a PPT on the five themes
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Objective: Students will be able to understand &
apply the 5 themes of geography to actual
locations of their choice
What is the location of a place?
Location can be described as a
places position on the globe
Latitude:
imaginary lines running
parallel to the Equator
Longitude:
imaginary lines
running north and south
between the poles
The Equator is the
imaginary line that splits the
earth into 2 equal halves, or
hemispheres between the
north and south poles
North Pole 0 ̊N
("World atlas.com," 2010)
South Pole 0 ̊S
Prime Meridian=0 ̊
through Greenwich,
England
Longitude lines, or
meridians, run north
and south between the
poles
Lines are measured east
and west of Greenwich
up to 180 ̊
("Port cities london," 2004)
(Gough, 2009)
What is the character of a place?
Such
as…?
Mountains,
Climate, &
Vegetation
Government Systems
Population, Language, &Culture
Economic Systems
How do people interact with their environment?
Have the people living in an area changed
their environment?
Cut down trees
Buildings
Build Roads
Destruction of Our Natural Resources…
Forests
Oceans
("The Role of," )
Progress & Innovation…
Roads
Buildings
Efficiency
("Daily haha," 2007)
(Turner, 2007)
(Sharp, 2008)
How do people, goods, & ideas move from
place to place?
Transportation
◦ Railroad
◦ Roads, Highways
◦ Airports
•
Communication of ideas
– Computers
– Telephones/cell phones
All of these things make it easier to communicate &
for both people & goods to travel from one place to
another
How are places similar & different from one
another?
A Group of Places
1 Common Characteristic
A REGION
Formal Regions
-states, countries, cities
-Places with specific
boundaries
Functional Regions
-one central place and the
surrounding places affected
by it
-A metropolitan area could
consist of a large city plus
its surrounding suburbs
http://www.nhj.k12.in.us/teachers/js
kobel/fivethemes/index.htm
http://geographyworldonline.com/qui
z.html
http://quizlet.com/343360/fivethemes-of-geography-flash-cards/
Baerwald, T.J., & Fraser, C. (1998). World geography: building a global perspective.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc..
Daily haha. (2007, February 25). Retrieved from
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s_highways.htm
Gough, A. (2009). Andrew gough's arcadia. Retrieved from andrewgough.co.uk/PrimeMeridian.jpg
Outline world map images. (2009). Retrieved from www.outline-world-map.com/mapimages-original...
Port cities london. (2004). Retrieved from
www.portcities.org.uk/london/upload/img_400/G...
Sharp, Ryan. (2008, May 15). Transit miami. Retrieved from
www.prnewswire.com/.../27862-hi-traffic.jpg
The Role of forests in water production. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.watersos.org/images/forests.jpg
Turner, Dawn. (2007, November 14). The Daily recruiter. Retrieved from
http://www.thedailyrecruiter.com/the-daily-recruiter-blog/think-outsourcing-is-anew-problem-they-did-in-the-1800s-too.html
World atlas.com. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/imageg.htm