APHG Day 3

APHG Day 3

Place and Region

Recap

• 5 Themes

• Why of Where

• Absolute and Relative Location

• Importance of maps, cartography, scale, and distortion

Open Ended

My house is built exactly the same as all of the others in my neighborhood. What are some things would make mine different than all of the others?

Place

• A location distinguished by (a) particular characteristic(s).

• Every place is unique.

Multiple Select

Which of these could be ways to distinguish one place from another?

• Population

• Climate

• Culture

• Economy

Region

• An area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics.

• Three main types: Formal, Functional, Vernacular/Perceptual

Formal Region

• Basic definition of a region. Everyone/everything in an area that shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.

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Formal Region

• What do you think the shared characteristic would be for this map of South America?

Formal Region

• How could Chinatown in San Francisco be a formal region?

Functional Region

• An area organized around a node or focal point

Poll

Is Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta?

• Yes

• No

City of Atlanta

• These are the defined boundaries of the city of Atlanta, Lenox falls just outside of them.

Functional area of Atlanta

• Most of the counties on this map are include within the definition of "Atlanta."

Vernacular/Perceptual Region

• An area that people believe exists as they understand it.

Open Ended

Could Atlanta be considered all 3 of the different region types: Formal, functional, and vernacular? Why or why not?

Recap

• Places are locations with at least one distinct characteristic.

• Regions are areas with shared characteristics that group similar places either by definition, by function, or by perception.

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