Geog. 12: Oct. 8

 Today we discussed the Geographical Thinking Concepts, what these are and how they can be framed.

• Geographic Importance 
• Evidence and Interpretation 
• Patterns and Trends 
• Interactions and Associations 
• Sense of Place 
• Geographic Value Judgements

For our course, we will use a modified version of the Curricular Competencies: 

• Establish Significance 

• Use Primary Evidence 

• Identify Patterns and Change, 

• Analyze Cause and Consequence

• Understand Interactions and Associations 

• Take Geographic Perspectives

• Consider Ethical dimensions

We then practiced applying these to this Ted Talk on the Babushka's of Chernobyl and considered the following questions: (we will finish on Wed, but be ready by watching the Ted talk and considering the questions and thinking concepts)

http://www.ted.com/talks/holly_morris_why_stay_in_chernobyl_because_it_s_home

-take some notes on this video (on the sheet provided) (practice using the 7 Geographical thinking concepts)...note this is a TED talk from 2015

Think about how you would respond to the prompts: 

1) What does home mean to you? What is the “personal geography” of your life -- to what and to where and to what time periods do you most connect? “Sense of place”

2) Respond to the Chernobyl video, your thoughts about why the babushkas were so stubborn about staying and what this says about people's connection to place. Incorporate as much of the notes (from the template on the previous page) as you wish.

We spent the last 30 min on our field studies in the library (due on Friday).

Note: small test on river systems on Friday (review sheet tomorrow)