1. Unit 1 Five Themes of Geography
Place

2. Describe the physical features of District 12 in The Hunger Games?
Standard 1C: Place KNOW
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Describe the physical features of District 12 in The Hunger Games?
This theme answers the question “What is it like there?”
You can describe a place based on its PHYSICAL & HUMAN features.
Examples of PHYSICAL features include land, water, weather, soil, plant life & animal life.
The Grand Canyon
Hawaii’s North Shore

3. Standard 1C: Place KNOW
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Describe the human features of District 12 in The Hunger Games? What about the Capitol?
Examples of HUMAN features include information about population, ethnicity, religions, languages & culture.
DO NOT COPY
For example, a unique custom among the Padaung people of Myanmar is…
Another interesting practice is…

4. Standard 1C: Physical Place
KNOW
The U.S. is a diverse region containing every type of landform, & almost every type of climate.
The main climates are
humid subtropical,
humid continental, &
desert/steppe (dry).
Most of the East has a forest biome while the Southwest has a semiarid & desert biome, and the Midwest has a grassland biome.

5. Standard 1C: Physical Place
KNOW
The U.S. can be divided into these physical regions from east to west:
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Appalachian Mts.
Interior Plains
Rocky Mts.
the Great Basin, and
Pacific Coastal Plains & Mts. DO
Geographic Regions Song Film Clip (3:51)

6. Standard 1C: Human Place
KNOW
The U.S. population is approx. 315 million. Over 99% are either immigrants or descendants of immigrants, mostly European.
DO: Great American Melting Pot Film Clip
Most people are Christian. Protestant denominations combined form a majority.
Are there any problems with this chart?

7. Standard 1C: Human Place DO
Mysteries of the U.S. Pyramids Activity (See S1-U.S. Population Pyramid PDF file)
To help make population projections, demographers look at population statistics (demographers) to plan for such things as government programs serving the population by making “population pyramids.” In this activity, you will construct two “population pyramids”
1-for a time period in U.S. history ( past or future)
2- another country's’ population. You will analyze and interpret the data and charts you have created.

8. Standard 1C: Human Place
Our government is a Representative Democracy, which is organized as a republic in which citizens elect their representatives, and individual freedoms are valued.
The U.S. has a capitalist economy, also known as Free Market or Free Enterprise. This system is based on private ownership of businesses with the goal of making a profit.