3. What is Geography?
“Geography” - 2 Greek words
geo (Earth)
graphy (writing/ description)
It is a subject that studies…
• Earth’s surfaces and processes that shape it
• relationships between humans and physical
environments
In small groups, decide what
kinds of things we might be
studying in Geography.
5. Geographical skills
for geographical understanding
2. Gather information
• Primary information (surveys, fieldwork, fieldtrips)
• Secondary information (variety of sources like
newspapers, reports, photographs, etc.)
• Locate, collect, observe & record information
6. Geographical skills
for geographical understanding
3. Organise information
• Sorting and presenting the information in the
forms of tables, charts, maps, diagrams or graphs
7. Skill1 - Describe this photo
Skill 2: Asking questions about each Photo using the enquiry dice.
9. How is the environment being affected?
Describe and explain how the Quality of Life of the People in the photo is being affected.
10. Task 1: Write this into your books
• We can split Geography into 3 main parts
• Human Geography: the study of where and how
people live e.g. housing
• Physical Geography: the study of natural features
of the world. Eg. Landscapes, weather, hazards
• Environmental Geography: This studies how
humans interact with their physical surroundings.
E.g. pollution
• Skills: This involves the use of maps and other
ways to present information
• Task 2: Odd one out – try this for human
Geography.
11. Describing photos
• Some places have more physical and others
have more human features.
• We can look at photos and describe them
according to what is in them
• 1. find key points and annotate the photo.
• 2. Say what is in different parts of the photo
and use the key points in the description.
• Try it with the following photos.
