5 Themes of Geography
- 1. Geography? Subtitle Goes Here.
- 3. Warm Up With those at your table, discuss the following: What is geography? What did you draw as your childhood map? What features did you describe?
- 4. Objectives Complete the Geography is everywhere activity Identify the 5 themes of geography Answer the question: how does geography affect me as a 7th grader?
- 5. Main Idea Geography is broken down into 5 major themes
- 6. I. Geography Study of the earth and its features. 5 major themes of geography Location Place Region Movement Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)
- 7. II. The 5 Themes 1. Location: Where something is. Ex. Tamanend is east of Pittsburgh Ex. Tamanend is 43 N, 31E 2. Place: What its like there. Ex. There are deserts in Mexico Ex. In Mexico they speak
- 8. II. The 5 Themes 3. Movement: How people/places are connected Ex. The fruit you had this morning came from Florida Ex. You took a bus to Tamanend this morning 4. Region: Places with similar features Ex. Sahara Desert is a desert region Regions that share common language
- 9. II. The 5 Themes Human-Environment Interaction: how we use, adapt to, and change the world Ex. Wear light clothes in a hot place Ex. Build a dam to keep rivers from flooding
- 10. II. The 5 Themes Which theme explains how Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida are part of "The South?" A) place B) human/environment interaction C) location D) region
- 11. II. The 5 Themes Which theme relates to a farmer in Iowa shipping a truck full of grain to a cereal factory, which then sells boxes of Cheerios to grocery stores throughout the country? A) location B) human/environment interaction C) place D) movement
- 12. II. The 5 Themes Which theme relates to a person packing a beach towel, a hat, and sunscreen for a vacation to the seashore? A) human/environment interaction B) location C) place D) region.
- 13. II. The 5 Themes Which theme identifies areas that share common physical and/or cultural characteristics? A) location B) human/environment interaction C) region D) place
- 14. II. The 5 Themes Where is it? This theme tells where things are. A) location B) human/environment interaction C) movement D) place
- 15. Wrap Up Question: On a piece of paper, write down 1 OF THE 5 themes of geography, and how it affects your life as a 7th grader.
- 16. Backdrops: - These are full sized backdrops, just scale them up! - Can be Copy-Pasted out of Templates for use anywhere!