Transcript Five Themes of Geography

“I Can”…..
• I can name one important tip to keep
in mind when writing an FRQ.
Five Themes of Geography
• Today’s Objective
• Identify and explain the five themes of geography
• Explain how you can make them relevant to your
own life
LOCATION
Where are we?
• Absolute Location
– A latitude and longitude
(global location) or a
street address (local
location).
– Paris France is 48o North
Latitude and 2o East
Longitude.
– The White House is
located at 1600
Pennsylvania Ave.
• Relative Location
– Described by landmarks,
time, direction or
distance. From one place
to another.
– Go 1 mile west on main
street and turn left for 1
block.
The Global
Grid System
1 degree = 60 min
1 min = 60 sec
39o 42’ 52” N
104o 59’ 04” W
Time Zones and Longitude
PLACE
What is it like there? What kind of place is it?
• Human
• Physical
Characteristics
Characteristics
• What are the main
languages, customs, and
beliefs.
• How many people live,
work, and visit a place.
• Landforms (mountains,
rivers, etc.), climate,
vegetation, wildlife, soil,
etc.
A: Tropical
B: Dry
C: Warm Mid
Latitudes
D:Cold Mid Latitudes
E: Polar
H: Highlands
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
• How do humans and the environment affect
each other?
– We depend on it.
• People depend on the Tennessee River for water and
transportation.
– We modify it.
• People modify our environment by
heating and cooling buildings for comfort.
* Sun Belt Migration
– We adapt to it.
• We adapt to the environment by wearing
clothing suitable for summer (shorts) and
winter (coats), rain and shine.
MOVEMENT
• How are people, goods, ideas moved from place
to place?
– Human Movement
• Trucks, Trains, Planes
– Information Movement
• Phones, computer (email), mail
– Idea Movement
• How do fads move from place to place?
TV, Radio, Magazines, Internet
REGIONS
• How are Regions similar to and different from other
places?
– Formal Regions
• Everyone shares a characteristic (homogenous physical or cultural trait)
– Illinois, Corn Belt, Rust Belt
– Functional Regions
• Area around a node or focal point (newspaper service area, cell phone
coverage area)
• Why do all our TV Stations come from Chicago?
– Perceptual Regions
• Perceptions or impressions that help us understand an area (middle east, the south,
etc.)
TV Markets in the US
The 9 Nations of the Americas
Identified in 1981 by Joel Garreau (Economic and Cultural features)
What REGIONS do we have at
OHS?
1. Formal
2. Functional
3. Perceptual
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
5 Themes of Geography Rap
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIqC79W
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Power Of Place: One Earth, Many Scales
• http://www.learner.org/series/powerofplace/p
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