5 themes of geography

Where in the World?

Where are 3 places in the world you want to go?

Open a Pages Document

Look for the grey ink well in your applications folder.

1. Create a new landscape document.

2. Place a title at the top of your paper - “3 Places I want to visit.”

3. Insert a table with 6 columns and 4 rows.

It should look like this …

Add the locations you want to visit here ...

Location #1

ALASKA

Location #2

BAHAMAS

Location #3

ZION N.P.

5 Themes of GeographyHow do you find places and people around the world?

Complete the chart...

Location

LOCATION(Absolute)

#1

#2

#3

Location

How do you know where you are?

Measured in absolute location and relative location

Absolute Location = provides a definite reference to locate a place

use latitude & longitude or street address

Relative location describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places.

Region

Location

Region (Formal)

Region

What makes a place unique?

Regions have some sort of characteristic that unifies the area.

Formal regions are those that are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries.

Functional regions are defined by their connections. For example, the circulation area for a major city area is the functional region of that paper.

Vernacular regions are perceived regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East;" they have no formal boundaries but are understood in our of the world.

Place

Location

Region

Place(Physical

Characteristics)

Place

What makes this area different from other areas?

Place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.

Physical characteristics include a description such things as the mountains, rivers, beaches, topography, and animal and plant life of a place.

Human characteristics include the human-designed cultural features of a place, from land use and architecture to forms of livelihood and religion to food and folk ways to transportation and communication networks

Human & Environment Interactions

Location

Region Place Human Interactions

Human & Environment Interactions

How have people changed the landscape?

Humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land.

This has both positive and negative effects on the environment.

Movement

Location Region Place Human Interaction

Movement

Movement

How do people and goods travel from place to place?

Ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication all travel distances.

This studies movement and migration across the planet.

Complete the Table

1. PUT YOUR NAME, NUMBER, CLASS, on your paper.

2. FILL IN THE INFORMATION for you 3 places you want to visit ON TABLE .

3. MAKE SURE box EACH IS A COMPLETE SENTENCE.

4. Add Ada, Michigan in the final row and fill in for this location as well.

5. When completed SAVE THE TABLE IN YOUR SOCIAL STUDIES FOLDER

6. UPLOAD THE TABLE TO MOODLE.

7. PRINT OUT 1 COPY AND TAPE IT IN YOUR NOTES