Element+One

=__The World in Spatial Terms__=


 * How to Use Maps and Other Geographic Representations, Tools, and Technologies to Acquire, Process, and Report Information From a Spatial Perspective || [|1] || 1: The World in Spatial Terms ||
 * How to Use Mental Maps to Organize Information About People, Places, and Environments in a Spatial Context || [|2] || 1: The World in Spatial Terms ||
 * How to Analyze the Spatial Organization of People, Places, and Environments on Earth’s Surface || [|3] || 1: The World in Spatial Terms ||

The purpose of the first essential element of geography is to study the relationships between people, places, and environments by mapping information about them into a spatial context. = = A) Geography as a field of inquiry B) Evolution of key geographical concepts and models associated with notable geographers C) Key concepts underlying the geographical perspective: location, space, place, scale, pattern, regionalization, and globalization D) Key geographical skills E) New geographic technologies, such as GIS, remote sensing, and GPS F) Sources of geographical ideas and data: the field, census data, and satellite imagery
 * 1) How to use and think about maps and spatial data
 * 2) How to understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places
 * 3) How to recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes
 * 4) How to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process
 * 5) How to characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places

=**__Supplemental Materials__**= Day 1

Day 2 -Read "Visiting the World Through the Five Themes of Geography" handout -go over the "Five Themes of Geography" page on the Wiki

-"5 Themes of Geography"--worksheet
-Read pg. xxii & xxiii in the "RED" book

Day 3 -Go over the "Xpeditions: Mapmaking Guide" handout -Read "MAPS" (Appendix A-1 to A-9) in the "WHITE" book -complete the essay for homework

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Day 4 -Read "Geography Skills Handbook" (pg. 1-15) in RED book -begin "Geo Packet" and complete 1-8

Day 5 - -finish "Geo Packet"

Day 6 - -"Geography Skills Study Guide"

Day 7

Day 8 -finish from Day 7

Day 9 -"Using Maps" EXAM -Read "Chapter One" from RED book

Day 10

Day 11 -"World Map" QUIZ -finish from Day 10