Transcript I. LOCATION - Boone County Schools

5 Themes
of
Geography
Interactive Learning Module
I. LOCATION – where things are located
A. Absolute (exact) Location is specific and can be
stated as an address, or as geographic coordinates
of latitude and longitude.
1. Address: a place where a person/organization is located
a. Example: 8000 Spruce Drive, Florence, Kentucky 41042
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A. Absolute (exact) Location continued.
2. Latitude/Longitude:
a. Latitude lines measure distance north and south of the Equator.
b. Longitude lines measure distance east and west of the Prime
Meridian.
c. Example: The absolute
location of Florence, KY
is: 38°59′36″N 84°38′33″W
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B. Relative Location is in relation to
some other place.
1. Examples:
▪ Florence, KY is about 12 miles south of
Cincinnati, OH
▪ Jones Middle School is about 1 ½ miles
south southeast from Boone County High
School
Boone
County
High
School
Jones is about
1 ½ miles SSE
from Boone
County High
School
RA Jones
Middle
School
Activity
1. What is the absolute location (address or
geographic coordinates) of the following
places? Find them using a Google
search: Mt. Everest, Los Angeles,
your house…
2. Now choose ONE of the places from
above and describe it in relative
terms  what is its relative location?
II. PLACE Place is described in terms of physical and
human features. It is a description of what
makes that place different from others.
A. Physical differences include climate, soil,
plant life, animal life, and bodies of water.
B. Human differences means kinds of houses,
language, transportation, and how people
live (traditions, customs, etc.).
II. PLACE (cont.)
Physical Example: Describing a place in the
world using physical characteristics, I might say
that a place is flat with rich, fertile soil and many
rivers. While you might not know exactly where I’m
talking about, you can probably
see a picture of it in your head,
and even begin to imagine how
the land is used.
II. PLACE (cont.)
Human Characteristics Example: Describing a
place in the world using human characteristics, I
might say that a particular place has a German
festival every October, lots of people in this place can
go to watch either a professional baseball game or a
football game, and there is an awesome amusement
park you can go to as well. It’s also a place where
you can live in a house or an apartment. People
primarily speak English. Lots of people drive cars,
but there are also Tank busses that take people
around. Where is this?
PLACE—Things to think about
▪ Place -- What makes a place different from other
places? Differences might be defined in terms of
climate, plant/animal life, physical features, or the
people who live there and their traditions.
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Activity
▪ On a post-it note, write a description
of a place without naming it, then
exchange it with the person sitting
next to you. Can you identify the
place from the description alone?
▪ Note: Use both physical and human
characteristics in your description
III. Human-Environment
InteractionInteraction between people and their
environment. Human-Environment
Interactions can be divided into 2
parts:
III. Human-Environment Interaction
A. How people have been changed by the
environment = adaptation.
▪ Adaptation is the way humans change to suit their
environment. An example of this is people who live
in very cold climates wearing well-insulated clothes
to keep warm, or in a warm climate wearing shorts
and a tank top to stay cool.
III. Human-Environment Interaction
B. How the environment has been changed by
people = modification.
▪ Modification is the way people change their
environment to suit themselves. Artificially watering
your lawn if you live in a dry area is one example.
Another good example is clearing forests to make
room for growing crops. Even building a bridge is an
example of changing or modifying your environment.
Human-Environment Interaction
NY City
Times Square
1800s
NY City
Times Square
2012
Activity
▪ List two ways that people affect
and/or are affected by their
environment.
IV. Movement
Movement is how and why people, goods (import
and export), and ideas move from place to place.
A. Human/Goods Movement = Cars, Trucks, Trains, Planes
B. Idea Movement = Phones, computers, mail, TV,
magazines, music
Activity
1. Find the origin of manufacture on ONE item on your
person. Examples: shirt, jeans, sneakers, cell phone, or
anything else you can find out the origin of manufacture.
Make a list of the item and where it was made.
2. Next, what form of transportation was most likely used to
get that item from the place of manufacture MOVED to
your house or to the classroom?
3. Finally, how could you “move” your ideas about where
your clothing comes from to a friend or family member?
V. Region
A region is an area of the world that has
similar, unifying characteristics. The
characteristics may be physical,
human/cultural, or functional.
A. Physical = physical characteristics of a
region can be categorized by countries,
continents, climate, or physical regions (e.g.
Appalachian Mountain Region)
V. Region cont.
B. Human / cultural regions  are regions which
have a distinct pattern of culture. Like the
Great Plains Indians region, Latin America
(language), or Muslim world region (religion)
Latin American Region
Native American Regions
Muslim World Regions
V. Region cont.
C. Functional = Regions defined by a function are
areas served by a particular service. Examples
would be areas which provide certain functions,
like a telephone area code, zip code, or even a
bus service area
Where did the 5 Themes of
Geography come from?
▪ The 5 Themes of Geography originated by the
National Geographic Society.
▪ They help geographers (people who study the
earth and everything on it) categorize
everything they learn.
▪ The 5 Themes are easy to remember…
Just say the words “MR HELP”
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What is “MR HELP”?
MR HELP is a mnemonic device that can be used to help
you remember the 5 Themes of Geography. Just take the
first letter of each Theme to create the word MR HELP.
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Movement
Region
Human-Environment (interaction)
Location
Place
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Five Themes of
Geography Quiz
Directions: Write the answer to the following 7
questions on your student graphic organizer.
We will go over the answers as a class.
Question 1
Which of the following is NOT a
geography theme?
A. Movement
B. People
C. Region
D. Human-Environment Interaction
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Question 2
Which of the following is an example of
Human-Environmental Interaction?
A. getting the mail
B. watching TV
C. building a bridge
D. playing X-box
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Question 3
Which of the following is an example of
PLACE?
A. Cincinnati, OH
B. McDonalds
C. East High School
D. Skating rink
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Question 4
Which of the following is NOT an
example of REGION?
A. Appalachian
B. Area Code
C. Latin America
D. Florence
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Question 5
Which of the following is an example of
Absolute Location?
A. Cincinnati, Ohio
B. The hills
C. Indiana
D. Chris P Bacon, 103 Swine Drive,
Harrodsburg, KY 40330
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Question 6
Which of the following is NOT an
example of movement?
A. TV
B. Cutting down trees
C. Planes
D. Email
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Question 7
What is the name of a person who
studies the earth and everything on it?
A. Photographer
B. Cartographer
C. Geographer
D. Mapographer
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