Enduring Understanding Themes

Human-Environmental Interaction & MovementAugust 12-13, 2015

FIRST FIVEAgenda Message for Thursday August 13, 2015: Tuesday is our Vocabulary Quiz on Geographic Location and Map Terms. Study Guides go home Friday.Standard: Humans, their society and the environment affect each other.

E. Q. for Thursday August 13, 2015: What is the definition for human environmental interaction mean?

Warm-Up: Using the map scale on page 26 of the “Upfront Magazine, what is the approximate length of the Red Sea (northern tip to the Gulf of Aden)

ANSWERSE.Q. Answer for Thursday August 13th:Human-Environmental Interaction is defined as the ways in which people use, change, or live with their environment.

Warm-Up Answer:The Red Sea is approximately 1,400 miles in length

Human-Environment Interaction

These interactions can be positive - making places safer or more livable or they can be negative – polluting, and destroying natural beauty.

As you study geography, you will learn about many ways humans interact with their environment.

Human-Environment Interaction

Human beings work to alter their environments to make places better or to provide needed goods.

People may drain swamps or dig irrigation ditches to grow crops in a particular environment.

Sometimes the alterations create new problems, such as pollution.

Human-Environment Interaction

Higher Order Thinking Skills1. List three ways that humans have

affected the environment positively.2. List three ways that humans have

affected the environment negatively.3. Discuss how humans can clean up

negative environmental impacts.

Human-Environment Interaction

Vocabulary WordsHuman-Environmental Interaction

First FiveAgenda Message for August 14, 2015 : Vocabulary Quiz Study Guides go home with all students TODAY. Quiz is next Tuesday 8/18.

Standard: The movement or migration of people and ideas affects all societies involved.

E. Q. for Friday; August 14, 2015: What does the geographic term “movement” refer to and how do geographers analyze it?

Warm-Up: Name three ways that humans have interacted with the environment in the Atlanta area.

ANSWERSE.Q. Answer for Friday August 14th:Geographers define Movement as how people, goods and ideas move from one location to another.They measure movement by using: 1. Linear distance, 2. Time distance and 3. Psychological distance

Warm-Up Answer:Air Conditioning, Highways, Man-made lakes, Water treatment plants, Heavy industry, Farming, Ranching, building of cities and housing developments, etc.

MovementThe question “How do people, goods and ideas

move from one location to another?” Refers to movement.

Think about the clothing you wear, the music you listen to, or the place you go to for entertainment.

All of these things involve movement from one place to another.

MovementGeographers analyze movement by looking

at three types of distance:1. Linear distance (expressed in miles or

kilometers)2. Time distance, (expressed in hours

and/or minutes, seconds)3. Psychological distance

MovementLinear Distance & Time DistanceLinear distance simply means how far across the

earth a person, an idea, or a product travels. (Usually expressed in miles.)

Physical geography can affect linear distance by forcing a shift in a route to avoid impassable land or water.

MovementTime distance is the amount of time it takes for a

person, an idea, or a product to travel. Modern inventions have shortened time distances. Can you think of some examples?

MovementPsychological DistancePsychological Distance refers to the way people

view distance.

(For instance, when you were younger, some locations seemed very far away. As you have grown older, the distance to these locations probably seemed to shrink.)

MovementSummary1. Movement describes how people, ideas, and

products move from one location to another. 2. They are measured by geographers by looking

at three types of distances: linear, time, and psychological distances.

Vocabulary WordsMovementLinear distanceTime distance

First FiveAgenda Message:E.Q.’s & Warm-Ups for the week are due Today! Vocabulary Quiz is Tuesday, August 19th. Use your Study Guide to review words and definitions.Standard: Humans, their society and the environment affect each other.E. Q. for Friday; August 15th :How does location, Human Environmental Interaction, and Movement interact?

Warm-Up:Name two products you have that came from another part of the world.

MovementHuman Environmental Interaction, and

Movement

1. Where people live is effected by the environment,

2. In turn people interact with the environment for their needs (water, food, energy, etc.)

3. Finally ideas, goods, and people move from one location to another.