Lesson Goal:

List and define the five themes of geography. Describe how the five themes of geography help organize information about the earth and its people.

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

Location
Position or site on Earth where a feature is found Absolute:
Exact location of a place on Earth Latitude & Longitude Address

Relative:
Location of a feature in relation to other places

Discussion Question #1 (Location)

Why might sailors be interested in knowing absolute location? In the middle of the ocean, there would be no way of telling where you are but by using longitude and latitude lines.

Place
Describes a locations features Physical Features: those that occur naturally
Plant and animal life, landforms, elevation, climate, soil, and bodies of water

Cultural Features (Human Characteristics): created by human beings who live there
Number of people who live in a place, how close together people live, and how they make a living

Discussion Question #2 (Place)

What are the physical and cultural features of your neighborhood? Possible answers:
Flat or hilly Mild climate Urban or rural

Human-Environment Interaction
How people interact with their environment. Two interactions occur:
Humans adapt to their natural environment
Hunting and fishing

Humans change environment to make life better and suit their needs
Cutting down forests to build homes

Discussion Question #3 (Human/Environment Interaction)

What steps would you take to adapt to your environment if you lived in Alaska? Florida?
Alaska: wear warm clothes, live in heated home, buy a vehicle that could travel in snow. Florida: wear cool clothes, live in an airconditioned home.

Movement
The way people, goods, and ideas travel from place to place Two examples:
Transportation
RRs, roads, planes, sea routes

Communication
Books, newspapers, telephone, radio, TV, the Internet

Discussion Question #4 (Movement)

How might ideas have moved from one place to another hundreds of years ago? Today?
Past: word of mouth, some form of printing Today: books, magazines, telephone, the internet

Region
Areas of the world that have something in common Human characteristics
Political Region Cultural Region Economic Region

physical characteristics of a region

Natural Regions Climatic Regions

Discussion Question #5 (Region)

What do you think might be some characteristics of the United States Southwest region?

Hot temperatures, little rainfall, deserts

Planner: Wed., Sept. 19

Review the 5 Themes of Geography Group Activity create 5 Themes of Geo. Collage

Planner: Thurs., Sept. 20

Review the 5 Themes of Geography Group Activity create 5 Themes of Geo. Collage

Planner: Fri., Sept. 21

Please turn in 5 Themes of Geography Notes Video: The Fire Below Us

Remembering Mt. St. Helens

Lesson Goal:
List and define the five themes of geography. Describe how the five themes of geography help organize information about the earth and its people.

5 Themes of Geo. Group Activity

Create a 5 Themes of Geography collage:
Using a magazine, select a photo or illustration that represents each of the 5 themes of geography. Cut and glue each illustration to colored construction paper Label each picture with the theme it represents Title the collage 5 Themes of Geography