“My entire personality hurts.”
– Charlie B, September 18 2023 – 3:45 pm, Sulphur Mountain
Bonjour et bienvenue to another Humanities blog post, about our trip to Alberta (that involved a lot of hiking) and our first project of grade 9 that we completed on the trip. Our driving question for this project is ‘how has the geography of the West shaped who we are?’ To answer this question we created a comic representing the 5 themes of geography and a book reflecting on the locations we went to on the trip.
One of the main things I learned during this section was the 5 themes of geography: Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement and Regions. These themes affect me because they shape my understanding and my view of places. Human-Environment Interaction is the ways I interact with the environment and Movement often relies on these interactions. When I travel, the Location, Place and Regions change my perspectives, comparisons and connections between my present and past locations. To show my understanding of these 5 themes, I created a little comic with pictures to represent each theme and a few words to help explain the picture and theme. For an explanation of the themes and my comic life, read my Alberta book (the next part of this post). Here is my Comic Life:
The other part of this project to show evidence for the driving question was the Alberta Book Creator. In this book I reflected on my geography comic (as well as my Maker videos, which you can read more about in my Maker post). I also reflected on the geography, the political, social and economic significance and my personal connections for many of the places we visited on our Alberta trip. Before this trip, I never really thought about the impact different places have on geography and history and even me. I also realized how every place is important in shaping the world and has a story and even if I visit places that I don’t find super interesting, I still probably have a connection to them in some way. This is my Alberta Book:
As well, for one of my Maker videos, I created a thesis to help answer the Humanities driving question too, and then interviewed people I met on the trip to determine whether I was correct. My thesis was ‘People come to these unique natural places to experience the beautiful scenery and connect with nature.’ I chose to focus on the natural aspects of the West, because I know that personally nature has and continues to shape who I am and how I see the world. I think that I was right, though some people might not go to the specific places where I interviewed them, in general people come to the West to experience the natural areas. Having a value and connection with nature shapes care and appreciation for it, which is especially important with climate change being a current issue. Click here for my Maker Blog Post.
In conclusion, I learned a lot in this project and on the trip. I learned about the CPR, geography, nature and so much more. I had lots of fun on the trip too, making memories with my friends. Thanks for reading, that’s all for now!
Kaia out!