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Happy Thursday. Can you say hi Teacher? How ’ s your tone? What ’ s the difference between traditional and simplified? Hmmmm…. Take Out:. NO DEVICES, NO BINDERS Just a Folder, pencil and a smile . 5 Themes of Geography. Location Place Region Movement Human-Environment Interaction.
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Happy Thursday Can you say hi Teacher? How’s your tone? What’s the difference between traditional and simplified? Hmmmm…
Take Out: NO DEVICES, NO BINDERS Just a Folder, pencil and a smile
5 Themes of Geography • Location • Place • Region • Movement • Human-Environment Interaction
Location • Where is it? • Identify the exact spot or in relation to other places
5 Themes of Geography • Location • Where is Washington, D.C. On the Potomac River, Next to Virginia, Maryland, At the coordinates 38:54:18N and 77:00:58W
Place • What is it like there? • Describe the place • Language, religion, politics, physical features, climate
5 Themes of Geography • Place • What is it like? Swampy area with lots of trees and vegetation. hot and humid in the summer, cold in the winter
Region • How is this place similar or different than other places? • How is one area different from another? • Example: • East coast….west coast
5 Themes of Geography • Region • How are places similar or different? East Coast Mid Atlantic States The Southeast of U.S. Humid Subtropical climate
Movement • How do people, goods, ideas get around?
5 Themes of Geography • Movement • The Washington D.C. Metro – Subway • Train • Plane • Car • boat
Human-Environment Interaction • How do people relate to the geography around them? • Hint: humans do stuff or interact with environment!
Human Environment Interaction • How do people relate or interact with the world? • Washington, D.C. is right on a river, close to the ocean so many people fish • It rains a lot there so there are farms that grow food • Cars and planes pollute the air