Being a Geographer means viewing the world through many lenses 6 th Grade Contemporary World Cultures Transition from Elementary School to Middle School Being a Geographer means viewing the world through many lenses ID: 723362
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6th Grade: Contemporary World Cultures
Being a Geographer means viewing the world through many lenses.Slide2
6th Grade: Contemporary World Cultures
Transition from Elementary School to Middle School
Being a Geographer means viewing the world through many lenses.Slide3
Human Environment Interaction
Conflict
Globalization
CultureSlide4
Human Environment Interaction
How do people depend on the environment?
How to people adapt to the environment?
How do people modify the environment?
Human-environment interaction looks at the relationships between people and their environment; how people adapt to the environment and how they change it. Slide5
Human Environment Interaction
How do people depend on the environment?
Example:
In ancient times, the annual flooding of the Nile River produced good soil for growing crops. Slide6
Human Environment Interaction
How to people adapt to the environment?
Example:
The ancient Egyptians rebuilt their homes each year, after the annual flooding. As time went on, they built their homes above the flood plain.Slide7
Human Environment Interaction
How do people modify the environment?
Example:
The ancient Egyptians built irrigation ditches to help water the crops. In modern times, Egypt built a dam to control the flood waters of the Nile River.Slide8
CONFLICT
Historical Influences
Religion
Government
Colonization/ Imperialism
A clash of interests or point of view between individuals, groups, or societySlide9
GLOBALIZATION
Trade
Economy
Cultural Diffusion
Technology
An interdependence between nationsSlide10
CULTURE
A way of life for a group of people
It is everything that makes you – YOU!
Education/Language, Religion/Belief Systems, Food, Transportation, Government/Economy, Art/Architecture, Entertainment, ClothingSlide11
CULTURE
Art/Architecture
Education/Language
It is everything that makes you – YOU!
Religion/Belief
Systems
Food
Transportation
Clothing
Entertainment
Government/Economy