Geography

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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?

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Main Idea

• Geography is broken down into 5 major themes

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I. Geography

• Study of the earth and its features.
• 5 major themes of geography
• Location
• Place
• Region
• Movement
• Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)

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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.
• Ex. There are deserts in Mexico
• Ex. In Mexico they speak

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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
• Regions that share common language

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II. The 5 Themes

• 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.
  

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II. The 5 Themes

• Which theme explains how Georgia, North
  Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida
  are part of "The South?"
• A) place
• B) human/environment interaction
• C) location
• D) region

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II. The 5 Themes

• 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?
• A) location
• B) human/environment interaction
• C) place
• D) movement

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II. The 5 Themes

• Which theme relates to a person packing a beach
  towel, a hat, and sunscreen for a vacation to the
  seashore?
• A) human/environment interaction
• B) location
• C) place
• D) region.

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II. The 5 Themes

• Which theme identifies areas that share common
  physical and/or cultural characteristics?
• A) location
• B) human/environment interaction
• C) region
• D) place

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II. The 5 Themes

• Where is it? This theme tells where things are.
• A) location
• B) human/environment interaction
• C) movement
• D) place

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• Your Turn

• Build a 6 Slide Presentation on the 5 Themes
• Slide 1 - Intro Title Slide with your name
  hour
• Slide 2 thru 6 on the 5 themes
• Must sure you have the theme name and short
  definition
• Must sure you have a picture to illustrate the
  theme
• Add background to enhance your slides
• Try contrasting colors to font and use readable
  font styles
• Keep the noise out!
• List any website that you used on the intro slide
• Save as My 5themes your name
• This is a 20 point assignment.
• Download a project rubric
• If you have question, please post them on Edmodo