IUPUI Geography and History of the World Summer Institute

A GENI/HENI Workshop June 18 – 22, 2007

What is Geography?• a social science that focuses on the spatial distribution of human and

physical phenomena• the study of the physical world, its inhabitants, the interaction between the

two, and the patterns and systems involved• the world and all that is in it• the study of pattern and processes associated with the earth• the study of relationships between humans and their environment by

emphasizing a spatial and environmental perspective at a variety of scales• a spatial discipline---it is a perspective that seeks to understand patterns on

Earth and the processes that created them• the study of humans interacting with their environment including the physical

environment, the built environment and socially constructed spaces• a spatial perspective of all human and physical phenomena.

The Spatial Perspective (the geographic eye)

• where and why things are located as they are (or aren’t)

• the processes and patterns that were (and are) at work on them.

5 Geographic Skills

1. Asking Geographic Questions2. Acquiring Geographic Information3. Organizing Geographic Information4. Analyzing Geographic Information5. Answering Geographic Questions

What’s in my bookbag?

What’s in my bookbag?

• Objective: The learner will…• Begin to gain a global perspective on the

relationship between their lives and those around the world.

• Geographic Skills?• Connections to Standards?

Globalization

– Changing Culture– Population Growth/Food Security– Conflict, Peace, & Stability– Environmental Challenges– Trade, Economic Systems, &

Regulation

Using your expertise and the standards, discuss and report on:

• 3 areas where the connections between history and geography are clear

• 3 areas where we need help in making the connections between history and geography

• 3-5 Biggest Challenges to teaching this curriculum

Concepts of Historical & Geographical Thinking

• change over time • cultural landscape • diffusion • human environment interactions • human livelihoods • national character • origin • physical systems • sense of place • spatial distribution • spatial interaction • spatial organization • spatial variation

Critical Geography

- the intersections between space, place, power and identity

3 Examples

• Yali’s Question

• Fall of Rome

• Globalization