Continutity and change
Speed
Within your family
Warwick
America, civil rights movement
Geography and history
The world around us and current events
5 themes of geography:
Absolute (location)
Absolute: measurable longitude and latitude ex: Newburgh 45,' 48
Relative (location)
Depends on other places ex: Warwick is next to New York City
Place
Special, distinguishing features of a spot
Physical characteristics (place)
Climate, soil
Human characteristics (place)
Spot, life expectancy, in U.S it's higher
Movement
Travel, trade, communication, south and west where U.S population moving to
Region
Groupings based on at least 1 common characteristic
Vernacular (region)
Based on popular culture ex: "The city" is New York City
Formal (region)
Area of similar appearance ex; Pine Island Black Dirt
Functional (region)
Dissimilar areas linked for a reason ex: Sugar Loaf kids go to Warwick schools
Fiat (region)
Political area ex: based on voting district
Human environmental interaction (region)
How humans use and change land and vice versa
Political and social systems
Create order and stability
Basic unit of society- the family
Gender roles vary
Social classes, wealth, ancestry, occupation, education
Religions and values systems
View or morality-right vs wrong
Answers tough questions ex: is there God, heaven
Impacts world views
Economics and technology
Need job to make money
Age? Maturity? Use?
Diversity
Different cultures
E pluribus unum out of the many, one
Impact of the individual
Can recognize a person missing, or person based on good or bad image
Art and literature
Expression of life and values
Critically examine our culture
Music, theatre, books
Global interaction
Social media, trade, travel, peace/war
