1. Bellwork Please get out your spiral notebook. Skip the first page and number a sheet of paper 1-10.

2. How Many of these countries can you name?? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

3. Agenda Bellwork: Meaning of Geography Interactive Notebooks (Standard) What is Geography? 5 Themes of Geography HW: Graphic Organizer (copy at end of class)

4. Bellwork What do you think Geography is all about? Brainstorm your ideas in your notebook Title: Bellwork 8/12

5. Interactive Notebooks Left Side: Homework Bellwork Classwork Title Pages* Right Side: Class Notes Maps Guided Reading Questions

6. What is Geography? Why do we study Geography? Know where places are – Know who lives there – Know what they are like, what they are interested in. – Know about those places, the land and climate. – Know how we interact with the land, what we do to it – How people interact with each other.

7. 5 Themes of Geography Location: o Relative Location: where is it in reference to other things o Absolute Location: the longitude/latitude Place: o Human Place: the population, their culture o Physical Place: the landforms, bodies of water, climate, weather

8. 5 Themes of Geography Human Environment Interaction - how people relate to their environment and are affected by it Movement - trade of goods, ideas, exports, imports, human migration Regions - the grouping of similar places either geographically or due to like attributes

9. Why Study Geography? http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/ 05/02/geog.test/http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/ 05/02/geog.test/

10. World Map Video http://geography.learnhub.com/lesson/982 7-animaniacs-nations-of-the-world-song

11. Graphic Organizer Theme NameDefinition in my words Example from my life 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.