Free Geography Lesson Note SS 1

This GEOGRAPHY Lesson Note was pulled from our book (Geography Lesson Note SS1 MS-WORD); Compiled to serve as reference material to help teachers draw out their lesson plan easier, saving you valuable time to focus on the core job of teaching.

The Lesson notes are based on the current NERDC curriculum (UBE compliant)

This GEOGRAPHY Lesson Note Covers The Following Topics

INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY
THE SOLAR ENERGY
THE EARTH
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
EARTH’S STRUCTURE
ROCKS
BASIC CONCEPT OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
ROCK/MODE OF FORMATION
MAJOR LANDFORMS-FEATURES
LAND RECLAMATION
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
NIGERIA
GEOGRAPHY OF NIGERIA
STATES IN NIGERIA
MINERAL RESOURCES IN NIGERIA AND LOCATION

Sample note

Week 1

Topic: Introduction to Geography

Content

Definition of Geography
Scope of Geography
Importance of Geography

Definition of Geography

The word geography is coined from two greek words geo, meaning the earth and graph meaning o describe. So, geography can simply be defined as the description of the earth. Geography is better defined as the study of the people, their activities, places and physical things within the earth.

Nature of Geography

Geography deals with the study of different people from different locations of the earth which include: agriculture, mining, fishing, trading, manufacturing and construction. It also involves the study of places like U.S.A, China, Nigeria, Kano, South Africa, Ghana etc.

Geography also deals with the study of physical things within the earth such as rocks, mountain, plains, oceans, rivers, climate, vegetations etc

Scope of geography

Geography is a social science and subject while deals with the study of man and his activities within his environment. Geography ideas are real, practical and easy to understand because they are relevant to our very day life. Geography touches many other spheres such as agriculture science, government, history, economics etc. It is a subject which cut across the field of human study.

Value or Importance of geography

It enables us to study the way of life of other people in other parts of the world.
It enables us to study physical things around us like soil, vegetation, climate, rivers, oceans, mountains etc
It enables us to know the relevance of these physical things around us and how they can be harnessed for human use
It enables us to choose a career from which we earn a living and contribute to the economic development of our country.

It enables us to understand certain areas of other subjects like vegetation and soils in agriculture, ecology and food chain in Biology, population, industries and trade in economics

GEOGRAPHY Lesson Note SS 1