The Five Themes of Geography How geographers look at the world…

Why study geography? To understand more about the changing world we live in To learn more about the people and cultures of the world so that we can better understand each other To evaluate the connection between the earth and those who live on it

What are the Five Themes of Geography? The concepts that geographers use to study the world and the people that inhabit it. They are all connected; Use all five themes to truly understand the geography of a place The 5 themes are: location, place, movement, human-environment interaction, and region

START 5 THEMES OF GEO POSTERS!

5 Themes of Geo Posters Poster requirements Read the intro on pg. 5 as a group, then turn to your assigned theme. Read the section and complete the informative poster the explain your theme to the class. Location: pg. 6 Place: pg. 7 Region: pg. 7-8 Human Environment Interaction: pg. 8-9 Movement: pg. 9 Poster requirements Title at the top Question it asks Brief description Examples Picture

LOCATION Question asked: Where is it? Can be… Absolute location: uses a system to show an exact spot on earth’s surface. Relative location: uses descriptions to find places on earth’s surface. Give an example of each on your poster Think: How do you know where things are?

Think: What does it look like? What are the people like? PLACE Question asked: What is it like? A place can be described physically or culturally. Choose a well known place to describe for your poster Think: What does it look like? What are the people like?

MOVEMENT Question asked: How do things get from one place to another? Think: Are all of these “things” tangible? What else moves throughout the world besides people?

REGION Question asked: What areas share common characteristics? Regions are imaginary borders that include areas that share things in common Think: Do characteristics have to be tangible things? Are borders created for regions definite and distinct? How do people’s perceptions impact regions?

HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION Question asked: How do people interact with the physical world? How do we use the environment to our advantage? Think: What are positives and negatives to human interaction with the environment?