1. Question #1 What is Geography?

2. Geography is more than just maps!

3. Defining Perspective The word perspective is defined as a person’s view or mental outlook. A person’s perspective is their way of seeing the world in which we live.

4. Examining Perspective Examining Perspective Question #3 Is the book pictured here facing up or down?Is the book pictured here facing up or down?

5. Examining Perspective Question #4 Do you think the person in this picture is an old woman or a young woman? Provide support for your answer using evidence from the image.

6. Examining Perspective Question #5  Write 2 complete sentences describing the image that you see.

7. Examining Perspective Question #6 Which word best describes the image that you see: eye-glasses or dishonesty Use evidence from the picture to explain why you chose the word that you chose.

8. Examining Perspective Question #7 Which word comes closest to describing the image that you see: music or female? Explain why you chose that word using evidence from the image.

9. Examining Perspective Question #8 For this question, we are going to watch a video clip. Identify if you think the “spinning cat” is spinning clockwise or counter clockwise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtSHsMTFfVg&feature=related

10. Question # 9 What lesson did you learn about the way that people see things during this exercise?

11. It is possible for two people to look at the same picture and see very different things….

12. Question # 10 Which baseball team is the best? Red Sox or the Yankees

13. Question # 11 Should students be allowed to use cell phones during class?

14. Question # 12 Should the United States get involved in the affairs of other countries?

15. We will be studying many different topics throughout the year. We will all examine the same set of facts, but it is likely that we will all have different opinions based on those facts. It is important to respect the opinions of others and to try and understand why they view the world as they do! It is possible for two people to look at the same picture and see very different things….