This document outlines an geography lesson plan that includes the following: - A warm up trivia game on capitals and countries for students to play. - A presentation and discussion distinguishing between human and physical geography. - An activity where students describe a location using physical and human geography characteristics. - The objectives are for students to distinguish human from physical geography, identify their characteristics, and develop a definition of human geography. - Students watch a video on human geography and identify topics within the field like economics, health, history, population and settlement. - Physical geography is defined as examining natural phenomena spatially like landforms, soils, animals, plants, water, rocks, climate and weather

1. WARM UP
• Trivia Challenge - Navigate to the Geo Fun section of classroom portal
page. Visit the geography trivia challenge link. Select Capitals &
Countries III – In each of your groups, play one game.
• Take a snapshot of your score and put it into drop-box on portal. Make
sure your group members’ names are on the file

2. Agenda
Warm Up
Presentation and Discussion – Human vs. Physical Geography
Activity – Location description through physical and human geography.
Homework
• Make 3-5 contributions to your group’s country profile on Google Drive
Objectives
By the end of this lesson students will be able to:
• Distinguish between human and physical geography.
• Identify the characteristics of human geography and physical geography.
• Develop a working definition for human geography

3. HUMAN VS. PHYSICAL GEO

4. HUMAN GEOGRAPY
As you watch the following video on human geography, identify some of the topics that
are included within the field.

5. WHAT IS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY?
3 Definitions of Human Geo.
“That part of the discipline of geography concerned with the spatial differentiation
and organization of human activity and its interrelationships with the physical
environment”
-Unknown
The branch of geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by
the earth’s surface.
-Oxford Dictionary
“Human geography is a branch of the social sciences that studies the world, its people,
communities and cultures with an emphasis on relations of and across space and
place.”
- Ron Johnson

6. WHAT IS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY?
Major areas of Human Geography
• Economics
• Health
• History
• Political
• Population
• Settlement

7. WHAT IS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY?
Physical Geography
Landforms
Soils
Animals
Plants
Water, rivers, other bodies of
water
Rocks and Minerals
Climate & Weather
Physical geography examines and investigates
natural phenomena spatially.
- Physical Geography.net
Physical geography studies the spatial patterns of
weather and climate, soils, vegetation, animals,
water in all its forms, and landforms.
- unknown

8. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT PART
OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY?
Democracy
Cities, towns, megacities
Communism
Islam
AIDS
OPEC
GDP
Dictatorship
Diabetes
Death rate
Hinduism
NATO treaty countries
Access to water
Urban & Rural

9. DATA COLLECTION
Working in your groups:
- Select a country, maybe one you are interested in visiting
- Use the CIA World factbook and Mundi to gather research on
your selected place.
- Complete the data collection document by describing various
physical and human characteristics for your selected place.
- Each student must make 2 physical contributions and 3-4
human contributions
- Make sure your name and all work has a color – Max, Reem
Sammy