3.1 How do people perceive places?

Connecting People and Places

Class Task

Think of a favourite place in:

your community

Your town

In a rural setting

Find a photograph or image that represents each

image

Make notes explaining the qualities the place has

and what it means to you

List the reason you connect to your place

Exchange your images with another student.

Consider if his/her favourite place have the same

meaning for you.

Class Task...

Answer the following questions:

Are your places and reasons unique to you?

Did someone else list similar places?

If so, what were their reason for doing so?

Discuss the different places chosen and the

reason why they were picked.

Will these places change significance throughout

your life?

What is place?

Somewhere that you identify with and attach

meaning to.

Places are: parts of the Earth’s surface that are

identified and given meaning by people.

A place can be small as your bedroom or as large

as continent.

It can be a constructed feature , such as a

building, or a naturally existing feature such as a

lake or forest.

What are spaces?

Space refers to the way in which features are

arranged on the Earth’s surface.

The shapes and patterns in which things are

arranged on the earths surface.

Geographers often use maps to explore and

explain the arrangement of the Earth’s surface.

Interconnections between places

We all create places of our own by defining them

and giving them meaning, and all of these places

are interconnected.

No place exists in isolation. Not even a rock in a

mountain riverbed or a single tree is isolated.

Every place is interconnected with another.

The place you live is connected to a

neighbourhood, the road outside the school

connects it with different suburbs and entire

continents are connected to each other in many

ways.

Natural features, human activities (trade,

transport, communication) which move services

and ideas.

Work Sheet 1....

Answer the question on the sheet in your books.

The different ways we connect with

places.

Geographers use different models, tools, and

strategies to understand and explain some of the

ways people perceive place. There are three

main methods:

1. Asking Questions: Ask question about the

location. Why does it exist? Is it a sacred site?

Perception can lead to different opinions about

what might be a suitable way to treat or use the

place.

The different ways we connect with

places.

Geographers use different models, tools, and

strategies to understand and explain some of

the ways people perceive place. There are three

main methods:

2. Using geographical models: to explain patterns

and analyse their significance. Bus timetables etc.

The different ways we connect with

places.

3. Applying a set of geographical criteria: to

understand the reasons by grouping them into

similar categories, including:

Spiritual: factors related to a person’s belief

Economic: factors related to employment and

income

Cultural: factors related to the shared

characteristics of a group of people

Historical: factors related to the past experiences

and events

By classifying places we can better understand

important interconnections to place.

Work Sheet 2...

Work through the sheet.

3.2 How do people connect to different

people and places?

Connecting People and Places

The things we do, see, use and

consumeWe are connected to people and places all around the world in many ways. This includes being connected by:

The food we eat

The music we play

The clothes we wear

The goods in our homes

The sport we play

The movies we watch

You are the most mobile generation in history, travelling for work and for leisure more often and more quickly. As well as physical and cultural connections there are also digital connections. You are a Global Citizen.

How technology influences

interconnections

The internet allows people to connect with other

people in different places more quickly and

conveniently than ever before.

Internet – 2.1billion internet users

Social networking sites – 2.4 billion accounts

Facebook – more than 1 billion accounts

Youtube – 48 hours of footage every minute

250 billion emails sent every day

500 million Google searches every day

Twitter – 250 million tweets a day

Internet in real time

Class TaskHow has technology helped to break down the

distance between places and provided new

opportunities for making connections. (focus on how

modern technology helps with communication)

Think about your own experiences regarding the

following and make notes:

groups you belong to online

How technology is giving you the opportunity to express

yourself in different ways

How technology is giving you the opportunity to

collaborate and problem-solve with other people

How technology is giving you the opportunity to

exchange ideas and opinions with other people

Other benefits of technology

Digital access around the world (developing

nations)

Connecting with remote areas

Work sheet 3 -

3.3 How does trade connect people and

places?

Connecting People and Places

Global trade connectionsIn the last 50 years or so there has been an

explosion in the amount and value of goods traded

within and between nations.

Today, homes contain many items made in other

countries and we tend to shop globally. (ebay, online

shopping) When your grandparents were your age,

almost everything bought were made local.

Trade between nations is valued at US$18 trillion a

year:

Around 6000 planes in the air right now

Approximately 17000 cargo ships crossing the worlds

oceans

More than 1 million kilometres of railway track

2 million kilometres of gas, oil and water pipeline

Australia’s mining connections

Australia is linked to many places in the world

through the goods and services produced here.

Over 60 percent of our exports are minerals and

fuels such as iron ore, coal, gold, crude oil, and

aluminium. The mining boom was caused by

three factors:

1. Increases in demand for Australian minerals from

china and India

2. Australia’s vast mineral wealth

3. Australia’s willingness and ability to export

minerals

Multinational companies

One of the most common factors linking us

around the world to people in different places is

the movement of goods and services. Because

these businesses operate in more than one

country they are called multinationals.

Companies include

Apple

McDonalds

Coca-Cola

Nike

Adidas

Global connections inside your

laptopParts within a laptop come from:

Canada

USA

Mexico

Peru

Chile

Brazil

Argentina

Colombia

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Australia

Russia

Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Indonesia

South Korea

Japan

China

Kyrgyzstan

Tajistan

Connecting through food

Advantages Disadvantages

Learnt to make food

more efficiently to

respond to demand

from overseas orders

Any others?

People can import

food from other

countries taking away

from our farmers

Any others?

Major Task 1.Think of a technological development that has

enabled you to connect to people or places in

other regions. Create a report using a medium of

your choice by completing the following:

Describe how you use this technology to

connect with people living in other areas.

Provide examples of how you interact with

people from different places

Explain how your perception of people or places

has changed because of this connection and

provide examples.