Geography+Resources

The social studies curriculum is based on __Fieldwork in the Geography Curriculum: Filling the Rhetoric-Reality Gap__, Gwenda Rice and Teresa Bulman, 2001. = = =Fieldwork (Lessons) = Pertinent lessons include: # 9 Land Use: A Street Frontage Survey Map St Johns Neighborhood Association Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association  [|Graffiti abatement] article

# 10 Urban Transportation: A Public Transit Survey # 11 Analyzing a Local Shopping Mall # 12 The Busy Street: Traffic Flow Survey # 13 Urban Sleuthing Using Maps, Areal Photography, and Fieldwork

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=Primary Resources = CDs available with **primary documents** on the history of **Guild's Lake**, **Martin Luther King Blvd**., and the **Mt. Hood Freeway**. Below are links to a few examples of what is available; please contact Crista for more info. **Martin Luther King Blvd:** https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9l2eCXfDi6JYzYzOTAzNjgtMDUwOC00MjkzLWI2OTgtMzgyM2MyNjE4ZWRj&hl=en_US **Guild's Lake:** https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9l2eCXfDi6JYzkwMjJlOWMtODZkNS00MTgzLWIzMGQtYzRhOGEyZTE3ODYy&hl=en_US **Mt. Hood Freeway:** https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9l2eCXfDi6JNmNkNjIxM2EtMTBmNC00ODcxLTgyMTktYTFmMjAxZjU1ZGNk&hl=en_US

[|Cafe Unknown]: history of buildings in NE Portland
 * Neighborhood Histories:** [|St Johns neighborhood and history] [|Lents Neighborhood] [|NE Neighborhood pages]

=Other Geography Tools = The following **videos** are meant to help students a) understand the purpose of learning about geography and b) learn the different elements of geography. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">**General Geography videos:** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">5 themes of geography: **[|http://video.about.com/geography/Five-Themes-of-Geography.htm]** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">How GPS works:**[|www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX014264595550577b435502&t=Geography]** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Why Geography matters?:**[|www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&feature=related&hl=uk&v=JyhSHDGg-cw]** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">**Element 1 (Location or** **World in Spatial Terms**<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">**):** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">**Element 2 (Places/Regions):** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Interactive quiz on geographic origin,& distinctive human characteristics:**[]** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">**Element 3 (Physical Systems):** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Water Cycle Diagram:**[]** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Plate Tectonics Diagram:**[]** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Video on Weathering & Erosion:**[]** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">**Element 4 (Human Systems): [|Aerial photos]** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Why Geography matters:**[|www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&feature=related&hl=uk&v=JyhSHDGg-cw]** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Video Right Here Right Now 20th century facts:**[|www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=uk&v=dDk06h7Abbw]** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">**Element 5 (Environment and Society):** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Why Geography matters?:**[|www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&feature=related&hl=uk&v=JyhSHDGg-cw]** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">**Element 6 (Uses of Geography):** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">PDF Why is geography important?:**[]**

=More Geography Links=
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">About Geography: A Geography Guide with a wealth of current information <span style="color: #000000; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: inherit;">[]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If It Were My Home <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From Sudan To The United States <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/from-sudan/__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Physical Geography <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7EO4ygqyIU&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This video is a bit dry but poses some interesting questions about physical geography.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Geography Right Here. Right Now. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDk06h7Abbw&feature=BFa&list=PLB0371B2759D03E25&index=6__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Includes information about what geography is and why its important. It also has some interesting comparisons of the earth with things that we are more familiar with. Run time: 4 min 43 sec
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Earth Gallery

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.google.com/gadgets/directory?synd=earth&preview=on&num=16&sort-order=desc&cat=featured&hl=en__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A GIS Journey

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/science/technology-sci/gis_journey.html__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Geography Lesson: Urbanism and the Inner City <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBPLHxprWTM__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What Happened to Suburbia?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hW-z0wa-QA&feature=related__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A news clip by CBS that brings up some interesting questions about the “American Dream” and urban sprawl.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7 Billion, National Geographic Magazine <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4HxPxNrZ0&feature=related__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.willykjellstrom.com/project-based-learning-geography-and-culture/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Four videos about geography and culture around the world.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/animations/income_animation.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This site has interesting animated maps. For example this particular link shows a map of the world that expands or contracts in size from countries where people live on less that $1 a day to people who live on $200 a day.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://show.mappingworlds.com/world/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MAPS <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">USA [|states] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Visual comparisons of the countries of the world.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yellowstone: World's First National Park

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/parks-and-nature-places/mountains-volcanoes/yellowstone-overview.html__]


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mesa Verde

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/culture-places/historical/us_mesaverde.html__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sewer Diving

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/regions-places/us-canada-and-mexico/mexico_sewerdiving.html__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thames River

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/parks-and-nature-places/lakes-and-rivers/uk_thamesriver.html]