diversity amid globalization lesson: geography matters by the end of this lesson students should be...
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DIVERSITY AMID GLOBALIZATIONLesson: Geography Matters
By the end of this lesson students should be able to:
1. Define geography and differentiate between the major types of geography studies.
2. Explain how humans interact with their environment.
3. Describe major regions of the world.
4. Identify what a cultural landscape is.
Geography
Impacts exploration, how we use our resources, what and with whom we trade and where we travel.
Branches of Geography
PHYSICAL HUMAN
climate political systems
landforms economic systems
soil/vegetation cultural systems
hydrology social systems
Look at the picture of Boulder, CO. What would a physical geographer and social geographer study?
Human-Environment Interaction
Explain how humans interact with the environment in the following pictures.
Dharavi, Mumbai (India)
Amazon Rainforest
Black Canyon, Colorado River
Check out these pictures from Dubai from the last 20 years.
Dubai in 1990
Same street today http://iasos.com/news/dubai/
The world’s tallest buildings
Satellite Image of man-made islands
Region: An area with some kind of unifying thread, like physical boundaries or economic and cultural similarities.
QUESTION: What characteristics differentiate these regions?
Cultural Landscape
The visible, material expression of human settlement, past and present.
QUESTION: Can you give an example of an expression of a cultural landscape?
You can probably ID these cities regardless of whether you have ever been there—why?
Global to Local