1. I’m Fine…..that’s all that matters 1

2. Paste the handout here for students to see what to do with it today.

3. Before we can begin to study Geography, we must understand the 5 Themes. The 5 Themes serve as the main framework for studying Geography You will know WHAT to write today because it will be in yellow

4. To help us remember the 5 Themes, we have an acronym… Lori Put Her Ear In My Root-beer. Location Place Human-Environment Interaction Movement Region Nothing to write here, no yellow…see?? Easy huh? Just listen for a moment while I explain.

5. The First Theme: Location 4

6. Two types of Location Absolute Location – exact place on Earth where a geographic feature is found (example latitude/longitude or a street address) Relative Location – describes a place in relation to another place (example I live behind the Starbucks. 5

7. The Second Theme: Place 8

8. Place – Physical features and cultural characteristics of a location. What does it look like? What language do the people speak? How do they dress? What kind of food do they eat? 9

9. 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cey35bBWXls Kelly Pickler… “Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?” THIS is why it is important that you understand Geography!

10. The Third Theme: Human – Environment Interaction 17

11. Human-Environment Interaction – the relationship between humans and their environment 18 Modify: How do we change or modify our environment? Adapt: How to we adapt to it? Depend: How do we depend on it?

12. 20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olmzzWo0wps How have we, as humans modified our environment?

13. The Fourth Theme: Movement the movement of people, goods, & ideas from one place to another 21

14. 16 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCMzfazpGVI

15. The Fifth Theme Region: area with similar characteristics 14 Formal – A region that shares characteristics. Definite boundary lines. (ex: states, this classroom etc) Functional – a set of places that is connected (bus route etc) Perceptual – how one person sees this region it may be different than another person.

16. And now for the big finale!!!!!!!! 24 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIqC79WrpKg