1. Introduction to World Geography
Grade 6

2. The Five Themes of Geography
Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions

3. Location is where a place is found.
2. Relative location is where a place is located relative to other places
Absolute location is the exact position of a place on the globe

4. A place has features that distinguishes it from other places.
1. Physical
characteristics
2. Human
characteristics

5. 3. Human-Environment Interaction
Human-environment interaction is how people use or change their environment

6. 4. Movement
Movement is how people, goods and ideas move between places
movement in the USA

7. 5. Regions
A region is a group of places with at least one common characteristic, such as…
Language
Areas
Political divisions
Religions
Vegetation

8. Review of the Five Themes of Geography
Location: Where is it?
Place: How is it different?
Human-Environment Interaction: How do people change their environment?
Movement: How do people, goods and ideas move?
Regions: What do people or places have in common?

9. Remembering the 5 themes
If you can’t remember what they are, just ask MR. HELP!!!
M – Movement
R – Regions
HE – Human Environment interaction
L – Location
P - Place

10. Credits America on the Move http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/
Five Times Five: Five Activities for Teaching Geography’s Five Themes
Google Images