Five Themes of Geography Location Place HumanEnvironment Interaction

Five Themes • Objective – At the end of this lesson you should be

Five Themes • Location – Describes the relative position of some feature on Earth’s

Five Themes • Place – Differs from location – Includes human, cultural and environmental

Five Themes • Human-Environment Interaction – Adaptations – Modifications – Land usage – Environmental

Five Themes • Movement – People – Ideas – Things – Trade – Not

Five Themes • Region – Geographic area • Multiple places – Unifying characteristic •

Five Themes • Your task – Write names on the poster board – Find

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Five Themes of Geography Location Place Human-Environment Interaction Movement Region

Five Themes • Objective – At the end of this lesson you should be able to… • find examples of each theme of geography. • explain what makes your choice an example of a particular theme.

Five Themes • Location – Describes the relative position of some feature on Earth’s surface – Think maps – Think latitude-longitude – Think Seattle is north of Toledo

Five Themes • Place – Differs from location – Includes human, cultural and environmental characteristics – Toledo is a place – Winlock is a place – Positions on maps are not places

Five Themes • Human-Environment Interaction – Adaptations – Modifications – Land usage – Environmental responses

Five Themes • Movement – People – Ideas – Things – Trade – Not limited to physical things

Five Themes • Region – Geographic area • Multiple places – Unifying characteristic • • Religion Language Government Political boundaries

Five Themes • Your task – Write names on the poster board – Find five pictures – Each one should represent one of the five themes – Remove pictures from the magazine – Place pictures on the poster board – Label the pictures with one of themes – Explain why the picture represents that theme