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Page 1: How to be windshield Geographer Discover Earth’s Cultural Landscape

How to be windshield Geographer

Discover Earth’s Cultural Landscape

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Photograph your hometown

• Required Materials a) camera with a USB port/wireless connectivityb) camera phone with wireless accessc) Student email address

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Procedure

• Plan out an exploratory journey of your hometown from a geographic perspective

• Drive, walk, roll or pedal your way around your area. Observe the material culture: housing types, signs, religious buildings, businesses, restaurants and more. Use these items to create a sense of place for the community.

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Procedure Continued

• Photograph evidence of the cultural landscape. Take several (10 +) photos.

• Organize the photos using either Prezi or Glogster

• www.prezi.com • www.glogster.com

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Connections

• Consider this project as a way for you to introduce your hometown to someone who has never been there, but would like to know what its like to live there.

• Photographs should connect to the “Five Geographic Themes”

• Location, place, movement, region and human environmental interaction

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Five Themes: Location/Place • Location: What might be the relative location

of this landscape?

• Place: What are the physical features of this landscape? What makes this place unique?

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Five Themes: Human Environment interaction

• How do the people who live in this landscape depend on their environment?

• How do they adapt to this environment?

• How do they modify (change) this environment?

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Five Themes: Movement/Region• Movement: How do people share ideas?

• Region: What region of the world do you think this landscape represents?

• Are there other world landscapes where this landscape might belong?

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Make connections to the Five Themes of Geography

1.Population2.Migration3. Local and popular culture4. Identity 5. Language6. Religion

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Geography is everywhere

Ways to make learning fun!!!

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Lets have some fun!!

• How many countries can you name??• www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/how-many-countri

es-can-you-name.php

• http:www.reachtheworld.org/geogames/Play-GeoGames.html