1. 5 Themes of Geography 6 th Grade Social Studies Mrs. Ross

2. 5 Themes of Geography Location Place Human/Environment Interaction Movement Regions

3. Location Absolute –Exact Location Relative –How a place is connected to another place by technology, land or water

4. Location Absolute –Latitude=North/South of Equator –Longitude=East/West of Prime Meriden –Detroit-Latitude = 42, Longitude = -83 Relative –Detroit- South from Warren

5. Describe how to get to your house. Absolute? Relative?

6. Place Distinguishing characteristics of a specific location –Physical –Human

7. Place Physical –Waterways –Landforms –Climate –Animal Life Human –People –Languages –Transportation –Communication –Religion

8. Compare Alaska to Hawaii.

9. Human/Environment Interaction Take in to account at all the effects that occur when people interact with their surroundings –Positive Interaction –Negative Interaction Help to plan and manage environment

10. Human/Environment Interaction Positive Interaction –Plant a tree –Clean a river –Creating a damn Negative Interaction –Building a highway –Clearing a forest –Creating a damn

11. Other Examples of Human/Environment Interaction

12. Movement How and why people and products move People move, travel and communicate daily Products are moving daily

13. Movement People –Career –Family –Religious reasons –Escape war Products –Transported from one place to another Manufactured material Crops Natural resources Oil

14. How are you connected with, and dependent upon, other regions, cultures, and people in the world?

15. Region Unifying characteristics –Human Language –Physical Mountains, deserts, rainforests –Cultural Religion

16. How do regions change over time?

17. 5 Themes of Geography Location Place Human/Environment Interaction Movement Regions

18. Pictures All pictures/clipart retrieved from Microsoft PowerPoint version 2002.