Sept. 4 Geog & SS10

 Geography 12:

Today in Geog 12 we reviewed the 5 themes of Geography and then started two assignments.  Please see them in prior blog posts.  1. Inventory on Revelstoke --->photos to match theme.  2.  Mind Map on 5 themes.  These are due next week, Thursday/Friday.

Socials 10:

Today in Socials 10 we reviewed diversity and talked about pluralism.  We watched this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aizge5qq5D4 on pluralism and did some group work answering these questions:  

What is pluralism (board words →definition)

Where does Canada fit in?  Do you view Canada as a pluralistic society?

Why or why not?

We also talked about the root of racism and some other things that stemmed from pluralism.  We worked on a paragraph:  if you could rewrite history knowing what you know today, rewrite our colonial past with a pluralistic lense.  You will have time on Friday to finish.  

Five Themes of Geography Group work:

 Group activity: 

1. Start with a conversation about what you’ve read, heard, and talked about in the lesson so far. Try to ensure that all members of the group understand the topic. 

2. Next, talk about how you will take on this task using the chart paper provided: 

Inventory of the Place Where You Live  • create a rough map that lists the natural (physical) characteristics of Revelstoke  • mention major landforms, vegetation, waterbodies (be descriptive and use names if you know them)  • add cultural (human-built) features and characteristics as well  • be thorough - try to work through all possibilities carefully

3. Now do it... part of this activity is learning more about how your group process works. 

Assignment (individual or group): Over the next few days, take 5 pictures to show the 5 themes of geography. They can be from around the school or community. Be prepared to submit them to the class for viewing and possibly explanation (hopefully the pictures will speak for themselves). Try to make the pictures great, but don’t manipulate the context (change the setting to match the theme) -- look for existing examples. 

Geography 12: 5 themes of Geography

Please finish watching the video on the five themes of Geography.  The link is below.  Please come to class with a good idea of each theme.  Below are some hints to help you formulate your definitions:

Location - gets divided into absolute and relative
Place - have both human and physical characteristics
HEI- think about relationship
Region - three types formal, functional & vernacular/perceptual
Movement - what all moves in our world?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1afrDnnyt4

Assignment:

Geographers use 5 themes or principles of geography to gather, organize and analyze information.

Using your notes/memory identify, describe and organize each of these 5 principles/themes into a graphic organizer (visual web/mind map).  Be sure to provide an example to help explain your descriptions (place that you know well and are able to describe (favourite holiday spot, summer cabin, grandparents city etc...).  The place may be a city or town, a park or holiday destination:  basically somewhere large enough to describe in geographic terms).

Your mind map should have three levels of information:
1.  5 organizing principles
2.  Definition of each of 5 principles/themes
3.  Example of definition from the place you have chosen.  Your example should include a description for clarity

*The purpose of this web/mind map is to show you understand the 5 organizing principles/themes
You could also achieve this with photographs/pictures connecting to the definition.