Transcript 5 Themes of Geography - Mrs. Mangone's Classroom

Learning Target: I will be able to identify
the 5 major themes of geography
L2 (Geography)
Do Now: Create a Bubble map for the
word Geography
Geography
THE FIVE THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
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Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions
LOCATION
Where are we?
• Absolute Location
– Specific location (using
your address for example)
• Relative Location
– Described by landmarks
PLACE
• Human
Characteristics
• Culture
• Beliefs
• Language
• Physical
Characteristics
• Landforms (mountains,
rivers, etc.), climate, plants,
wildlife
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
– We depend on it.
• Food, shelter, travel
– We change it.
– We adapt to it.
• Example : by wearing clothing suitable for summer (shorts) and
winter (coats), rain and shine.
MOVEMENT
– Human Movement
• Trucks, Trains, Planes
– Information Movement
• Phones, computer (email), mail
REGIONS
– Formal Regions
• Create by governments (example the state of NY)
• Or created by nature (Rocky Mountain Region)
Remembering the 5 themes
• If you can’t remembering what they
are just ask MR. HELP!!!
• M – Movement
• R – Regions
• HE – Human Environment interaction
• L – Location
• P - Place
Your assignment
• Create a bubble map like the one below and
attach at least 3 examples to each of the themes
of geography