The 5 Themes of Geography Elmwood Park Memorial Middle School Social Studies Department

 OBJ: To examine the five themes of geography, and how to relate and employ them to future lessons.  EU/EQ: What are the five themes of geography and how can they be used to show relation between people and places? Today’s Goals and Main Ideas

 Location  Place  Region  Movement  Human Environment Interaction What Are The Five Themes of Geography?

 Location- where a place is found  Two meanings  Absolute and Relative location  Absolute Location  The exact spot on earth.  Deals with longitude and latitude.  Elmwood Park, New Jersey- 40deg-54’16” N 74deg07’10W  Relative Location- location of one place compared to another.  EX. I live two blocks down, the house on the left with purple shutters LOCATION

 What it is like there?  Place describes characteristics of a location that makes it unique or different  Defined by physical features (landforms, plants, animals, and weather patterns)  Describe citizens and language they speak  Ex-Is it cold? Are there mountains there? Jungle or desert? City or Country? Place

 A group of places that have human and/or physical characteristics in common.  Example- Southwestern United States (deserts, mountains) Jersey Shore (beaches, coastline) Northeast United States. Region

Regions of the United States

 Movement of people, goods, and ideas moving from one place to another  Example- Early humans chasing animal herds from one place to another.  The internet  Transportation systems Movement

 HEI- humans depend, adapt and modify the world around them  How people affect their environment or natural surroundings or how they affect them.  Use environment to change or meet their needs  Tempperature & natural disaster effect/ influence how people live also Human Environment Interaction

Human Environment Interactions