Transcript 5 themes review & directions

Geography
5 Themes Introduction
Review and Practice
Assignment Directions
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Objectives
1. Complete the 5 themes
student presentation
2. Identify the 5 themes of
geography
3. Answer the question: how
does geography affect me as
a 7th grader?
Main Idea
Geography is broken down into 5
major themes
I. Geography
A.
B.
Study of the earth and its
features.
5 major themes of geography
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Location
Place
Region
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
(HEI)
II. The 5 Themes
1. Location: Where something is.
Ex. Tamanend is east of Pittsburgh
Ex. Tamanend is 43 N, 31E
2. Place: What its like there.
A.
B.
Ex. There are deserts in Mexico
Ex. In Mexico they speak
II. The 5 Themes
3. Movement: How people/places
are connected
Ex. The fruit you had this morning
came from Florida
Ex. You took a bus to Central this
morning
4. Region: Places with similar
features
Ex. Sahara Desert is a desert region
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Regions that share common
language
II. The 5 Themes
5.
Human-Environment
Interaction: how we use, adapt
to, and change the world
Ex. Wear light clothes in a hot place
Ex. Build a dam to keep rivers from
flooding
Ex. Build a Bridge so people and
goods can cross.
II. The 5 Themes
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Which theme explains how
Georgia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Alabama, and Florida
are part of "The South?"
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A) place
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B) human/environment
interaction
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C) location
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D) region
II. The 5 Themes
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Which theme relates to a farmer
in Iowa shipping a truck full of
grain to a cereal factory, which
then sells boxes of Cheerios to
grocery stores throughout the
country?
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A) location
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B) human/environment
interaction
•
C) place
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D) movement
II. The 5 Themes
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Which theme relates to a
person packing a beach towel, a
hat, and sunscreen for a
vacation to the seashore?
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A) human/environment
interaction
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B) location
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C) place
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D) region.
II. The 5 Themes
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Which theme identifies areas
that share common physical
and/or cultural characteristics?
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A) location
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B) human/environment
interaction
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C) region
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D) place
II. The 5 Themes
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Where is it? This theme tells
where things are.
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A) location
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B) human/environment
interaction
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C) movement
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D) place
Build a 6 Slide Presentation on the 5 Themes
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Slide 1 - Intro Title Slide with your name & hour
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Slide 2 thru 6 on the 5 themes
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Must sure you have the theme name and short definition
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Must sure you have a picture to illustrate the theme
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Add background to enhance your slides
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Try contrasting colors to font and use readable font styles
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Keep the noise out!
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List any website that you used on the intro slide
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Save as My 5themes your name
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This is a 20 point assignment.
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Download a project rubric
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If you have question, please post them on Edmodo