AIM: What are the five themes of geography?

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AIM What are the five themes of geography?

• Do Now How does geography shape the way human
  beings live?

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• I. Location
• A. Exact Location is measured in latitude and
  longitude
• 1. Latitude lines measure distance north and
  south
• of the equator.
• 2. Longitude lines measure distance east and
  west
• of the Prime Meridian.
• B. Relative location is in relation to some
  other place.
• Activity What is the exact location of the
  following places? Find them on Google Earth JFK,
  Mt. Everest, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Rome, Sydney
  Australia, Your house
• Now describe them in relative terms.

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• II. Place
• A. Place is described in terms of physical and
  human features
• 1. physical includes climate, soil, plant life,
  animal
• life, and bodies of water
• 2. human means kinds of houses, language,
• and transportation.
• Activity Write a description of the place on
  the index card without naming it, then exchange
  it with the person sitting next to you. Can you
  identify the place from the description alone?

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Activity How does this song describe a place?
What kind of place is this? What are its
physical and human characteristics? What other
songs do you know that describe places?

• Home, home on the rangeWhere the deer and the
  antelope playWhere seldom is heard a
  discouraging wordAnd the skies are not cloudy
  all dayWhere the air is so pure, the zephyrs so
  freeThe breezes so balmy and lightThat I would
  not exchange my home on the rangeFor all of the
  cities so brightHome, home on the rangeWhere
  the deer and the antelope playWhere seldom is
  heard a discouraging wordAnd the skies are not
  cloudy all dayOh, I love those wild flow'rs in
  this dear land of oursThe curlew, I love to hear
  screamAnd I love the white rocks and the
  antelope flocksThat graze on the mountaintops
  greenHome, home on the rangeWhere the deer and
  the antelope playWhere seldom is heard a
  discouraging wordAnd the skies are not cloudy
  all day

• Home on the range
• Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roamWhere
  the deer and the antelope playWhere seldom is
  heard a discouraging wordAnd the skies are not
  cloudy all dayHome, home on the rangeWhere the
  deer and the antelope playWhere seldom is heard
  a discouraging wordAnd the skies are not cloudy
  all dayHow often at night when the heavens are
  brightWith the light from the glittering
  starsHave I stood there amazed and asked as I
  gazedIf their glory exceeds that of ours

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• III. Interaction
• A. Interaction between people and their
  environment
• Activity List ways that people affect their
  environment. Are these harmful or helpful?

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• IV. Movement
• A. Movement of people, goods, and ideas.
• Activity Find the origin of manufacture of as
  many items as you can on your body or in your
  bookbag. Examples shirt, sneakers, jewelry,
  backpack, folders, pens pencils, and anything
  else you can find out the origin of manufacture.
  Make a list of the item and where it was made.
  How many of the items in the classroom can you
  name that have been manufactured in another
  country?
• What are the raw materials needed to make these
  items, the most likely place of production or
  manufacture, and the most likely form of
  transportation from the place of manufacture to
  the classroom?

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• V. Region
• A. A region is an area of the world that has
  similar, unifying characteristics. The
  characteristics may be physical, human, or
  cultural.
• How do people from different climatic regions
  dress? What different foods do they eat?

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5 Physical Regions of the U.S

• 1. Pacific Coast and Intermountain Region
• a) includes mountains along coast
• 2. Rocky Mountains
• a) highest peaks in the U.S, above tree level
• 3. Great Plains
• a) flat grassland with little trees
• 4. Appalachian Mountains
• a) lower and less rugged than the Rockies
• 5. Atlantic Coastal Plain
• a) flat lowlands along the coast

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Guess what Region of the country this is!

• THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

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• GREAT PLAINS

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• SAN DIEGO,
• CA,
• PACIFIC COAST

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• APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

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• ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

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• THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

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• GREAT PLAINS

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• APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

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• PACIFIC COAST

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• ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

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• DALLAS, TEXAS- GREAT PLAINS

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• THE GREAT PLAINS

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• THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

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• ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

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• ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

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• PACIFIC COAST

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• DENVER, COLORADO- ROCKY MTN