The document provides an overview of a geography lesson plan that will examine how physical geography can shape culture. It outlines the objectives to locate major landforms and cities on a world map and have students complete group research on how a physical landform has impacted culture. It also assigns individual homework for students to present their findings as posters.

1. August 17th – 18th, 2021
• Compelling Question: How can physical geography
shape or affect culture?
• Objective: We will examine tools that geographers use
to understand relationships between people, places,
and environments. We will locate major physical
geographic landforms and cities on our world map.
• Individual Work/ Homework: Group Research on one
of the major world physical landforms, how has it
affected culture? (poster?)

2. Introduction Continents Oceans
By Jack Garrity

4. • We will be studying and taking a trip around the
world through time.....

5. August 17th – 18th, 2021
• Compelling Question: How can physical geography
shape or affect culture?
• Objective: We will examine tools that geographers use
to understand relationships between people, places,
and environments. We will locate major physical
geographic landforms and cities on our world map.
• Individual Work/ Homework: Group Research on one
of the major world physical landforms, how has it
affected culture? (poster?)

6. World H and G (today’s date)
Intro and
continents

7. • Geography?

8. • Geography: the study of Earth.

9. • We look for facts not truths!

10. Physical Geography ?
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11. Physical Geography ?
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12. Physical map

13. • Political Geography?

14. Political Geography?
• Mostly how people around the world live
today.
• The different cultures around the world.
• A little bit of history, climate, and
environment.

16. • Culture?

17. • Culture: the beliefs, holidays, arts, science of
people.

18. • Some places to be familiar with ……
• Put these on your map handouts.

19. • Pinecrest Academy
Sloan

20. • Pinecrest Academy
Sloan

22. • Lake Mead

23. • Colorado river

24. It is roughly 750 miles from
Las Vegas to Denver.

25. • The 1,450-mile-long Colorado River drains
seven U.S. states and two Mexican states.

26. • Colorado River

27. • Colorado River

28. Mount Charleston at 8,241 ft tall and 11,916 feet prominence
is the highest point in Clark County.

30. • Prominence is a term in topography that refers to the elevation of a
summit relative to its surrounding terrain (How tall).

31. • Elevation measures the height of the summit above sea
level.

33. • Sloan Canyon’s highest point is around 5,000 ft
elevation.

34. 5 Oceans

35. Pacific Ocean

36. The Pacific Ocean has 46% of Earth’s
water.

37. The Pacific Ocean covers 33% of the
planet!

39. • It is about 8,272 mi from LA to Bangkok.

40. • It is about 43,670,880 feet from LA to Bangkok.

41. • It is about 8,272 mi from Thailand to California.

42. The Pacific Ocean is 13,000 feet deep
usually.

43. The Mariana Trench is the deepest
place on Earth. It is 36,201 feet deep.

44. Stratosphere is
1,149 ft tall

45. Around 33 Stratospheres could fit easily into
the Mariana Trench.

46. Or over 4 Mt. Charlestons.

47. The Pacific Ocean has the most
volcanoes (Ring of Fire).

49. Atlantic Ocean

50. Atlantic Ocean

51. • The Atlantic Ocean is the 2nd largest Ocean.

52. • The Atlantic Ocean is the 2nd largest Ocean. It is 5,128
km from Boston to Lisbon.

53. • The Atlantic Ocean is the 2nd largest Ocean. It is 5,128
km from Boston to Lisbon.

55. • The Atlantic Ocean is the 2nd largest Ocean. It is 3,186
mi from Boston to Lisbon.

56. • The Atlantic Ocean is the 2nd largest Ocean. It is 3,186
mi from Boston to Lisbon.

57. • Prince Henry
the Navigator

58. The Atlantic Ocean is 11,962
feet deep usually.

59. It covers about 20 percent of the
Earth.

60. The Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean.

61. Indian Ocean

62. It is 5,159 mi from Mogadishu to Perth.

63. It is 5,159 miles from Mogadishu to
Perth.

64. It is 5,159 miles from Mogadishu to
Perth.

65. Manda (Kenya) was a center of trade.

67. Zambezi River gave rise to large
trade kingdoms.

68. It covers approximately 14% of the
Earth.

69. It is usually 12,274 feet deep.

70. Every year, the winds change over the
Indian Ocean.

71. Very strong winds
called monsoon make the wet and dry
seasons for much of Asia and Africa.

72. The Indian Ocean has been the center
of International trade for 6,000 years.

73. Arctic Ocean
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74. Arctic Ocean
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75. The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and
coldest.

76. It is 1480 miles from Churchill Canada
to Nuuk Greenland.

77. It is 1480 miles from Churchill Canada
to Nuuk Greenland.

78. The average depth of the Arctic Ocean
is 3405 feet.

79. The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and
coldest.

80. In Summer it even has ice and
snow.

81. In winter, ice covers almost the
whole ocean.

82. The salt water temperature is less
then −34.8 °F .

86. Southern Ocean

87. The Southern Ocean Sea temperature
is from −2 to 10 °C.

89. Oceans are divided into Seas and
Gulfs

90. Oceans are divided into Seas and
Gulfs.

91. The Gulf of Mexico

92. The Persian Gulf

93. The Arabian Sea

94. The Bay of Bengal is part of the Indian
Ocean.

95. The Gulf of Thailand is part of the
Pacific Ocean.

96. The South China Sea is part of the
Pacific Ocean.

97. The East China Sea is part of the Pacific
Ocean.

98. The Sea of Japan separates China and
Korea, from Japan.

99. Continents are huge pieces of land.

100. 7 Continents
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102. North America

104. North America is about
9.54 million mi².

105. Mississippi River is the most famous
river in North America.

106. It is 2,318 mi long.

107. Rivers
The Mississippi River runs North South.

108. Rivers
If flows 2,318 mi.

109. Rivers
It’s headwater is so thin that you can jump across it in
Minnesota.

110. • Head water : where a river begins.

111. Rivers
It’s mouth is more then a mile wide at the Gulf of
Mexico.

112. Rivers
It is important to move things around for trade.

113. • River mouth: where a river ends or meets the
Ocean or Gulf.

114. • Cahokia was the capital city of a pre-
Columbian native culture.

115. Cahokia was larger than London was in
1250.

116. • The Aztec capital Tenochtitlan (Mexico City today)
much larger than any European city in 1400.

118. • The Aztec homeland was on an island in Lake
Texcoco

119. • So they invented Chinampa, floating garden, artificial
islands to grow food.

120. • These allowed the population to expand to 400,000 people, making
Tenochtitlan the largest city in the world at that time .

121. • Pueblo Bonito (Chaco Canyon, New Mexico) contained
around 700 rooms in five stories.

122. • Pueblo Bonito (Chaco Canyon, New Mexico) contained
around 700 rooms in five stories.

124. The Rocky Mountains are the tallest in
North America.

125. The Rocky Mountains are up to 14,440 feet
tall.
• Mount Elbert 14,440
feet

126. • Sloan Canyon’s highest point is around 5,000 ft
elevation.

129. Western Mountains, Plains, and Plateaus
The Rocky Mountains go for 3,000 miles.

132. The highest point in North America is
Mount Denali (McKinley) at 20,310 ft.

134. Mount Denali (McKinley) at 20,310 ft.
v Mount Charleston

135. South America

136. South America

137. South America is
6.888 million mi².

138. Mountains and Plateaus
In South America, the Andes are the biggest mountains.

139. Andes of South America
The Andes run 5,000 miles along the western edge of
South America, the longest in the world.

140. 5200 miles Las Vegas to London.

141. Andes of South America
Some mountains rise to 22,838 feet.

142. Andes of South America
Cordilleras make up the Andes.

143. Andes of South America
Cordilleras: parallel mountain ranges.

144. Parallel

145. Andes of South America
Cusco was the capital of the Pre-Columbian Inca Empire
in the Andes.

146. Andes of South America
Cusco was the capital of the Pre-Columbian Inca Empire
in the Andes.

147. Andes of South America
Machu Pichu is the most visited Inca world heritage site
today.

148. Andes of South America
Machu Pichu is the most visited Inca world heritage site
today.

149. • The Inca invented terrace farming, creating flat land by
building steps of land to farm.

150. • They built an extensive highway complete
with rope bridges still in use today.

151. Angel Fall the highest in the world.
• Total height: 4,209′ m.

152. Angel Fall the highest in the world.
• Total height: 4,209′.

153. Amazon River

154. Water Systems
The Amazon River runs 4,345 mi through the heart of
South America.

155. The Amazon is the longest river in the
world.

156. Water Systems
Ocean ships can travel much of the Amazon
because it is deep and wide.

157. Water Systems
Hundreds of smaller rivers drain into the Amazon
forming the Amazon Basin (2.896 million mi²).

158. • Basin: a large or small depression in the surface of
the land or in the ocean floor.

159. Water Systems
Clark county is 8,061 mi². Nevada 110,567 mi²

160. Amazon River

161. Tropical Wet
The Amazon rain forest has more types of plants and animals than anyplac
on Planet Earth.