Human Geography: Major Themes and Concepts
Explore the fundamentals of human geography, including major themes, concepts, and levels of geographic analysis. Understand the significance of geography as a field of inquiry and how it helps us comprehend the world around us. Discover the impact of human interactions with the environment and how geography shapes our understanding of societies worldwide.
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THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO Understand Geography as a Field of Inquiry (Topic Outline I.A) Begin Looking at the Major Geographical Concepts Underlying the Geographical Perspective (Topic Outline I.B) Topic Outline Refers to College Board AP Human Geography Outline: http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-human-geography-course- description.pdf
DISCLAIMER Parts of this presentation were taken from presentations by David Palmer and www.vhstigers.org
FIVE FUNDAMENTAL THEMES (GETIS P.18) Location: Relative & Absolute Position on Earth s Surface Place: The distinctive & distinguishing physical and human characteristics of locations Relationships within the places: The Development & Consequences of Human-environmental interactions Movement: Patterns & Changes Regions: How they form and change
WHAT IS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY? Emmanuel Kant: History looks at change across time. Geography looks at change across space. Human Geography: Focuses on people: where they are, what they are like, how they interact over space, and what kinds of imprints they leave on the natural landscape. Draws from the other social sciences: economics, political science, sociology, history. Helps us understand the world and appreciate the circumstances affecting people, both in our country and beyond.
BEGIN THINKING ABOUT GEOGRAPHIC LEVELS Level 1 -What? Where? When? Scale? Level 2 - Pattern Identification Level 3 Why there? How did it get there? Level 4 (prediction) So what? What if? Impacts? Effects?
SCALE CHANGES PERSPECTIVE If a map depicts a small territory it is large scale. This maps depiction is smaller than the world map, so it is larger scaled than the 1st map.
SCALE The larger the scale, the small the area, but the greater the detail. Small scale = s less detail Large scale = s more detail Can change our perspectives
