Geography

“Geography is the canvas upon which the portrait of History is painted.”

-Mr. Layman

What is Geography?

• The “Geography” of a place answers two questions:

1. Where is the place?

- Hemisphere, Continent, Latitude, Longitude…

2. What’s it like there?- Culture, politics, economics…

• Culture + Politics + Economics = Human Geography

Reading maps

- Not just objective ‘pictures’ of the world.- They can tell us a lot about the people that made

them- Different maps meant for different audiences

- Ex: Road maps meant for drivers.

- All maps have biases that can be read into. - Look For:

- Omissions, inclusions, orientation, scale, colors and patterns

What is this map telling us?

What about this one?

Types of Maps

• Let’s see how many kinds of map we can list.

(I will then use this space to type in all of the types of map that the students suggest. I will also ask the students to describe each type of map and tell me what it’s for. I’m looking for everything from a political world map to the floor plan of a building we will also talk about possible biases of each kind of map)

The effects of Geography

• Think about it:How does geography affect people:

– In our local area?– In New York State?– In the United States?

• What does geography effect?– Culture – How?– Economics – How?– Politics – How?

No History without Geography

• Geography plays a major role with literally EVERY person, group of people, place and event we will be studying this year.

• It affected them, just like it affects us. – Economics– Politics– Culture