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WARM-UP: Log into My Big Campus. Click on Discussions Complete your 8/8 Warm-up. Today’s Objectives. Students will be able to identify and understand the Five Themes of Geography Students will understand the differences between Relative and Absolute location
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WARM-UP: Log into My Big Campus Click on Discussions Complete your 8/8 Warm-up
Today’s Objectives • Students will be able to identify and understand the Five Themes of Geography • Students will understand the differences between Relative and Absolute location • Students will be able to identify human characteristics of geography and physical characteristics of geography
5 Themes • Geographers study the world by looking at • Location • Place • Region • Movement • Human-Environment Interaction
#1 LocationWhere is it? Absolute Location • is the exact place on the earth where a geographic feature is found. • 3322 RR 620 South Austin, TX 78738 • LTHS Room J205 • Latitude = 30 degrees, 19.7 minutes North • Long = 97 degrees, 58.2 minutes West Relative Location • describes a place in comparison to other places around it. • Ex. Next door to the Wendy’s
#2 Place – What is it like? describes the physical features and cultural characteristics of a location.
#3 Region – How are places similar or different? describes an area of the earth’s surface with similar characteristics, usually more than one.
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS: What defines a region? • physical (natural) characteristics • landforms, climate, vegetation • human (cultural) characteristics • language, religion, ethnicity, population
Sub-Regions • Further classification of Regions based upon physical features and human characteristics. Examples: The United States is in the North American Region. However, the U.S. has several sub-regions: Northeast, Midwest, South, etc.
#4 Movement How and why people, plants, animals, and ideas move through time and place?
#5 Human–Environment Interaction People learn to use what the environment offers them and to change that environment to meet their needs.
How to remember the 5 themes! M - Movement R - Region H – Human Interaction E – Environment Interaction L - Location P - Place