1. Utah’s Geography -Human/Environment Interaction & Movement
Unit I

2. This is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!
Bell Activity
Find the word “landform” on your study guide and complete the following information for the word. You will also need your notes from yesterday!
Find the definition using a glossary.
How well do you know this word? 4 very well, 1 not well
Think about what you believe this definition means then write a sentence using the word.
Draw a picture of something that shows you know what the word means.
Think of an example of “landform” and a non-example of the word. Write them in the appropriate place.
Where should your backpack be?

3. Does your work look something like this?
word: landform
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example:
Antonym/Non-Example:

4. Does your work look something like this?
word: landform
My Understanding:
Definition: A landform is a natural
Draw a picture of it:
feature of earth’s surface.
Sentence: In Utah, you can see many
landforms including mountains, rivers,
valleys, plateaus, and deserts.
Synonym/Example:
volcano, basin, strait
Antonym/Non-Example: clouds, weather

5. Policies and Procedures
Class library, check in and out procedures
Announcement board
Class boxes & supplies boxes (colored pencils, etc.)
Computers
Hall passes
Clubs

6. Today we will be learning about…
Social Studies Objective – We will identify how people and their environment interact.
Behavior Objective – Collaboration: We will work with a partner to do our map activity.
Language Objective –
We will read a map to find information.
We will write good notes.

7. Note Taking Copy this information onto a piece of lined paper.
As we go through the slides take notes on each topic in its box.
Beginning note takers copy what is on the screen; Advanced note takers take what they read, hear, and see and put it in their own words.

8. Human/Environment Interaction
We change the environment and sometime Mother Nature changes it back.   
Humans change their environment to make it more suitable to their needs. We heat our buildings in the winter, and cool them in the summer.
Nature continues to shape our environment with erosion, deposition, etc. In southern Utah, the Navajo and the sheep they have raised have adapted to the dry environment.
All places on Earth have advantages and disadvantages for human settlement.
What kind of place is it?
People modify our environment by heating and coolings buildings for comfort.ﾊﾊ ﾊ One person's advantage may be another person's disadvantage.ﾊ Some like the excitement of large cities whereas others prefer remoteness.ﾊﾊ Environment is not just trees, spotted owls, and rain forests.ﾊ Environment is a feeling.ﾊ What is the environment of a big city?ﾊ Boston?ﾊ Los Angeles?ﾊ Dallas?Given the choice, where would you live?ﾊ Why?ﾊ What is the environment?ﾊ How do people interact with the environment?ﾊ How do the physical features affect us?How have we adapted to or changed our landscape? For example, in the Sudan even though everything is seemingly barren, the land sustains farmers and nomadic herders.ﾊ People and animals have adapted to a hot, dry climate.

9. Alaska
How would the environment of Alaska change the people who lived there?
How would the people change the land to live there?

10. How would the environment of Kenya change the people who lived there?
How would the people change the land to live there?
Kenya

11. Utah Roadmap Activity
Work with your table partner to complete the Utah Roadmap activity.
Today is the last day to get this activity finished.
Report any problems with your table partner to me, including not working, talking to others, and not helping.

12. Bell Activity Find your seat number on the class list.
This is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!
Bell Activity
Find your seat number on the class list.
Find the words “basin” and “plateau” on your study guide and complete the following information for the words.
Find the definition using a glossary.
Think about what you believe this definition means then write a sentence using the word.
Draw a picture of something that shows you know what the word means.
Complete the rest of the definition
Where should your backpack be?

13. Does your work look something like this?
word: basin
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example:
Antonym/Non-Example:

14. Does your work look something like this?
word: basin
My Understanding:
Definition: a wide, bowl-shaped area
Draw a picture of it:
of the earth’s surface.
Sentence: The Great Basin covers parts
of Utah and Nevada, and no water is able
flow out of the area to the sea.
Synonym/Example:
Great Basin
Antonym/Non-Example: mountain, plateau

15. Does your work look something like this?
word: plateau
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example:
Antonym/Non-Example:

16. Does your work look something like this?
word: plateau
My Understanding:
Definition: a high, wide, flat
Draw a picture of it:
landform.
Sentence: The Colorado Plateau covers
South Eastern Utah, and rivers have
carved many colorful canyons there.
Synonym/Example:
Colorado Plateau
Antonym/Non-Example: basin, valley

17. Today we will be learning about…
Social Studies Objective – We will identify characteristics that give Utah a distinct quality from other places in the world in the world.
Behavior Objective – Collaboration: We will work with a partner to do our map activity.
Language Objective –
We will read a map to find information.

18. Utah Roadmap Activity Cont.
Work with your table partner to complete the Utah Roadmap activity.
When you are in doubt, check the legend or other key features of the map.
Finally, if you get really stuck, raise your hand and ask a question.

19. This is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!
Bell Activity
Find the words “basin” and “plateau” on your study guide and complete the following information for the word.
Find the definition using the online glossary on our class website.
Think about what you believe this definition means then write a sentence using the word.
Draw a picture of something that shows you know what the word means.
Complete the rest of the definition
Where should your backpack be?

20. Does your work look something like this?
word: basin
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example:
Antonym/Non-Example:

21. Does your work look something like this?
word: basin
My Understanding:
Definition: a wide, bowl-shaped area
Draw a picture of it:
of the earth’s surface.
Sentence: The Great Basin covers parts
of Utah and Nevada, and no water is able
flow out of the area to the sea.
Synonym/Example:
Great Basin
Antonym/Non-Example: mountain, plateau

22. Does your work look something like this?
word: plateau
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example:
Antonym/Non-Example:

23. Does your work look something like this?
word: plateau
My Understanding:
Definition: a high, wide, flat
Draw a picture of it:
landform.
Sentence: The Colorado Plateau covers
South Eastern Utah, and rivers have
carved many colorful canyons there.
Synonym/Example:
Colorado Plateau
Antonym/Non-Example: basin, valley

24. Does your work look something like this?
word: tributary
My Understanding:
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/Example:
Antonym/Non-Example:

25. Does your work look something like this?
word: tributary
My Understanding:
Definition: a river that flows into a
Draw a picture of it:
larger river or other body of water.
Sentence: The Logan River is a
tributary of the Bear River.
Synonym/Example:
Green River, Logan River
Antonym/Non-Example: ocean

26. Bell Activity 1) Find your Roadmap activity on the front shelf.
This is a no gum class. Please dispose of it properly!
Bell Activity
1) Find your Roadmap activity on the front shelf.
2) If your desk doesn’t have one, pick up a roadmap.
3) Work with your partner on the activity.
By the end of the hour, you should be finished with the activity.
4) If you finish early, work on the map on page 7 of your study guide. There are colored pencils at the front of the room.
Where should your backpack be?

27. We have three tasks to finish today.
First, take the class policies and procedures test on the UTIPS page.
Click simple log in then type your first name and last name on the correct lines.
Put the number of your class hour at the beginning of your last name.
Example: firstname: Nancy lastname: 1Thatcher
Second, finish your essay on the paper provided and turn it in along with your Study Guide.
Second, complete the Utah Studies website tour, filling out the answers on your paper.
Third, find the first Utah counties game on the Links page of the website and practice locating the counties.