teaching geography. 5 themes location place region movement human-environment interaction
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5 Themes
• Location• Place• Region• Movement• Human-Environment Interaction
Location
• Where is it?• Absolute location vs. relative location• Longitude and Latitude• Prime Meridian, Equator, Tropics• Google Earth, of course
Maps and their messages
• Different types (political, climate, topographical, etc)
• Different uses and projections
Mercator Projection
Robinson
Peters Projection
What’s up with this?
Place
• What is it like there?• Landforms, rivers, climate, etc.• Have students draw and label
physical features on a blank map
Landform sample
Climates
• Steppes, Savannah, permafrost, rainforest, boreal forest, desert and desertification, etc.
• What are these places like and why does it matter?
• How does the climate affect the culture?
• What would you pack if you went there?
Steppe
Savannah and Boreal Forest
Desertification
Location: what are the people like?
• Government• culture• language• religion • Economics• History• natural resources • education, population density, birth/death
rates, etc.
Possibilities
• Lots of great activities for exploring these things– Learn about and practice customs– Read and interpret charts and graphs– Best source:
www.nationalgeographic.com
Region: how do we identify larger areas?
• Like place, but on a bigger scale• Do regions really exist?
– What is Africa?– Why is Europe a region?– Why do we call it the Middle East?
Movement
• How do goods, people, and ideas move from one region to another?
• Transportation• Cultural exchanges• Immigration• Disease
Human-Environment Interaction
• A two-way street• How do people adapt to the
environment?– Irrigation, dams, mining, farming,
desalination,etc.• How does the environment adapt to
us?– Global warming– Deforestation– Water scarcity and water stress– Pollution
What are people doing about it?
• Prof. Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate“When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.”
Project ideas
• What could your students do about these issues?
• Water in developing nations?• Pollution?• Deforestation?
What about the location of natural resources?
• How does this affect power relationships?
• See article on the Arctic and oil• What about Central Asia?• Where will power be located in the
future?• Where will future conflicts be?• Future business opportunities?
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