{"id":351,"date":"2019-08-20T00:17:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T00:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/?page_id=351"},"modified":"2019-08-25T02:37:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T02:37:55","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Models assist students in applying geographic concepts.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">Learning Activities<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><strong> Economia<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, an imaginary continent is used to illustrate the distribution of renewable and non-renewable resources and associations with levels of economic activity.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/1D_Economia.pdf\">Economia (1D)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The concepts of developed and developing are used throughout the year. Having students complete a card sort periodically helps to reinforce the concepts.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/1G_Developing_Card_Sort.pdf\">Developing_Card_Sort (1G)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The <em>Nystrom World Atlas<\/em> is an invaluable source of information. Interpreting maps and data are essential skills for geographic inquiry. The atlas exercise has students investigate the various resources contained in the atlas, review the basic tenets of map making, and investigate the links between data. The basic premise underlying the exercise is that data only becomes information when it is used.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/1E_Atlas_Analysis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlas Analysis (1E)<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/A_Location_Chokepoints.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Location Chokepoints (1A)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/Answer-Key-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Maps in NPS ArcGIS Organizational Account<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=c20f50ba7fe04bed9ee8d67e06ef9e67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coal<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;world distribution and Virginia coal mines<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=bee37e818b5345e1860b17788449c21f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Agricultural Density<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=340a8e58b1bf475883d292625d54e7ea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Energy Production&nbsp;<\/a> United States<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=c4581723de8e48e688b445945e002d5b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oil Reserves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=eb03d71a574c44a288343bccd35000b7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Net Migration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=75d4f65ed66f448abb7f84d2793d2dd3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Cities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=9975bc5de0bb4cc7bee5b5a3051cf7ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Religions<\/a>&nbsp;includes annotations of sacred sites<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MinimalGallery\/index.html?appid=e0488ad049b24cafaf77e1dec300d07b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gallery of Layered PDFs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Models assist students in applying geographic concepts. Learning Activities In Economia, an imaginary continent is used to illustrate the distribution of renewable and non-renewable resources and associations with levels of economic activity. Economia (1D) The concepts of developed and developing are used throughout the year. Having students complete a card sort periodically helps to reinforce &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/introduction\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Basic Concepts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}