1. You have the following items on your grocery list: apples, carrots, bread, milk, fish, trash bags, chips, steak, butter, cheese and paper towels. You need to get in and out of the store as soon as possible. 1.How do you group these items to speed up your task? 2.Why did you group them the way they did? HOOK

2. S TUDENT H ANDOUT 1: NOTES! Under your HOOK create a 3 column chart using at LEAST half of the page. It should look something like the one below. Region: ? FormalFunctionalPerceptual What? Characteristics? Example:

3. R EGION ? How the earth is divided for study.  Geographers choose how they will classify the world based on common characteristics.  they are man-made tools for making better sense of the world. Lets read on page 78 of your orange Jarrett Book

4. 3 T YPES OF R EGIONS Formal Functional Perceptual

5. F ORMAL R EGION Characterized by a common human or physical property such as political identity, climate, or landforms Lets read on page 78 of your orange Jarrett Book

6. F ORMAL R EGION Example: Counties, States, Countries

7. F ORMAL R EGION Example: Desert, Rainforest, Tundra

8. F ORMAL R EGION Example: The Rockies, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Midwest

9. F UNCTIONAL R EGION Organized around a focal point, with surrounding areas linked by transportation, trade, or communication

10. F UNCTIONAL R EGION Example: Metropolitan Areas - Greater Houston Area

11. F UNCTIONAL R EGION Examples Airline hubs - Houston Intercontinental Airport

12. Functional Region

13. P ERCEPTUAL R EGION A place defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data.

14. P ERCEPTUAL R EGION Example The “South”

15. P ERCEPTUAL R EGION Example The “Bible Belt”

16. Example: Muslim World

17. L ETS PRACTICE ! On the opposite page of your notes using the entire page make a chart that looks like the one below Image and brief description Type of region Justification A- B- C- D- E- F- This is an example of a ---- region because-------.

18. Directions for Regions Activity 1. Examine the image on the placard 2. Use your notes to identify the type of region the image represents 3. Complete your chart 6. Check with your teacher and repeat

19. Image A

20. Image B

21. Image C

22. Image D

23. Image E

24. Image F

25. Processing Assignment Create your own examples of a region map using your high school as a region. You can create a formal, perceptual or functional map. One example would be a map of who sits where in the cafeteria.