinesLatitude Lines To locate places north or south, geography uses a set of imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator. These lines are called latitude lines. The equator is labeled as the zero-degree line for latitude.

12. Geographic Location Latitude Lines cont.Latitude Lines cont. Lines north of the equator are called “north latitude” lines and lines south of the equator are called “south latitude” lines.

13. Geographic Location Longitude LinesLongitude Lines To complete the grid system, geography uses a set of imaginary lines that go around the earth over the north and south poles. These lines are called longitude lines, and mark positions in the east-west hemisphere. The prime meridian is the zero-degree line for longitude. Just as the equator is the zero-degree line for latitude.

14. Geographic Location Each site on the earth can have only “one” absolute location. To find an absolute (or “precise”) location using the grid system, you need to find the point where the latitude and longitude lines cross.

15. Geographic Location Vocabulary Words for Location Absolute location Relative location Hemisphere Prime meridian Latitude line Longitude line Equator

16. Latitude & Longitude Practice Find the following countries: 1.20 o N/50 o E 2.30 o N/60 o E 3.40 o N/40 o E 4.20 o N/80 o E 5.40 o N/100 o E 6.30 o N/70 o E 7.30 o S/10 o E 8.0 o /30 o E