This document discusses the theme of human-environment interaction (HEI) in geography. HEI focuses on the relationships between people and their environment, including how people adapt to, depend on, and modify their surroundings. There are three key concepts: humans adapt to environmental conditions, modify the environment to suit their needs, and depend on the environment for resources. The document provides examples of each and directs students to define related terms and concepts in their interactive notebook.

1. Entry Task:
Definethe theme of geography
called HEI. What does this
mean?

2. Unit 5 - Overview
 Human Environment Interaction:
 Human Environment Interaction looks at the
relationships between people and their
environment. These relationships have both
positive and negative affects on the
environment.
 Human Environment Interaction focuses on how
people adapt to, depend on, and modify their
environment.
 For example, in tropical areas people adapt to
the weather by wearing shorts and t-shirts
instead of winter coats, depend on the wildlife
and plants for food, and modify the land to grow
crops and create farmland.

3. Interactive Notebook:
Date =
Title = HEI Vocabulary
Page # =

4. The choices we make affect
the physical environment in
which we live.
Think of three examples of people’s
choices that have an effect on the
physical environment (positive or
negative).
Record in your I.N.

5. When we study Human-
Environment Interaction we
look at all the effects (both
positive and negative) that
occur when people interact
with the environment.

6. Essential Questions:
How do people depend on the
environment?
How to people adapt to the
environment?
How do people modify the
environment?

7. What do these words mean?
How do people depend on the
environment?
How to people adapt to the
environment?
How do people modify the
environment?

8. Human Environment Interaction:
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=WfGMYdalCl
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9. There are three key concepts to
human/environmental interaction:
Humans adapt to the environment.
Humans modify the environment.
Humans depend on the environment.

10. Modify
 People change the environment.
 How can we modify our environment?
Bringing water to our homes
Cut down trees
Flatten out land to make roads
Clearing land for farms
Any other ideas?

11. Adapt
 People adjust to the environment.
 How do we adapt to our environment?
 Climate affects clothing and housing
Wearing suitable clothing (summer
vs. winter)
Heating / cooling our homes
Any other ideas?

12. Depend
People need/use the environment.
Examples: fishing, farming, hunting
Any other examples?

13. Interactive Notebook:
1) Environment
2) Depend
3) Adapt
4) Modify
5) Deforestation
6) Pollution
7) Natural Resources
8) Climate Change
9) Greenhouse Effect
10)Global Warming
11)Fossil Fuels
12)Natural Disasters
DIRECTIONS:
1.) Write the definition of each
word. You may use a dictionary or
http://kids.wordsmyth.net as
your sources.
2.) Draw a picture to represent
the meaning of each word.
3.) Use each word in a sentence.