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Geography 101

Presentations/Slide Decks
  • 5 Themes of Geography - Review (includes info. on regions)
  • Types of Maps
  • Maps - Review 
  • Map Analysis
  • Timezones - Review ​​
  • Continents: the "Great Continent Debate" ​
  • Map Projections PPT
  • ​Map Projections (another PPT)
  • Unit 1 Overview PPT – Part Two
  • ​Diffusion​
  • The Importance of Scale -- Images 

Additional Resources

Websites
  • Map Projections Explained - Axismaps.com
  • TrueSize.com
  •  Remote sensing vs. GIS -- what's the difference?​
  • How Google Builds its Maps (The Atlantic)
  • Regions -- Formal, Vernacular, Functional (Sciencestruck.com)
  • Diffusion of Hip-Hop (Maps)
    • And accompanying essay: "The Syncopated Geography of Hip-Hop"
Misc. 
  • Purpose of Maps, Thematic Maps (PDF of a textbook excerpt)
Useful videos:
  • Spatial Distribution  (Study.com video)
  • TED Talk: The Best Stats You've Ever Seen (Hans Rosling)
  • BrainPop: 5 Themes of Geography (see, its quite elementary... You'll get this easily!)​
  • Why Most Maps are Very Wrong
  • ​Why all world maps are wrong
  • Earth, Parallels, Meridians, Latitude and Longitude
  • Understanding Time Zones
  • Regions of the World (short lecture video reviewing formal, functional and perceptual regions)

​Interesting videos for 'edutainment' value:
  • Miss. South Carolina Explains Why Americans Cannot locate the U.S. on a Map
  • West Wing (Why are we changing maps?) 
  • Geography, Right Here, Right Now
  • Why Should You Care About Geography?
  • ​The World's Weirdest Timezones
  • Yakko’s World (What is a country? What is a region?)
  • Can You Answer These 3 Geography Questions?
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  • Home
  • AT Geography & Field Research
    • AT Geo: Daily Agenda
    • Geography 101: Intro to Geography
    • Unit 1: Inequalities
    • Unit 2: Demographics
    • Unit 3: Agriculture, Food & Health >
      • Community Health Webquest >
        • Water-borne pathogens
        • Vector-Borne Diseases
        • Pandemics
    • Unit 4: Urban Realm
    • Fieldwork
    • Country Portfolios
    • Geography Careers & Programs
  • World History 9
    • Daily Agenda - WH9
    • Unit 0: Thinking Like a Historian
    • Unit 1: Foundations of Civilizations
    • Unit 2: Revolution
    • Unit 3: Conflict
    • Unit 4: Globalization & Global Issues >
      • World History Voices Project - Students Digital Products
  • Social Studies/History Resources
  • AP Human Geography
    • Daily Agenda-APHG
    • APHG Unit 1: Geography: Nature & Perspectives
    • APHG Unit 2: Population & Migration
    • APHG Unit 3: Culture
    • APHG Unit 4: Political Geography
    • APHG Unit 5: Agriculture & Rural Land Use
    • APHG Unit 6: Industrialization & Economic Development
    • APHG Unit 7: Cities & Urban Land Use
    • APHG Exam Review
  • Free Time & Games
  • Current Events & Global Issues
  • About
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