Happy Friday Can you say hi Teacher? How’s your tone? What’s the difference between traditional and simplified? Hmmmm…

Take Out: Pencil device is CLOSED Headphones Find a GROUP that you can work with (CHOOSE WISELY)

1st Person Finished… Go back to my website and open the Google Form and answer the questions for your group ANSWER TOGETHER

5 Themes of Geography Location Place Region Movement Human-Environment Interaction

Location QUESTION: Where is it? EXPLANATION: Identifies the exact spot (absolute location) or where it is in relation to other places (relative location)

LOCATION – EXAMPLE – D.C. Location Where is Washington, D.C.? Relative location: On the Potomac River, Next to Virginia, Maryland, Absolute Location: 38:54:18N and 77:00:58W

PLACE QUESTION: What’s it like there? EXPLANATION: DESCRIBE the place…physical and human features of that place

PLACE – EXAMPLE – D.C. Place Swampy area with lots of trees and vegetation. Big city with lots of people Hot in summer, cold in winter

REGION QUESTION: How is this place SIMILAR or DIFFERENT to other places? EXPLANATION: How is one area different than another? East Coast/West Coast…rainy? Dry? Religions? Mountains?

REGION – EXAMPLE – D.C. Region East Coast Mid Atlantic States The Southeast of U.S. Humid Subtropical climate

Movement QUESTION: How do people, goods, ideas move around? EXPLANATION: think about movement…lots of examples!

MOVEMENT – EXAMPLE – D.C. Movement The Washington D.C. Metro – Subway Train Plane Car boat

Human-Environment Interaction QUESTION: How do people USE or INTERACT with the ENVIRONMENT? EXPLANATION: People can USE the environment or HURT it or ADAPT to it or all the above

Human Environment Interaction – EXAMPLE – D.C. Many people fish or crab on the Chesapeake Bay or the Potomac River It rains a lot there so there are farms that grow food Cars and planes pollute the air