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The 5 Themes of Geography

The 5 Themes of Geography. Objective: Students will be able to understand & apply the 5 themes of geography to actual locations of their choice. 1. Location. What is the location of a place? Location can be described as a places position on the globe.

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The 5 Themes of Geography

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  1. The 5 Themes of Geography Objective: Students will be able to understand & apply the 5 themes of geography to actual locations of their choice

  2. 1. Location What is the location of a place? • Location can be described as a places position on the globe

  3. Latitude: imaginary lines running parallel to the Equator • Longitude: imaginary lines running north and south between the poles

  4. Latitude The Equator is the imaginary line that splits the earth into 2 equal halves, or hemispheres between the north and south poles

  5. North Pole 0 ̊N ("World atlas.com," 2010) South Pole 0 ̊S

  6. Longitude Prime Meridian=0 ̊ through Greenwich, England Longitude lines, or meridians, run north and south between the poles Lines are measured east and west of Greenwich up to 180 ̊

  7. ("Port cities london," 2004) (Gough, 2009)

  8. 2. Place What is the character of a place? Every place has features that distinguish it from other places Such as…?

  9. Physical Characteristics Mountains, Climate, & Vegetation

  10. Human Characteristics Government Systems Population, Language, &Culture Economic Systems

  11. 3. Human-Environment Interaction How do people interact with their environment? • Have the people living in an area changed their environment? Cut down trees Buildings Build Roads

  12. What are some of the consequences of change? Destruction of Our Natural Resources… Forests Oceans ("The Role of," )

  13. Progress & Innovation… Roads Buildings Efficiency ("Daily haha," 2007) (Turner, 2007) (Sharp, 2008)

  14. 4. Movement How do people, goods, & ideas move from place to place? • Transportation • Railroad • Roads, Highways • Airports

  15. Communication of ideas • Computers • Telephones/cell phones • All of these things make it easier to communicate & for both people & goods to travel from one place to another

  16. 5. Regions How are places similar & different from one another? A Group of Places 1 Common Characteristic A REGION

  17. Formal Regions • -states, countries, cities • -Places with specific boundaries • Functional Regions • -one central place and the surrounding places affected by it • -A metropolitan area could consist of a large city plus its surrounding suburbs

  18. Formal Map - Political

  19. Some Fun Geography Quizzes & Activities • http://www.nhj.k12.in.us/teachers/jskobel/fivethemes/index.htm • http://geographyworldonline.com/quiz.html • http://quizlet.com/343360/five-themes-of-geography-flash-cards/

  20. References • Baerwald, T.J., & Fraser, C. (1998). World geography: building a global perspective. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. • Daily haha. (2007, February 25). Retrieved from http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/Los_angeles_highways.htm • Gough, A. (2009). Andrew gough's arcadia. Retrieved from andrewgough.co.uk/Prime-Meridian.jpg • Outline world map images. (2009). Retrieved from www.outline-world-map.com/map-images-original... • Port cities london. (2004). Retrieved from www.portcities.org.uk/london/upload/img_400/G... • Sharp, Ryan. (2008, May 15). Transit miami. Retrieved from www.prnewswire.com/.../27862-hi-traffic.jpg • The Role of forests in water production. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.water-sos.org/images/forests.jpg • Turner, Dawn. (2007, November 14). The Daily recruiter. Retrieved from http://www.thedailyrecruiter.com/the-daily-recruiter-blog/think-outsourcing-is-a-new-problem-they-did-in-the-1800s-too.html • World atlas.com. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/imageg.htm

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