The concept of

geographic thinking
● Learning Goal:
● We are learning to:
• use the geographic inquiry process and the concepts of
geographic thinking when investigating issues relating to
Canadian geography.
● Success criteria
● I am able to:
• apply the concepts of geographic thinking to various news
stories.
reflect on the
● Our daily lives are interwoven with geography. Each of us
quotation. To lives in a unique place and in constant interaction with our
what extent do surroundings. Geographic knowledge and skills are essential
for us to understand the activities and patterns of our lives
you agree or and the lives of others.
disagree with M. Grosvenor, Center for Geographic Education, Why Geography Is Important (2007)
Grosvenor?
 ● Patterns: characteristics that are similar and that repeat
themselves in a natural or human environment (patterns)
Patterns and
Trends ● Trends: characteristics or traits that exhibit a consistent
tendency in a particular setting over a period of time
(trends).
 ● This concept requires us to explore connections within and
between natural and human environments. The
Interrelationships interconnected parts of an environment or environments work
together to form a system.
 ● This concept requires students to consider the
Geographic environmental, economic, political, and/or social implications
perspective of the issues, events, developments, and/or phenomena that
we are analysing.
 ●
Spatial This concept requires us to determine the importance of a
place or region. We should explore the connections that exist
significance between the geographical location and physical
characteristics of a site.
 ● StoryMaps are multimedia versions of the traditional map and
include spatial data that is collected by researchers,
satellites, geographers and citizen scientists around the
world. They combine maps, videos, text and pictures to tell a
story.
Story map
● Look at this story map:
● https://edu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=1
9daf0d08b294e2fb38de3980613e03e
22 maps of
Canada you’ve
never seen
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never seen
Traditional
maps
Traditional
maps
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maps
● New Zealand is routinely left off world maps. Why?
● Check out this link:
● https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/new-zealand/articles/new-zeala
nd-keeps-being-left-off-world-maps-and-heres-why/
● Think about why StoryMaps can be an effective means of
communicating ideas to a reader. How are they different from
traditional maps?
● Complete the Venn Diagram