Five Themes of Geography Todays Objective Identify and

Five Themes of Geography • Today’s Objective • Identify and explain the five themes of geography • Explain how you can make them relevant to your own life

LOCATION Where are we? • Absolute Location – A latitude and longitude (global location) or a street address (local location). – Paris France is 48 o North Latitude and 2 o East Longitude. – The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. • Relative Location – Described by landmarks, time, direction or distance. From one place to another. – Go 1 mile west on main street and turn left for 1 block. You are Here

The Global Grid System 1 degree = 60 min 1 min = 60 sec 39 o 42’ 52” N 104 o 59’ 04” W

Time Zones and Longitude

PLACE What is it like there? What kind of place is it? • Human • Physical Characteristics • What are the main languages, customs, and beliefs. • How many people live, work, and visit a place. • Landforms (mountains, rivers, etc. ), climate, vegetation, wildlife, soil, etc.

A: Tropical B: Dry C: Warm Mid Latitudes D: Cold Mid Latitudes E: Polar H: Highlands

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION • How do humans and the environment affect each other? – We depend on it. • People depend on the Tennessee River for water and transportation. – We modify it. • People modify our environment by heating and cooling buildings for comfort. * Sun Belt Migration – We adapt to it. • We adapt to the environment by wearing clothing suitable for summer (shorts) and winter (coats), rain and shine.

MOVEMENT • How are people, goods, ideas moved from place to place? – Human Movement • Trucks, Trains, Planes – Information Movement • Phones, computer (email), mail – Idea Movement • How do fads move from place to place? TV, Radio, Magazines, Internet

REGIONS • How are Regions similar to and different from other places? – Formal Regions • Everyone shares a characteristic (homogenous physical or cultural trait) – Illinois, Corn Belt, Rust Belt – Functional Regions • Area around a node or focal point (newspaper service area, cell phone coverage area) • Why do all our TV Stations come from Chicago? – Perceptual Regions • Perceptions or impressions that help us understand an area (middle east, the south, etc. )

TV Markets in the US

The 9 Nations of the Americas Identified in 1981 by Joel Garreau (Economic and Cultural features)

What REGIONS do we have at OHS? 1. Formal 2. Functional 3. Perceptual

Remembering the 5 themes • If you can’t remember what they are just ask MR. HELP!!! • M – Movement • R – Regions • HE – Human Environment interaction • L – Location • P - Place

5 Themes of Geography Rap • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=AIq. C 7 9 Wrp. Kg

Power Of Place: One Earth, Many Scales • http: //www. learner. org/series/powerofplace /page 1. html